How and Why We Researched and Wrote Fault Lines in the Constitution
Our publisher wasn’t sure how we wrote the book either, so they asked us. Please read “A Conversation with Cynthia Levinson and Sanford Levinson.” And, here’s a video of us in the room where it happened..
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Interviews
Many public radio stations interviewed Sandy and me about Fault Lines in the Constitution. Here are links to conversations that are particularly informative:
- “Exploring the Constitution’s Flaws” with Jonathan Capeheart on the Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC, October 16, 2017
- “The Imperfect Nature of the Constitution” with John Baxter on Jefferson Public Radio, August 30, 2017
- “Ideasphere” with Guy Rathbun on PRX, August 31, 2017
- “The Best of Our Knowledge” with Bob Barrett on WAMC, September 21, 2017
- “Nightside with Dan Rea,” on WBZ, September 26, 2017
- “Talk Nation Radio” with David Swanson, October 3, 2017
- “Rising Up” with Sonali, October 5, 2017
Presentations
Watch us at the National Archives and the National Book Festival!
Websites
These websites are especially useful:
Bibliography
- Books on the Constitution by Sandy Levinson, my co-author, include Framed: America’s 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance and Our Undemocratic Constitution: Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It)
- For deep background and great stories on what happened at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, we recommend Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman.
- Don’t forget to read the Constitution itself!
