TheVoiceOfJoyce From National Constitution Hall the latest Supreme Court decisions, overturning Hawaii’s gun laws? Why allow someone to bring a gun to another’s property without their consent? Overturning the protective status of Haitians and Syrians when there is no incidence of a high crime rate in their community. Certainly, when we overturn Trump’s agenda in November, with a win at the midterm elections, legislators may look at Supreme Court Justices misdeeds and seek term limits & Impeachment. Their decisions are no longer in the interests of all Americans. Join me and listen to their podcast on the Constitution.

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Supreme Court strikes down Hawaii law regulating firearms possession

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 3 minutes

“A divided Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law in Hawaii that prohibited a person with a concealed carry permit from bringing a handgun onto private property open to the public without the property owner’s consent. … ” Read more

Justices end protected status for Syrian, Haitian immigrants, define asylum border status

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“In two major immigration rulings on Thursday, a divided Supreme Court allowed the Department of Homeland Security to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrian and Haitian immigrants. …” Read more

 

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WE THE PEOPLE

The Ideas at the Heart of the Declaration and the Constitution

Run time: 1 hour, 4 minutes

David Blight, Robert P. George, and Annette Gordon-Reed explore the enduring ideas at the core of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution—including equality, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and government by consent—and examine how those principles have been debated, interpreted, and contested over time. Moderated by Thomas Donnelly, lead scholar at the National Constitution Center, the conversation invites audiences to engage deeply with the ideas that launched a nation and to consider how our shared constitutional story continues to unfold. Listen now

 

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Independence Week Town Hall: The American Idea at 250
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Join the National Constitution Center, in partnership with In Pursuit and More Perfect, for a special Independence Week Town Hall exploring how the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of its founding and what this milestone moment calls us to consider about our past, present, and future.

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and National Constitution Center Semiquincentennial Scholar Jon Meacham, 11th Archivist of the United States Colleen Shogan, and Harvard University Professor Danielle Allen join Robert Costa of CBS News for a wide-ranging conversation on the shared principles at the heart of the American idea and the many ways the nation is marking this milestone anniversary. Together, they will also explore the broader challenges and opportunities facing the practice of history today, including how we tell our national story, engage across differences, and connect new generations to the enduring ideals of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.REGISTER TO ATTEND ONLINEREGISTER TO ATTEND IN PERSON

 

 

Constitutional Text of the Week

The Preamble

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Read interpretations in the Interactive Constitution

 

 

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