Consider the Constitution
Consider the Constitution is a podcast from the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier. The show provides insight into constitutional issues that directly affect every American. Hosted by Dr. Katie Crawford-Lackey the podcast features interviews with constitutional scholars, policy and subject matter experts, heritage professionals, and legal practitioners.
Consider the Constitution
Latest Episodes
You Can’t Defer the Maintenance on the Republic
The Constitution created a government. It did not create citizens. Once it took effect, Americans had to figure out what people needed to know to govern themselves, and who should get the chance to learn it. Again and again, their answer was ed...
The Unfinished Constitution
The Constitution began as an experiment. Once it took effect, Americans had to figure out what it actually meant. They did not agree.Host Dr. Katie Crawford-Lackey talks with
The Declaration Is Our Inheritance
The Declaration of Independence announced more than a separation from Britain. It made a claim about government itself: that people hold rights government did not grant and cannot take away, and that legitimate power rests on the consent of the...
You Compromise on Politics, Not on Principles
We know James Madison the thinker. The architect of the Constitution. The author of the Bill of Rights. But Madison was also a working politician — and a very good one.Dr. M...
The Chapter Between the Revolution and the Constitution
We tend to jump straight from the Revolution to the Constitutional Convention — from a young James Madison to the Father of the Constitution. But the years in between are where the promises of independence collided with the hard work of governi...
