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How did America’s founders view religious liberty? What does it mean today? And to what does the Constitution require religious exemptions from generally applicable laws? Marci Hamilton , author of God vs. the Gavel: The Perils of Extreme Religious Liberty , and Michael McConnell , co-author of Agreeing to Disagree: How the Establishment Clause Protects Religious Diversity and Freedom of Conscience , join for a special Constitution Day discussion to celebrate the opening of the Center’s new First Amendment gallery. Jeffrey Rosen , president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Please subscribe to We the People and Live at the National Constitution Center on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or your favorite podcast app. Today’s episode was produced by Tanaya Tauber, Lana Ulrich, and Bill Pollock. It was engineered by Bill Pollock and the Center’s AV Team. Research was provided by Samson Mostashari, Cooper Smith, Yara Daraiseh, and Lana Ulrich. Participants Marci Hamilton is a professor of practice in the Department of Political Science and Fox Family Pavilion non-resident senior fellow in the Program for Research on Religion at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the founder and CEO of CHILD USA. She is the author […]