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The Role of the Senate
From the C-SPAN Original Production The Senate: Conflict and Compromise, historians and Senators…
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The Benefits of Federalist Systems of Government
In the context of COVID-19, University of California Berkeley Law Professor John Yoo discussed the…
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"Stop and Frisk" Practices and the Fourth Amendment
Jay Schweikert talked about the use of “stop and frisk” and the legality of the practice based on…
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State of the Union History
Senate Historian Emeritus Don Ritchie talked about the history of the State of the Union address.
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The Origins of Freedom of Religion in the United States
Michael Barone, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, explained the religious…
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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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Zenger 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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The Enlightenment and the Truth
Author Sophia Rosenfeld discussed the role that truth played in Enlightenment thinking and the…
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Separation of Powers and Individual Liberties
Supreme Court Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch discussed the concept of separation of powers and its…
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Ensuring 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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Judicial 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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The 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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Ways to Change the Constitution
Author Ganesh Sitaraman talked about ways that the Constitution can be changed including the amendment…
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Birthright Citizenship and the Drafting of the 14th Amendment
Garrett Epps, University of Baltimore Law professor, explained the discussions that the writers of the…
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Wealth Taxes and How They Work
Christian Science Monitor economy editor Mark Trumbull discussed the idea of the “wealth tax” and…
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The Expansion of Presidential Power
The National Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen talked about the debate over how presidential power…
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West Virginia v. Barnette and Religious Liberties
In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette case…
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The Bill of Rights
The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, adopted as a condition of ratification, are…
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The Establishment Clause
The First Amendment begins "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion."…
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The Speech and Debate Clause and Members of Congress
Senate Historian Emeritus Donald Ritchie and former House Historian Raymond Smock talked about the…
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