The Founding Fathers’ Vision
Reframing the Constitution • Educational, 19-Aug-2020
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, August 19, 2020.
Cato Institute Chairman Robert A. Levy traces the erosion of the Constitution’s original intent.
Levy is chairman of the board of directors at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, D.C., which he joined as senior fellow in constitutional studies in 1997 after 25 years in business.
This program is made possible by the John M. Wadsworth Lectureship on Free Market and Libertarian Principles.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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