To mark the paperback release of the New York Times bestseller, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Stephen Breyer offers a provocative analysis of the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court's supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution. In conversation with Neal Katyal, former Acting Solicitor General of the U.S. who has argued 52 cases before the Supreme Court.

This program was held on May 13, 2025 in partnership with Politics and Prose.