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Jill Lepore on Why We Should Amend the U.S. Constitution

Jill Lepore on Why We Should Amend the U.S. Constitution

Update: 2025-12-09
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Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and professor of law at Harvard Law School. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her latest book is We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution


In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Jill Lepore discuss why historians have neglected the story of America, how to fix the toxicity in higher education, and whether we need more constitutional amendments.




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Jill Lepore on Why We Should Amend the U.S. Constitution

Jill Lepore on Why We Should Amend the U.S. Constitution

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