Video: Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
This series is a multi-media project that explores the Constitution and its role in the American story -- from its creation, to the crises that challenged and reshaped it, to contemporary debates over rights and the role of government.
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Built to Last? | PBS
Full Program: Consider the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy for more than 225 years. 52:47
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Congressional Gridlock" | PBS (#104)
Yale professor Akhil Amar talks about Congressional gridlock. Did the framers have this in mind when they drafted the Constitution? Can gridlock be good? CON... 01:43
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "The U.S. President" | PBS (#104)
Watch the full-length episodes at video.pbs.org/program/constitu... (US Only) Historian Rick Beeman shares some insight behind the c... 01:28
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Activist Judges" | PBS
Watch the full-length episodes at video.pbs.org/program/constitu... (US Only) Federal Judge Harvie Wilkinson discusses the concept o... 01:50
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Change the Constitution?" | PBS
Watch the full-length episodes at video.pbs.org/program/constitu... (US Only) Yale professor Akhil Amar talks about what changes he ... 01:08
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Built to Last?" | Episode 4 Preview | PBS
Consider the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy for more than 225 years in the fourth installment of CONSTITUTION USA. CONSTITUTION USA with Pet... 00:32
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Constitution USA with Peter Sagal | Created Equal | PBS (#103)
Full Program: Learn about the far-reaching changes created by the Fourteenth Amendment. 53:11
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Equal Treatment" | PBS
Watch the full-length episodes at video.pbs.org/program/constitu... (US Only) Lawyer Michelle Alexander explains why she believes th... 01:57
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "The Supreme Court" | PBS (#103)
Stanford Professor Robert George believes there is no constitutional mandate that would allow same-sex marriage to be legalized. He also shares his belief th... 01:48
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "The 14th Amendment" | PBS
Yale Professor Akhil Amar tells us how important the 14th amendment is to us today, and gives us a little history behind its creation. CONSTITUTION USA with ... 01:50
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Created Equal" | Episode 3 Preview | PBS
Learn about the far-reaching changes created by the Fourteenth Amendment in the third installment of CONSTITUTION USA. CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal "Cre... 00:32
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Constitution USA | It's a Free Country | PBS (#102)
Full Program: Examine what most Americans consider the Constitution's most important feature: the Bill of Rights. 52:47
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "The Right to Privacy" | PBS
Watch the full-length episodes at video.pbs.org/program/constitu... (US Only) Private Investigator Efrat Cohen explains why there re... 02:08
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "It's a Free Country" | Episode 2 Preview | PBS
Examine what most Americans consider the Constitution's most important feature, the Bill of Rights, in the second installment of CONSTITUTION USA. CONSTITUTI... 00:32
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "The First Amendment" | PBS
New York Times Editor Bill Keller explains why he loves the first amendment -- and why he believes it's a gift, not only to writers, but to readers as well. ... 01:13
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Federal Power" | PBS
Harvard Professor Jody Freeman explains why she believes it's sometimes necessary to rely on the power of the federal government - especially when it pertain... 01:24
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Big Government" | PBS
Humorist P.J. O'Rourke talks about the perils of big government and why the people should be wary of giving leaders at the federal level too much power. CONS... 01:32
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "Government Interference" | PBS
Steve DeAngelo, director of Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary, expresses his beliefs that states should have the power to create and e... 01:00
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | PBS
Explore civics like you've never seen it before. Travel across the U.S. w/ Peter Sagal to learn where the Constitution lives, how it works & how it doesn't. ... 00:33
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CONSTITUTION USA with Peter Sagal | "The People's Document" | PBS
Professor Kurt Lash talks about why he believes any changes to the Constitution should be made by legislators or the people instead of judges. CONSTITUTION U... 01:02
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