The US Constitution should have it's own curriculum in public and private schools. Starting in elementary, continuing through middle school/jr high, and ending at the end of 12th grade. Just my two cents.....
Yes. It should be taught every year. Eliminate public funding for any school that doesn’t comply. Although, Federal funding is very little in terms of local schools.
History should be taught your whole school life. And it needs to be the actual history of the world. Not the warped one that the Left have been teaching our nation's children.
Professor George explains why it is so important to pass this along to everyone, since they stopped teaching this long ago, and those old enough to remember when they did have either forgotten or simply remained silent.
Literally people freaked out calling Trump a dictator without knowing how our legal system is built and that it is a failsafe against anything remotely like a dictatorship
Valid...not so entirely off-topic, however, I am eighteen, and I’m from Illlinois (closer to stl than chi), yet, entirely through the curriculum, I was required to take the constitutional exam thrice throughout the years, my brother/other…
My kid learned this a few years ago in a bumblef--- public school. Save the hysterics and maybe hit up a library. Ignorant alarmists like you are what's making this country unstable.
I disagree. The founders of the country knew that the average common man was a moron, that's why our system survives despite the fact that people today are dumber than ever. Literally the whole point of a democratic republic is to have elected leaders actually make those decisions because the average person is an idiot who doesn't know what's actually good for him.
Yes, but not surprised. They might even be impressed it lasted as long as it did before the total corruption ate the whole system leaving the country an eaten out shell of what they created.
@@ragingshibe What do you have to back that up? They would be looking at 246 years of Americans, and you state without doubt that they would be most appalled by Trump. I seriously doubt that. But hey, way to troll. I wonder what they would think of the likes of YOU!
The Constitution will NEVER give one man, no matter how wealthy or powerful, control over your life. So always BEWARE of those telling what you should /should not be doing and rarely going into detail about where that is in Constitution. Freedom is NEVER outdated.
Foreigner here. I don't think that the power concentration is the biggest plus point of the system. It has its drawbacks. The big advantage is the delegation to the states. People are different in nature. Some people are at home in Portland, and others prefer the way of life in Utah. Moreover, individuals might want to live differently, depending on their stage of life, or whether they have kids. The freedom of movement between states, and the fact that the states are empowered to be so different is what makes the system so great.
The new DOD Bill vote coming up by the Congress on July 19th, does just that. You better go back and find where Executive power is NOT in the Constitution! The framers didn't see this loop hole.
The founding fathers couldn't have anticipated career politicians, special interest groups/lobbyists, entrenched unelected bureaucrats, and an all-powerful/pervasive surveillance state with its own federal police force running it without oversight.
They did in part. The senators were supposed to be appointed by the states not the people. They knew congressman would just be re-elected over and over and those people would give away the states power to the federal government. The Senators if they did something the state didn't like could easily be removed and replaced
@@mrow7598 If people read and understood the constitution, they would do more to ensure that the government remained limited in its scope and power. That's why it's not taught in nationally funded public schools.
@@mrow7598 another thing that the founding fathers couldn't have predicted was the rise of a government that hides its illegal activities/wrongdoing by having information rendered classified in the name of "national security" and then locking anyone up (or possibly even having them killed) if they try to reveal that information to the public.
@@mrow7598 today, the government has a get out of jail free card, an "I can do what ever I want and get away with it" card in the form of two words: national security. The government can do whatever it wants by invoking national security and anyone who tries to question it or stop it is arrested or kept in litigation purgatory indefinitely.
@Baker Harris - Completely False. In fact, George Washington was almost perfectly prescient in his prediction of exactly all of these things, and warned the People against it. Look up George Washington's "Farewell Address", and read it through. You will hear him warning us about EXACTLY what we are, and have been, experiencing. They damn well knew all of this, and knew how to avoid it, and even told us HOW. The sad part is, it has not been sufficiently passed down and taught to enough people, for them to know this - as evidenced by your comment.
In California during the 1970s we were tested on the Constitution in the 8th grade. A passing grade was required. Just a generation later, this was no longer a part of the curriculum.
