A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning, in conversation with NCC President and CEO Jeffrey Rosen, author of the new book The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America. Listen to their discussion on what it means to live constitutionally today.
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A.J. Jacobs is a journalist, lecturer, and human guinea pig who has written four bestselling books—including Drop Dead Healthy and The Year of Living Biblically—that blend memoir, science, humor, and a dash of self-help. A contributor to NPR, The New York Times, and Esquire, among other media outlets, Jacobs lives in New York City with his family. His new book, The Year of Living Constitutionally, is available now.
Additional Resources:
- A.J. Jacobs, The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution’s Original Meaning (2024)
- "Colonial America" fashion, Brittanica
- Jonathan Gienapp, The Second Creation: Fixing the American Constitution in the Founding Era (2018)
- Jud Campbell, “What Did the First Amendment Originally Mean?,” University of Richmond (2018)
- Texas v. Johnson (1989)
- NCC's We the People podcast, "The Modern History of Originalism," (August 2023)
- NCC's We the People podcast, "What the Supreme Court's Opinion in NYSRPA v. Bruen Means for the Second Amendment," (August 2022)
- "How a college term paper led to a constitutional amendment," Constitution Daily blog, (May 7, 2024)
- NCC's Constitution Drafting Project
- Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin: A Life, (2004)
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