Podcast | The 14th Amendment and the History of Reconstruction

Jeffrey Rosen discusses the 14th Amendment with Sherrilyn Ifill, the head of the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy at Howard Law School and the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Pamela Brandwein, author of Rethinking the Judicial Settlement of Reconstruction, and Ilan Wurman, author of The Second Founding: An Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment. They discuss the historical events that gave rise to the 14th Amendment and debate its original meaning. This conversation was originally streamed live as part of the NCC’s America’s Town Hall program series on February 10, 2025, in partnership with the Federal Judicial Center Register for upcoming programs: https://constitutioncenter.org/news-d... Visit our media library to discover more online classes, podcasts, and Town Hall conversations: https://constitutioncenter.org/news-d... Subscribe to the National Constitution Center on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Constitu... Follow the National Constitution Center on social media! Facebook:   / constitutionctr   Twitter:   / constitutionctr   Instagram:   / constitutionctr   Sign up for our newsletter: https://visitor.r20.constantcontact.c...