Season 6, Episode 34 (Show 296): The Constitution Goes to Princeton

September 18, 2026

On Constitution Day we meet with Americans that form the future’s hope; the next generation.  We hear their engagement and answer their concerns and questions.

CLE Credit Available for this episode from podcast.njsba.com.

It’s Constitution Day, or rather Constitution Eve as we record.  Akhil is the invited speaker at Princeton University’s gala event, and ahead of the speech, we invited Princeton undergraduates to come and talk about the Constitution with us; to voice their questions, and to help us honor the mission of the day by engaging with American citizens on that thing that we all share and that hopefully embodies some set of shared values, history, and tradition.  Akhil fielded, Cosell-style, the barrage of questions, and we came away reassured about the next generation and the likelihood of the document enduring.  And Happy Constitution Day to all of you!

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Show Notes:

How to get Continuing Legal Education Credit for listening!

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The Constitution of the United States

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Minor v. Happersett (1874)

Constitution Day wouldn’t be complete without a constitutional case, and we discuss this case on women’s voting and Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment in response to a question from one of the Princeton undergraduate guests who appear on the episode today.

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