Total run time:
3h 30m
In order to understand the founding documents of the United States, you need to know something about the men who wrote them. What books or thinkers influenced the Founders? Why were there disagreements at the Constitutional Convention? How did people who talked about freedom allow slavery to continue? What is the relationship between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
Who should exercise lawmaking power in a constitutional republic? The United States Constitution broke precedent by vesting all federal legislative power in Congress. This video essay explores how the Framers of our Constitution organized lawmaking
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Who should exercise lawmaking power in a constitutional republic? The United States Constitution broke precedent by vesting all federal legislative power in Congress. This video essay explores how the Framers of our Constitution organized lawmaking power, and why they justified giving Congress the greatest lawmaking responsibility.
This project is part of the Federalist Society’s Article I Initiative, which explores the proper role of Congress according to its constitutional design. To learn more, please visit the Article I Initiative website: https://fedsoc.org/articlei.
As always, the Federalist Society takes no particular legal or public policy positions.
RELATED LINKS
National Constitution Center - Interactive Constitution, Article I
https://fedsoc.org/articlei.
Article I, Section 1: The Delegation Doctrine by William N. Eskridge, Jr.
https://fedsoc.org/articlei.
Article I, Section I: The Non-Delegation Principle Persists by Neomi Rao
https://fedsoc.org/articlei.
Douglas H. Ginsburg - Legislative Vesting Clause
https://fedsoc.org/articlei.
Gary Lawson, Delegation and Original Meaning
88 Va. L. Rev. 327 (2002)
https://fedsoc.org/articlei.
David Schoenbrod, Power Without Responsibility
https://fedsoc.org/articlei.
Total run time:
3h 30m
Course:
Total videos:
15
Difficulty:
Elective
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