@@hubertcumberdale2651 She just said a “passing grade was required” just like in math, english, geography etc. She did not say required viewing. Is there a problem with people knowing how their country was formed and it’s history?
The entire thing is built on the philosophy of separating and regulating power. State government vs. central government, government vs. people, government vs. government, people vs. people, etc. Of course, much of the constitution is also built on honor and trust. No country survives cheating and distrust.
@@jameshendel4169 I'm reading them now and it's astounding, and weird, to read what they were warning about and then (figuratively) look out the window and see what they were warning against.
@@fnaffoxy1987 Because you appear studious might I suggest you read a book called The Outlaw Bank. You will find Hillary Clinton in there when she worked for the Rose Law Firm. I personally believe that Bill Clinton could have never become president unless Hillary Clinton was covering up for and keeping secrets about government agencies that were well aware of this Outlaw Bank they were using. Remember, we can only connect the dots from the facts of the past and always follow the money and power.
Confederate means willing union, federal is a forced union. 😑 sad but true. If states don't stand up for themselves now they will soon loose their individual identities. Cali/NY for all would be the destruction of THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
@@katiek.8808 it was changed before any failure... Alrighty tyrant federalists needed to make sure their power grew and could never shrink. They knew this would be the case bc MAN and Power corrupts.
One of the biggest problem our republic has had for many years now that could easily be solved is our state representatives live in D.C. (a.k.a. the swamp) and more often than not become corrupted. I can go to work meetings with people across the world using zoom, why can't our legislators vote from the states they SHOULD live in, by using technology? In short, the farther the representative are from the people they represent, the more corrupted they become.
I like the idea, but let's be real: the system can corrupt them no matter where they live. Putting our representatives in the same location makes it more *convenient* but there will always be a way to reach out to them
And who’s fault is that? The parents mainly. Teachers, too but ultimately the parents for being hands off with what their children are or are not learning.
Yes, I think just saying "my freedoms" is completely boomer-tier republicanism. So is constantly rolling out the trope that sacrificing liberty for the sake of security is some sort of off-limits idea. I don't think this loose understanding of freedom is even well-defined. It seems to mean that any government whatsoever (federal, state, or even local) should have almost no say in daily life. This libertarian vision of Republicanism is a post-WW2 cancer, and is on its way out, as can be seen by the rise of increasingly illiberal strands of the left and the right. A lot of good "my freedoms" are when sexual ideology is in turmoil, the family is breaking down, debt is rising, the economy is out of control, and even notions as basic as law and order are being questioned. Placing liberty above everything else is the surest way to get real tyranny. We need to take a step back and re-evaluate the fundamental principles. We must seek the common good, enunciated through the language of Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness -- note that 'liberty' is only one prong here.
I had classes on this from elementary through high school in the 50s. I found it’s No longer taught in this extent when I asked kids through teens. This explains all the problems we have in our government with all the tyranny. We need to bring classes back to teach our kids about the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
IMO to graduate from highschool or earn an associate, bachelor's, or graduate degree, students should have to pass the same written test that nationalized citizens have to pass to earn their citizenship. At least that way everyone has the same basic working knowledge of how the US works.
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know-and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me-has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.” -H.L. Mencken
"Experience hath shewn that, even under the best forms of government, those entrusted with power have, in time and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." -Jefferson The problem is that, a VERY long time ago, 'the government' forgot the part where they are supposed to serve the people, not the other way around.
Tangentially, the iPhone was the most detrimental invention to society ever. Its dominance severely changed the mindset of the everyday consumer/citizen by increasing the unconscious desire for ease and free stuff. Complex systems can only be dumbed-down to a certain extent before too much fidelity is lost. When that happens, it's like chasing after a train that is slowly getting away from you: you must run extra hard to catch up. If you don't catch up soon enough, you're probably never going to. Case in point, PragerU. An extremely valuable resource of easily digestible content on complex subjects that was not needed 15 years ago. Having said all that, iPhone didn't create this problem. It just radically changed the curve in a downward trajectory.
