Total run time:
27m
Amendments to the Constitution are almost as old as the Constitution itself. Learn more about the original “Amendments” (which we now call the Bill of Rights) as well as crucial later amendments that altered and extended the Constitution in new ways.
Why does the Constitution have a Bill of Rights? What purpose do they serve?
Professor Randy Barnett discusses how the Anti-federalists insisted on a Bill of Rights, which the Federalists agreed to in return for ratification of the Constitution. T
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Why does the Constitution have a Bill of Rights? What purpose do they serve?
Professor Randy Barnett discusses how the Anti-federalists insisted on a Bill of Rights, which the Federalists agreed to in return for ratification of the Constitution. The Bill of Rights are a protection for the citizens if the structure of the Constitution itself fails to protect their rights adequately.
Professor Randy E. Barnett is the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory at the Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches constitutional law and contracts, and is Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution.
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
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Total run time:
27m
Course:
Constitutional Law
Total videos:
8
Difficulty:
First Year
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