The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. This laconic sentence, in the last and ...

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more ... of it to its counterpart in the compact the Constitution replaced, the Articles of Confederation. There, the states joined in ...

The film discusses the historical context and significance of the United States Constitution, created in the aftermath of Shay's Rebellion and the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

Today, the Articles are ignored as a false start. That’s a mistake. The Constitution was an explicit attempt to form a union ...

That is because elite privilege and authoritarianism are part of the DNA of the US Constitution ... The views expressed in ...