Placing blame on a inanimate object that gives you unlimited access to practically any form of information, knowledge, art, and music the world has ever seen? Are you serious? Without the smartphone millions wouldn't even have access to PragerU, or the Internet at large, and would be forced to go either completely uninformed or rely on sources that are not completely honest or are too troublesome for them to reach either by distance or cost. Try again.
The problem is democracy is such a loose concept it is a term that is thrown around very often here in the Chinese government will tell you they have a democracy democracy by nature is majority rule we have a different system in the United States because the United States has so many different demographics that is impossible for us to be one people so that’s why we have a bill rights and any power that is not reserves the federal government is delegated to the states because the states better represent their people than the federal government we are not a true democracy here in the United States in a true democracy it always ends up falling flat on his face and replaced by oligarchy you do not want to live in democracy because all it would take is a majority of people to decide that you shouldn’t on property or you shouldn’t on this or that or you shouldn’t have money and they could legally take it for me but in a constitutional republic your belongings in your property is yours nothing to be taken from you without due process
Adams and Jefferson were so adamant about true sovereign liberty, because they like Franklin understood a Republic can only be upheld by true sovereign individuals and a sovereign society over all. Sovereignty truly begins within the individual and not from without through the halls of Capitol Hill or the chambers thereof. No society can stand if the individual from within is compromised. Nurturing not just teaching, Instilling not just teaching brings about for a better tomorrow.
Federal reps and senators were once appointed by the elected reps of their respective states. Elections for congress needs to revert back to how it was. People get so wrapped up in "national" politics that they can't even name their local representatives.
If people read and understood the constitution, they would do more to ensure that the government remained limited in its scope and power. That's why it's not taught in nationally funded public schools.
Mr Harris, I think part of the problem is we have too many migrants who do not know our constitution or understand its importance. I.know first hand migrants from Mexico come from a country where govt is corrupt so they have no respect for our laws.
As an Englishman this amuses me. Our constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy has created and maintained a society of essentially the same freedom and liberty as American presidential republicanism. I don't know why or how the United Kingdom and the United States have each preserved those liberties, but what is abundantly clear is that the American system (as advantageous as it may be in its context) is not the only way to accomplish it. Not a bad video, but it's important to look at the question with nuance!
"essentially the same freedom". Remind me again who was arrested for showing a video of his girlfriend's dog doing a particular salute? Yeah, not the same.
As an American, if I were to start my own country, I would choose a constitutional monarchy. Having a neutral head of state who plots out the long-term direction of the country and represents all citizens, and an elected head of government who handles administrative duties is more stable and less divisive than a president who vacillates between political parties every few years.
@@nova31337 Yes but the US has the highest prison population on the planet, is the only Western country that will incarcerate you for having sex with a 17-year-old, and effectively turns divorced men into perpetual indentured servants. Both systems have their flaws.
@@quinnroberts3158 Were you divorced because you slept with a legal minor? As for the highest prison population, maybe it's better some are locked up rather than being allowed to roam about continue to commit crimes. Some countries try to sweep a lot of criminal activity under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist. You're not making a very convincing argument, however. Family courts do have their biases I'll admit, but those laws are a result of people voting for people that crafted those laws. Speech is protected at the highest level in our country for many reasons. For one, if you don't like certain laws, you're free to speak about and influence changes to those laws. Places where speech can be limited, means that you can't lobby for changes if one side deems certain things can't be said. It becomes a very slippery slope.
@@nova31337 I have never been married. I'm 25, and the only girls I ever encounter who seem interested in me are always underage. There have been shift leads at my current job as young as 15. Why is it ok for teenagers to boss me around at work, but they're incapable of consenting to sexual activity? How is it logical to argue that a teenager who has already had sex by their own volition is incapable of consenting to sexual activity? Yes, the European countries need to work on protecting freedom of speech, but the US needs to work on rehabilitating inmates, and bringing back psychiatric hospitals so that criminal tendencies can be treated. The US needs age of consent laws that are actually reflective of human biology, and needs divorce & family court laws that don't undermine the family. I'm not saying the US has to become a constitutional monarchy, but a drawback our system has created is that half the country is always frustrated with the other side. We have no unifying figure who is above politics. I'm agreeing with the OP that the American presidential republic system isn't the only way to create a free and just and prosperous nation.
