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Our Constitution a conversation
- Title
- Our Constitution [videorecording] : a conversation.
- Format
- DVD, Videodisc
- Series
- Sunnylands seminars
- Published/Produced
- [Philadelphia, Pa.?] : Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, c2005.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (29 min., 07 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- System details
- DVD.
- Summary
- United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.
- Contents note
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- 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
- Prepared for Constitution Day 2005. "Created by The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."
- Subject headings
- United States. Constitution. Constitutional law--United States. Federal government--United States. United States--Politics and government.
- Other contributors
- O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023 Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. Annenberg Public Policy Center.