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?
How do our founding documents, the Declaration and the Constitution, frame our nation? President of Hillsdale College Larry Arnn explains how the partnership between the two political documents describe the “why” and the “how” of the United S
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How do our founding documents, the Declaration and the Constitution, frame our nation? President of Hillsdale College Larry Arnn explains how the partnership between the two political documents describe the “why” and the “how” of the United States of America.
As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
Learn more about Larry Arnn:
https://www.hillsdale.edu/staff/larry-p-arnn/
Related Links:
The Declaration & Constitution: The Legal Status of Founding Documents [No.86]
https://www.hillsdale.edu/staff/larry-p-arnn/
The Declaration & Constitution: Original Public Meaning [No. 86]
https://www.hillsdale.edu/staff/larry-p-arnn/
Differing views:
The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
https://www.hillsdale.edu/staff/larry-p-arnn/
The Declaration, The Constitution, and the Bill of Rights
https://www.hillsdale.edu/staff/larry-p-arnn/
Total run time:
3h 30m
Course:
Total videos:
15
Difficulty:
Elective
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