The Founders’ Library: Intellectual Sources of the Constitution - Jonathan Gienapp

Jonathan Gienapp

A week before the anniversary of the start of the Constitutional Convention on May 25, 1787, scholars Richard Albert of the University of Texas at Austin, Jonathan Gienapp of Stanford University, and Colleen Sheehan of Arizona State University delve into the key texts, authors, and sources the founders looked to when drafting the Constitution. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.