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Constitutional Chats Presented By Constituting America

Aug 25, 2023

John Adams wrote, “Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul.”  To understand the need for civic duty, one must fully grasp civic virtue and to fully grasp civic virtue, one must have a civic education.  Understanding the hows and whys of our...


Aug 18, 2023

Not very long ago, the circumstances to which you were born largely dictated the path your life took.  If you were born into the aristocracy, you likely died the same way.  If you were born into poverty, you likely died the same way.  The United States ushered in a new era of thinking: meritocracy.  It is this notion...


Aug 11, 2023

American sovereignty is such a fundamental ideal in the American experiment that it’s mentioned in both the opening and closing of the Declaration of Independence.  Succinctly, sovereignty is the power to do something and shapes our ability as a people through our elected representatives to make decisions that are...


Aug 3, 2023

The Declaration of Independence so eloquently laid out “charges” against the Crown  - detailing why independence was necessary.  The test of the Constitution is whether or not it serves the goals and aims of the Declaration of Independence.  In the Constitution, the Founders had to strike the proper balance of...