Caroline Kennedy: Our rights as Americans!

57% of us do not understand the Bill of Rights. Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, set out to bring the Bill of Rights to life. With very emotional stories she, along with her co-author, Ellen Alderman, do just that. The book is called "In Our Defense". From their trip to death row to meet the Tison Brothers who were charged with Capital murder to the Chicago case of Rudy Linares, the father who disconnected his 15 month old comatose baby boy from his respirator and cradled him while he died. It is amazing that the 400 words, written by James Madison 226 years ago continue to be the backbone of our rights as Americans. This is a great read!

[@jnucleo]

The Bill of Rights is there to protect the individual from the state. Um, I think we are at about the 1tth hour now, more like 11:58. What would Caroline say about the police state in effect today.

[@jaydavee]

that was when books were written using typewriters.

[@kristibillings1949]

When did this first air please?

[@MalEvansUSA]

It aired in 1993 which was a difficult time for Caroline as her mother was dying of cancer

[@dionnehamilton9398]

Hi Eileen- anything more you can tell me about the relationship between Caroline and Ellen? Did Ellen do most of the work on the book? Also, Caroline is distracted by someone off camera, she keeps making eye contact with them. Who was it? Just curious if you remember.

[@MalEvansUSA]

Caroline was annoyed that the interviewer asked questions about her dying mother and grandmother. She was seeking out her publicist who was off camera to stop the Interview

[@whateverismychanelvalue138]

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[@MalEvansUSA]

Interviewer is cringeworthy in bringing up carolines mother at the end in a classless and extremely tacky way. Caroline’s mother was dying at the time and it’s so sad a journalist would continue to be so insensitive. Her mom was ravaged by cancer at this time Caroline was furious but kept her composure. She looked into the camera and winced she was signaling her publicist to stop the interview This is awful and shameful. Her grandmother was also dying at the time and she did not appreciate these probing questions. She was there to talk about the book and not her parents or grandmother or Camelot