Unfortunately many of our citizens that have been educated in our high schools and universities are ignorant and childish about our nation and the government in particular. I have become appalled at how narcissistic many of our citizens are and how immature they are.
There is no constitutional right to abort a pre-born child. The democrats in the House of Representatives voted to pass two acts that would allow the federal government to supercede existing state laws limiting abortion. I believe that on its face, this is an unconstitutional act, expressly prohibited by the constitution. Only a constitutional amendment, ratified by the requisite number of states, could make unfettered abortion the law of the land.
The constitution is entirely open to interpretation. you can make the argument that ones constitutional right to privacy prevents any government body intervening in any form of medical procedure including abortions and you would be justified in doing so. The constitution is deliberately vague so that laws can be made to suit it. Since the constitution doesn't say that a fetus is a human being, why do you think the rights entailed in it should extend to them?
@@martinmiller1087 which amendment? the 4th and 5th amendments both speak about a right to privacy. With regard to abortion, the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides a fundamental "right to privacy", which can be extrapolated to apply to a woman seeking an abortion. It's the same amendment that protects your right to birth control, gay marriage, interracial marriage, etc. oh and protects your right to choose not to get vaccinated against covid if you didnt want to.
@@willdevine8266 Thanks Will. ... As a matter of fact, the 2nd Amendment guarantees my right to decide what is put into my body. LOL ... Have a good night.
I pledge alligence to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisble with Liberty and justice for all! Amen
We need to get back to being a constitutional republic again and informing the public thru education in are schools including college,a lot of people are vary mislead and confused about our government today, this needs to be a priorty
It breaks my heart to see how shallow and purposely ignorant citizens have allowed themselves to become but act as if they know what's best in the same breath,for this country.I stand and defend it to my last dying breath and will shout it to the rooftops in order to pass it along to my lineage. GOD BLESS US & THE USA
In Oklahoma, it is required for all students to take a semester of government with a semester of Oklahoma history. Usually in the 9th grade. When I was homeschooling in the 9th grade I had the entire year to learn about our Republic other forms of government, the evils of communism, a brief topic on law enforcement, along with memorizing The Preamble of the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, and other facts. Needless to say, I WAS ENRICHED, EMPOWERED and EAGER to help those to get into office that believe and trust God Who gave us this system. We got the system. We need to get back to God through His Son, Jesus the Christ.
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. “Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!” Good thing we are a Republic too, all the more so, not to trample the minority. A republic is a better kind of democracy. ‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’ Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947
Agreed, and had the fed gov not started interpreting the Constitution very differently in 1936, we might still have a properly limited government. But now most Americans have no clue about the Constitution, and the fed gov has grown far beyond it's proper boundaries in size and scope.
Constitutional limits on government authority only work so long as those in government abide by those limits. Our republic is falling apart for one reason... "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
Unfortunately we the people have let the Fed Government get so bloated with bureaucratic agencies that it's at the point that either a Convention of States has to happen or a overthrow of the Government
Fine video. Of course more would be nice to be transfer than this in learning about the US Constitution. Feel that the Founders is presented as a set of men with a common vision for the American Republic. When the differences between some of these men lead to the establishment of the first two-party system in America.
The Framers knew the reasons they crafted our government the way they did. While some citizens don't think about this, be clear that our enemies do. And when you know that, you know they know how to destroy it.
@@willdevine8266 Because we have representation and things like an electoral college. Essentially, we don’t do “majority rules.” We aren’t a democracy.
In the words of Benjamin Franklin, one of the 3 primary authors of the US Constitution: Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on what is for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
ELI5: Imagine you and your friends want to decide what game to play. In a democracy, everyone gets to vote, and whatever most people choose, that’s the game everyone plays. But what if that game isn't fun for some of your friends? In a republic, you still get to vote, but you also pick people to help make decisions for everyone. These people listen to what everyone wants and try to make choices that are fair, even for the friends who didn’t win the vote. This way, everyone gets a voice, and rules are made to protect everyone's rights, even if they are in the smaller group.
