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Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
What are the duties of the U.S. president?
Historian Rick Beeman shares some insight behind the creation of the office of U.S. President and explains why the role's duties are hardly touched upon at all in the Constitution.
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Consider the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy for more than 225 years.
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Learn about the far-reaching changes created by the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Examine what most consider the Constitution’s most important feature: the Bill of Rights.
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Explore the Constitution’s most striking feature: its resilient brand of federalism.