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March 27, 2025
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Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin on How the Constitution Unified our Nation – and Could Again

Yuval Levin spoke at the Civitas Institute on March 27, 2025 in an event titled American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified our Nation – and Could Again.

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