Special exhibitions are planned for celebrating our 250 th Anniversary and Justice Breyer will be there on 5/19 in the evening. Enjoy!
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Minnesota considers banning free-speech rights for artificial intelligence agents
by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 4 minutes
“A constitutional battle is brewing in Minnesota after a bipartisan coalition of elected officials have proposed a state constitutional amendment to prohibit free speech rights for artificial intelligence agents. Critics argue the amendment could also apply such bans to people who use AI tools to create their own speech. … ” Read more
Constitutional Voices: James Otis Jr.
by Anna Salvatore | Read time: 5 minutes
“James Otis Jr. was not among the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, and he had largely vanished from public life by the time the Revolution arrived. But for more than a decade before the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, he was perhaps the most prominent voice for colonial rights in British North America. …” Read more
New on We the People
Women and the American Revolution
Run time: 57 minutes
Acclaimed historians Mary Beth Norton, the Mary Donlon Alger Professor Emerita of American History at Cornell University, and Rosemarie Zagarri, distinguished university professor of history at George Mason University, examine how women influenced the political, social, and intellectual currents of the American Revolution. The conversation explores how women’s experiences and contributions deepen and expand our understanding of America’s founding. Julie Silverbrook, chief content and learning officer at the National Constitution Center, moderates. Listen now
New Permanent Gallery Opening May 15
The Center’s celebration of America’s 250th continues with Governing the Nation, a new permanent gallery opening May 15. This immersive experience brings the Constitution’s structure of government to life, showing how power is divided among the three branches, how each checks the others, and how authority is shared between the national government and the states.
Through hands-on interactives and artifacts from pivotal moments in American history, visitors see these principles in action and learn how the Constitution has been interpreted and contested over time. Learn more
To celebrate the launch of Governing the Nation—along with the publication of our new volume The Promise of America: Reflections on Our Enduring Ideals—U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer(ret.), honorary co-chair of the National Constitution Center and author of the introduction to the volume, will join us in reflecting on the enduring ideals explored in the book and in marking this important moment for the Center. Register now to attend online
Constitutional Text of the Week
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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