Those foolish people who insist that the Constitution is "a living document"(and so, easily changeable) would likewise advise you to build your house on a foundation made of jello.
The Bible says to take the word of God and pass it down from the hierarchy the highest man with the Christ in him to the best of his ability staying true to the people over himself passing down the word and the laws of the word to the best of his understandings as the word of God so they all follow the basic path of God Christ Jesus that's how it's always been that's how it should always be we democratically speak about the things as the subject matters arise but we discern with the word of God so that all subject matter is in TRUTH OF GOD
Please keep your religion out of politics. The whole point of a society, especially a constitutional republic, is to represent everyone and to have a separation between church and state. Leave your religion to your life. Your political views should have nothing to do with your religion. Stop enforcing it on people.
@@maxwell8758 politics is arguments and accusations and Satan mindsets so therefore it is all religious your whole existence all of creation is God's religion did you forget your place or are you just so terrified of God's judgment that you want to sit there and live in a life of sin for all of eternity and not stand with Christ who Rose and that's why you're terrified get over yourself and humble yourself before our Lord and King Christ Jesus of Nazareth Alpha and Omega.
@@maxwell8758 "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible for liberty and justice for all" God is ingrained in the pledge of allegiance, the dollar bill has "in god we trust" on it, America is Christian, deal with it.
In the action movie "The Running Man" one of the character "Teaches the Constitution to the street punks." In that movie the country is a totalitarian state. Right now teaching the Constitution to anyone is something that will prevent our country from becoming totalitarian.
The US Constitution limits the US government. The People of the several States have their own constitution and bill of rights limiting their government. Constitutions limit the government and not The People. The republican government guaranteed clause in the US Constitution guarantees local self-governing. Radical and unlawful/unconstitutional changes have been made since the unCivil War. The book: ''The Republic of Republics'' is a great place to start your journey of enlightenment on this despicable situation. This book should also be in every homeschooler's library because you will never see it in the public fool system libraries. Know Constitution or No Constitution.
Another principle implied but not spelled out in the founding documents, is the right of states to withdraw from the union (no...this is not a pro-slavery position). The original 13 colonies/states were upon achieving independence were separate, sovereign entities. Those 13 voluntarily entered into an association for what was hoped to be their mutual benefit. Logic and reason would tell us that if you voluntarily enter into an association, you may also voluntarily leave. Another unwritten implied concept would be that members of the association could potentially expel members, although that may be a harder argument to make. When it was time to create new states, those newly created entities where endowed with the same rights and responsibilities as the original 13. This means that it is no crime or violation of the USC to secede. Of course, how the remnant of the union deals with any state or group of states that leaves is a tricky matter...especially when it comes to military assets and international borders & treaties.
The US Constitution should have it's own curriculum in public and private schools. Starting in elementary, continuing through middle school/jr high, and ending at the end of 12th grade. Just my two cents.....
Our Government does not want to educate people on the Constitution....
Uneducated people are easier to control....
Yes. It should be taught every year. Eliminate public funding for any school that doesn’t comply. Although, Federal funding is very little in terms of local schools.
Now there’s only brainwashing stuff like CRT.
History should be taught your whole school life. And it needs to be the actual history of the world. Not the warped one that the Left have been teaching our nation's children.
That won’t happen because the foreign corporation that now runs our country needs a misinformed and malinofrmed populace to stay in power
God bless America.
@Mayo's Mayo nice try
As a medically broken USAF Vet, I will defend it until I die. No matter what.
Professor George explains why it is so important to pass this along to everyone, since they stopped teaching this long ago, and those old enough to remember when they did have either forgotten or simply remained silent.
Literally people freaked out calling Trump a dictator without knowing how our legal system is built and that it is a failsafe against anything remotely like a dictatorship
Why continue doing the same thing that is yielding no fruit?
Valid...not so entirely off-topic, however, I am eighteen, and I’m from Illlinois (closer to stl than chi), yet, entirely through the curriculum, I was required to take the constitutional exam thrice throughout the years, my brother/other…
My kid learned this a few years ago in a bumblef--- public school. Save the hysterics and maybe hit up a library. Ignorant alarmists like you are what's making this country unstable.
