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Abraham Lincoln scholars Michael Burlingame, Noah Feldman, and Diana Schaub talked about the 16th president’s speeches and what they revealed about his views on the Constitution. The Nationa…

The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States held its first public hearing on the debate over expanding the Court and other potential changes. This portion includes …

Harvard Law Professor Noah Feldman argued that the Arab Spring was not the failure it is widely portrayed to be. This virtual event was hosted by Harvard Book Store.

Law scholars testified before the House Judiciary Committee as part of the on-going impeachment inquiry of President Trump. All four experts engaged with lawmakers on the constitutional fram…

Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman recounted the political life of James Madison.

Noah Feldman talked about The Three Lives of James Madison, his book on the former president’s role in creating the Constitution, his co-founding of the Republican Party, and his time as pre…

Noah Feldman profiles the life and legal contributions of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Supreme Court appointees Felix Frankfurter, Hugo Black, Robert Jackson, and William Douglas. The four…

Noah Feldman talked about the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq, including what the withdrawal means for Iraq, its government, and its future. He also responded to telephone calls a…

Noah Feldman talked about The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, published by Princeton University Press. His book is about the history and current popularity of the shari’a, a system of re…

Participating by remote connection from New York City, author Feldman talked about his book. He discussed the Iraqi Constitution, where it stands at this point, and the disputes that remain.…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on news of the day. Mr. Feldman spoke via telephone about efforts to write an Iraqi constitution.

Noah Feldman, Assistant Professor of Law at New York University, spoke about the nuances of the 2005 Iraqi elections. He explained the system to elect the transitional national assembly and …

Noah Feldman talked about his book "What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building", published by Princeton University Press. The author argued that America, as nation builders, sh…

In this discussion at American University, participants talked about the future of Iraq and the role of the Kurdish population in the new government. They also talked about power sharing bet…

Professor Feldman spoke from New York about the fallout from the Iraqi prisoner abuse by U.S. soldiers and the impact on the handover of power to Iraq. He also responded to viewer comments a…

Telephone lines were open for audience comments. Mr. Ford talked via telephone from Paris about the proposed headscarf ban in French public schools and U.S.-France relations. He pointed o…

Mr. Feldman talked about Iraq reconstruction, focusing on the writing of a new Iraqi constitution. He was in Iraq from April through July of 2003, serving as a consultant on the drafting of …