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Pub. Date
2005
Description
Three- too five-minute mini-documentaries cover the histroy of the nation's most revered document from the 1619 First Legislative Assembly to the much contested 2000 preidential election. Each program (approx. 24 min.) encapsulates five to seven Constitutional milestones during a certain time period.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
"The United States Constitution was designed to secure the natural rights proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence. Signed by Constitutional Convention delegates on September 17, 1787—Constitution Day—it was ratified by the American people and remains the most enduring and successful constitution in history.
In this twelve-lecture course, students will examine the political theory of the American Founding and subsequent challenges to that...
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
For this television series, Peter Sagal grabbed a red, white, and blue Harley Davidson and drove across the United States to try to understand how regular Americans feel about the constitution. He sought out many different points of view on what different parts of it mean. He explored how federalism has worked and where the holes are in it. Holes like the federal government's stand on marijuana and the state's right to legalize it. He examined how...