Constitutional Chats: Hosted by Janine Turner and Cathy Gillespie
Saturdays at 9PM EDT/8PM CDT
Walk Through The U.S. Constitution With Us In Our Breaking Down The Constitution Series: Countdown to Constitution Day
This Week: Article II
Thank You To This Week’s Sponsor: Charlie Colvin!
This Week’s Hot Topic: Article II Of The United States Constitution – Continued
This Week’s Expert Guest: Professor Will Morrisey
Will Morrisey is Professor Emeritus of Politics at Hillsdale College where he held the William and Patricia LaMothe Chair in the U.S. Constitution.
He has a new book coming out this summer: Herman Melville’s Ship of State
We are so blessed to have had Professor Morrissey’s help over the many years with Constituting America! Professor Morrisey has helped us design many of our 90 Day Studies in the past, and he has written over 36 essays for our studies over the years – many of them our prestigious opening and closing essays!
And on one of our mentor trips, Professor Morrisey joined past Constituting America Winners at the Mount Vernon Inn (2015) as our “Dine With A Constitutional Scholar” special guest!
Dr. Morrisey’s books include:
- Self-Government
- The American Theme: Presidents of the Founding and Civil War
- The Dilemma of Progressivism: How Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson Reshaped the American Regime of Self-Government
- Churchill and de Gaulle: The Geopolitics of Liberty
Janine Turner, Cathy Gillespie, and Constituting America’s Student Ambassadors, Tova Love Kaplan and Dakare Chatman, chat with Constitutional experts on hot-topic issues via Zoom!
‘Constitutional Chats’ Hosts
Janine Turner
Actress Janine Turner is famous for her role as Maggie O’Connell in televisions’ Northern Exposure. She is the Founder and Co-President of Constituting America which launched in 2010. She is still acting but she is also actively teaching kids about the U.S. Constitution given over 540 speeches to classrooms across the country.
Cathy Gillespie
Cathy Gillespie is the co-president of Constituting America and one of 16 private citizens serving on the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, helping organize the celebration of our country’s 250th birthday in 2026! She is a former Congressional Chief of Staff and former Commissioner of the White House Fellows Commission.
Tova Love Kaplan
Tova Love Kaplan is sixteen years old and lives in Chicago, Illinois. She currently serves as the National Youth Director for Constituting America, and runs the National Youth Advisory Council. She is a three-time winner of the “We the Future” contest in the Entrepreneurial (where she created a marketing plan), PSA (entitled “Know Your Rights. Read The Constitution”) and STEM (where she created an app). She is passionate about educating and empowering young people to use their constitutional rights!
Dakare Chatman
Constituting America Student Ambassador Dakare Chatman is 16 years old, and is currently a junior, full-time college student in South Carolina. He has won Constituting America’s We The Future Contest twice, once for best PSA where he reminded viewers the Constitution is “An American Thing, So Know It” and twice for his short film “Man On The Street.” He is also actively involved in our National Youth Advisory Board. He’s a working actor seen most recently in HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones and on April 15 in Netflix’s: Outer Banks. Dakare wishes to be an actor, but also a politician. But says you must be an actor to be a politician.