Topic 2: Changes in the U.S. Constitutional System That Have Furthered the Ideals Contained in its Preamble and the Declaration of Independence

• Session 1: A Second Founding?

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  • Video 2: The Beginning of the Interpretive Road from the Constitutional Convention to the Reconstruction Amendments Page
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  • Video 3: Natural Rights under the Constitution before Reconstruction Page
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  • Video 4: Civil and Social Rights under the Constitution before Reconstruction Page
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  • Video 5: The Rise of the Power of the Slave States Page
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  • Video 6: Fear of the South: Slave Rebellions and the Paranoia of the South Page
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  • Video 7: Refusal to Compromise and the Breakup of the Democratic Party Page
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• Session 2: Declaring Personhood (13th Amendment)

  • Video 8: Overview of Session One Page
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  • Video 9: The Emancipation Proclamation Page
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  • Video 10: The 13th Amendment Page
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  • Video 11: Section Two of the 13th Amendment Page
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  • Video 12: Building the Definition of Citizenship Page
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• Session 3: Defining Citizenship (14th Amendment; 1st Paragraph)

  • Video 13: The Great Mistake Page
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  • Video 14: The 14th Amendment: A New Start Page
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  • Video 15: Two Parts of the 14th Amendment Page
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  • Video 16: Questions on the Privileges and Immunities Clause Page
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  • Video 17: The Supreme Court and the 14th Amendment Page
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  • Video 18: Question & Answer Page
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• Session 4: Conditioning Citizenship (the Remainder of the 14th & 15th Amendments)

  • Video 19: Overview Page
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  • Video 20: Section Two of The Fourteenth Amendment Page
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  • Video 21: Section Three of The Fourteenth Amendment Page
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  • Video 22: Section Four of The Fourteenth Amendment Page
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  • Video 23: Section Five of The Fourteenth Amendment Page
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  • Video 24: Fifteenth Amendment Page
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• Session 5: Answering the Questions?

  • Video 25: Can We Regard What Happened from 1865-1875 as a Second Founding? Page
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  • Video 26: What Would Have to Happen in order for This to be a New Departure? Page
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  • Video 27: If the Founding is Continuous, What Should We Look for Next? Page
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  • Video 28: Are There Discrete Founding Acts? Page
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  • Video 29: Boerne v. Flores & Brnovich v. DNC Page
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  • Video 30: Questions on Restriction of Voting Rights Page
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