Created Equal? Citizenship, Equality and America’s 250th | Constitution Day 2026

What has “created equal” meant throughout American history, and what does it mean today? Yale constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar joins CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig for a conversation exploring equality, citizenship, and constitutional rights, from the Declaration of Independence through the Fourteenth Amendment to contemporary debates. Recorded on September 15, 2026, at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, this Constitution Day conversation was presented by the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University in partnership with the Nat… Video by YouTube channel.