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Consider the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy for more than 225 years.
Peter Sagal, host of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!" travels across the country to find out where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn't, how it unites us as a nation, and how it has nearly torn us apart.
Consider the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy for more than 225 years.
Examine what most Americans consider the Constitution’s most important feature: the Bill of Rights.
Go behind the scenes with CONSTITUTION USA and see what it was like making the series.
Breathing new life into the traditional civics lesson, Peter Sagal, host of NPR’s "Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!", travels across the country to find out where the U.S. Constitution lives, how it works and how it doesn’t, how it unites us as a nation, and how it has nearly torn us apart.
Visit Harborside Health Center in Oakland, CA where the state rights and federal law are in conflict.
Akhil Amar explains his view on the founding and how it is the significant moment in our history.
Historian Richard Beeman explains the issues facing the creation of a new goverment.
Gary Marbut discusses state rights and the advantage of state government.
In this clip, tour guide Sean O'Brien shows us around James Madison's home. We make a stop at Madison's library and find out why Madison refused to publish his notes on the Constitutional Convention until after his death.
When the Equal Rights Amendment didn't pass, Title IX changed the future for women.
In this clip, Stanford University professor and historian Jack Rakove discusses how the framers of the Constitution could have allowed slavery to remain a part of the country, even as they wrote about the merits of liberty.
Does the executive branch go too far in times of war? Learn more in this clip.
Learn more about convicted felons losing the right to vote and the role the 14th Amendment plays.
Learn how the 14th Amendment both protects and discriminates against citizens.
Does the 14th Amendment protect the right to same sex marriage? Legal scholar Robert George explains his thoughts.
Ahkil Amar explains the impact slavery had on the Constitution.
Akhil Amar explains his thoughts on the 14th Amendment and how it changed our country.
Affirmative action can sometimes reduce opportunities for others, learn more in this clip.
Iceland is in the middle of building a new constitution, learn more through Peter Sagal's visit.
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