Declaration, or Gettysburg? - Special Guest Kermit Roosevelt III

Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 5:17 a.m.

b"A new book, The Nation That Never Was, by Professor Kermit Roosevelt III of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, engages in extensive historical, legal, political, and philosophical analysis of the American story. \\xa0This is nothing less than a search for America's most useful and unifying narrative, even as we are living with the controversy and divisions that the \\u201c1619\\u201d and \\u201c1776\\u201d projects have wrought (or highlighted).\\xa0 Professor Roosevelt embraces some of Professor Amar\\u2019s key innovations and claims, including the centrality of the Reconstruction Amendments for valid originalist analyses,\\xa0 but he also makes claims that, shall we say, get Akhil\\u2019s (and Andy\\u2019s!) attention.\\xa0 So, too, will it grab your attention as you listen to a respectful debate."