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Our Constitution a conversation

Title

Our Constitution [videorecording] : a conversation / the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.

URL

<Transcript > http://www.annenbergclassroom.org/AssetDetail.aspx?MyID=11

Format

DVD, Videodisc

Uniform series

Sunnylands seminars. Judicial branch.

Published/Produced

[Philadelphia?] : Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, c2005.

Description

1 videodisc (29 min., 7 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Performer

Stephen G. Breyer, Sandra Day O'Connor.

Summary

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen G. Breyer spoke with several Philadelphia area high school students on June 5th, 2005 in Washington, D.C. The students and justices discussed the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution.

Contents note

• Introduction
• Teaching the Constitution
• Why have a Constitution?
• Helping to solve problems
• The power of precedent
• Moral values/decision-making
• Separation of powers
• Relevance today
• Federalism
• Individual liberty vs. security
• Most influential cases
• Court decision-making
• Conclusion.

Notes

"Subtitled in English and Spanish"--Container. "Sunnylands seminars: The judicial branch"--container cover.

Subject headings

Judicial independence--United States. Constitutional law--United States.

Other contributors

Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023 Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.