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Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 marked the first major uprising against the newly created federal…
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Bell RingerZenger Trial and Colonial Press Freedom
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts spoke about the trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735. He…
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Bell RingerThe Enlightenment and the Truth
Author Sophia Rosenfeld discussed the role that truth played in Enlightenment thinking and the…
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Video ClipDefining Impeachable Offenses
George Mason University’s Jamil Jaffer, a former top House intelligence committee staffer, talked…
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Video ClipHouse Minority Leader McCarthy Responds to Impeachment Inquiry
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) responded to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) officially…
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Video ClipSpeaker Pelosi Announces Impeachment Inquiry of President Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the beginning of a formal impeachment inquiry against…
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Video ClipRep. Raskin (D-MD) on the Emoluments Clauses
House Judiciary Committee member Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) talked about the foreign and…
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Bell RingerSeparation of Powers and Individual Liberties
Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch discussed the concept of separation of powers and its…
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Video ClipJustice Gorsuch on Originalism and a Living Constitution
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch discussed his views on the originalist interpretation of the…
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Bell RingerEnsuring the Rule of Law
University of Virginia Law Professor A.E. Dick Howard talked about the factors that allow for the rule…
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Bell RingerJudicial Review and Federalist 78
Chief Judge Roger Gregory of the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals discussed the idea of Judicial…
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Lesson PlanSecond Amendment Supreme Court Cases: DC v Heller and McDonald v Chicago
The D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court cases addressed issues relating to an…
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Video ClipSeparation of Powers and the Constitution
University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle talked about the idea of separation of powers and…
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Video ClipHow to Read the Constitution
University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle talked about Constitutional interpretation and the…
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Lesson PlanThomas Paine and Common Sense
Thomas Paine's Common Sense was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, plainly laying out arguments…
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Bell RingerThe Importance of Thomas Paine on the Founding of the United States
Georgetown University Law Professor Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) discussed the…
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Lesson PlanHow Should the Constitution be Interpreted?
This lesson looks at the different ways that Supreme Court justices and scholars interpret the…
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Lesson PlanThe Influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Constitution
This lesson has students look at the structure of the Declaration of Independence and the list of…
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Video ClipThe Importance of the Declaration of Independence
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) talked about his book, Our Lost Declaration: America’s Fight Against Tyranny…
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The Purpose of the Declaration of Independence
National Park Service Park Ranger Matthew Ifill told the story of the Declaration of Independence and…
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