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Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
Why has the Constitution lasted so long?
Yale professor Akhil Amar talks about why our Constitution has endured as long as it has. He believes this is because of its ability to be amended.
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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.