Released 2023
57 minutes plus discussion following
Directed by James Taylor
In We Hold These Truths, Federal Judge Douglas Ginsburg explores the enduring influence of America’s Declaration of Independence. This promissory note for liberty inspired more than 100 nations seeking their independence. In the United States it influenced the abolitionist movement, the Women’s Suffrage movement, and iconic civil rights figures Frederick Douglass and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Judge Ginsburg talked with Lynn University American Studies professor Robert Watson about Supreme Court history and his career, including his time as a clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Judge Ginsburg was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1986, where he served as Chief Judge from 2001 to 2008. In addition to serving on the D.C. Circuit, Judge Ginsburg is currently a Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. His three-part documentary on the Constitution, “A More or Less Perfect Union,” debuted on public television stations in 2020.
