Look over the Framers’ shoulders as they try to create “a more perfect union.” See what it’s taken to move us to a point closer to Jefferson’s ideal of all persons being equal under the law and explore why having the rules for our government written down in the first episode of A More or Less Perfect Union – A Constitution in Writing.

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction
2:48 Articles of Confederation Lead to Constitution
10:13 Framers & Constitutional Convention
17:39 Compromising on Slavery
21:19 Drafting a New Government
26:17 Natural Rights
28:39 Preventing Tyranny
33:59 Enumerated Powers & 2-Part Legislative Branch
39:20 Executive Branch – No Kings!
42:51 Judicial Branch
45:36 Checks & Balances
47:32 Morris – The Wordsmith
49:17 Living Document vs Original Meaning
53:44 Ratification
55:13 Next Episode