David Hume and the Ideas That Shaped America

Run time: 59 minutes

Angela Coventry, Dennis Rasmussen, and Aaron Alexander Zubia discuss the legacy of Scottish philosopher David Hume, whose influence on the period of American constitution-making was significant. Listen now

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10 Facts About Young Franklin D. Roosevelt

by NCC Staff | Read time: 3 minutes

“January 30 is the birthday of the only person to run for, and win, the presidency four times: Franklin D. Roosevelt. ...” Read more

The Last Insurrection Case Considered by Congress

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 7 minutes

“An obscure incident involving the 14th Amendment’s Disqualification Clause is getting some new attention in the lead-up to Supreme Court arguments about former President Donald Trump. ...” Read more

“What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”



For Black History Month, revisit this We the People episode from July 2020, as David Blight and Lucas Morel explore Frederick Douglass’ oration on racial injustice and the broken promises of equality and liberty laid out in the Declaration of Independence. Listen now

The Preamble

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Read interpretations in the Interactive Constitution

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