2020 Events Calendar

Events coming soon.

The Constitution in 2020 in the News

National Press Club Event on the Constitution in 2020

July 14, 2009

On Tuesday, July 14, 2009, the American Constitution Society hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club about The Constitution in 2020, moderated by Reva Siegel and Jack Balkin, and featuring former acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger and Mark Tushnet (Harvard Law School). It was a wide ranging conversation exploring one of the key themes of the book, the idea of democratic constitutionalism.

 

 

Podcast on the Constitution in 2020

July 6, 2009

Here is a podcast in mp3 format of Krys Boyd's interview with Jack Balkin on KERA in Dallas (serving North Texas), discussing constitutional interpretation and The Constitution in 2020.

 

Videos of Balkin and Siegel discussing the Constitution in 2020

June 20, 2009

The American Constitution Society asked Jack Balkin and Reva Siegel to talk about the big themes of The Constitution in 2020. You can watch their answers here.

 

Panel Discussion about the Constitution in 2020 at the ACS Convention

June 20, 2009

Here is the panel discussion at last week's American Constitution Society Convention on The Constitution in 2020, moderated by Reva Siegel and Jack Balkin, and featuring William Forbath (Texas), Rachel Moran (Berkeley/Irvine), Dean Larry Kramer (Stanford) and Vicki Jackson (Georgetown). It was an interesting discussion of progressive visions of the Constitution, with an emphasis on the themes of constitutional fidelity to text and principle, the role of social movements and the political branches in constitutional interpretation, and the need to redeem the Constitution in our own time.

 

Constitution in 2020 on NPR

June 20, 2009

Ari Shapiro's NPR story on The Constitution in 2020 has several quotes from Reva Siegel and Jack Balkin on the emerging liberal vision of the Constitution.

 

The Constitution in 2020 featured in The Wall Street Journal

May 26, 2009

This Wall Street Journal article by Jeff Bravin discusses the resurgence of progressive ideas about the Constitution

The Constitution in 2020 Featured in The New York Times

May 26, 2009

Jeffrey Rosen has an article about the new liberal constitutionalism in today's New York Times Magazine.

 

The Constitution in 2020 is a companion website to The Constitution in 2020 (Oxford University Press 2009).  Here you will find ten sample chapters from the book, essays about the future of the U.S. Constitution, discussions of current constitutional issues, a bibliography and resources for further study.