If the founding fathers could see us today they would be appalled.
What's happening is the consequences of not learning from real history.
I disagree. The founders of the country knew that the average common man was a moron, that's why our system survives despite the fact that people today are dumber than ever. Literally the whole point of a democratic republic is to have elected leaders actually make those decisions because the average person is an idiot who doesn't know what's actually good for him.
Yes, but not surprised. They might even be impressed it lasted as long as it did before the total corruption ate the whole system leaving the country an eaten out shell of what they created.
equal rights for everyone? thats not what the constitution is about.
@@ragingshibe What do you have to back that up? They would be looking at 246 years of Americans, and you state without doubt that they would be most appalled by Trump. I seriously doubt that. But hey, way to troll. I wonder what they would think of the likes of YOU!
The Constitution will NEVER give one man, no matter how wealthy or powerful, control over your life. So always BEWARE of those telling what you should /should not be doing and rarely going into detail about where that is in Constitution. Freedom is NEVER outdated.
Biden and clan ignore constitution with out any resistance
Foreigner here.
I don't think that the power concentration is the biggest plus point of the system. It has its drawbacks.
The big advantage is the delegation to the states.
People are different in nature. Some people are at home in Portland, and others prefer the way of life in Utah. Moreover, individuals might want to live differently, depending on their stage of life, or whether they have kids.
The freedom of movement between states, and the fact that the states are empowered to be so different is what makes the system so great.
Yet one man obliterated the Keystone pipeline. Stop being delusional.
The new DOD Bill vote coming up by the Congress on July 19th, does just that. You better go back and find where Executive power is NOT in the Constitution! The framers didn't see this loop hole.
But it will however give a bunch of women complete control over your life.
The founding fathers couldn't have anticipated career politicians, special interest groups/lobbyists, entrenched unelected bureaucrats, and an all-powerful/pervasive surveillance state with its own federal police force running it without oversight.
They did in part. The senators were supposed to be appointed by the states not the people. They knew congressman would just be re-elected over and over and those people would give away the states power to the federal government. The Senators if they did something the state didn't like could easily be removed and replaced
@@mrow7598 If people read and understood the constitution, they would do more to ensure that the government remained limited in its scope and power. That's why it's not taught in nationally funded public schools.
@@mrow7598 another thing that the founding fathers couldn't have predicted was the rise of a government that hides its illegal activities/wrongdoing by having information rendered classified in the name of "national security" and then locking anyone up (or possibly even having them killed) if they try to reveal that information to the public.
@@mrow7598 today, the government has a get out of jail free card, an "I can do what ever I want and get away with it" card in the form of two words: national security. The government can do whatever it wants by invoking national security and anyone who tries to question it or stop it is arrested or kept in litigation purgatory indefinitely.
@Baker Harris - Completely False. In fact, George Washington was almost perfectly prescient in his prediction of exactly all of these things, and warned the People against it. Look up George Washington's "Farewell Address", and read it through. You will hear him warning us about EXACTLY what we are, and have been, experiencing. They damn well knew all of this, and knew how to avoid it, and even told us HOW. The sad part is, it has not been sufficiently passed down and taught to enough people, for them to know this - as evidenced by your comment.
Fantastic. Wish this was required viewing at every elementary, middle and high school in our land!! Thank you.
In California during the 1970s we were tested on the Constitution in the 8th grade. A passing grade was required. Just a generation later, this was no longer a part of the curriculum.
"required viewing" means force. That's not very Libertarian / Republican style thinking there Cyn.....
@@hubertcumberdale2651 She just said a “passing grade was required” just like in math, english, geography etc. She did not say required viewing. Is there a problem with people knowing how their country was formed and it’s history?
@@huejanus5505 nope. Cyn literally wrote "wish this was required viewing". Did you even friggin read the opening post of this thread? 😂
@@hennagaijin7856 great red herring Henna. Try being on topic if you want to butt in.
The more time goes by, the more convinced I am that the Constitution is the greatest political document ever written
They don't want it taught because it would cause kids and teens to question the governments rules and regulations and their control over us.
Right
The entire thing is built on the philosophy of separating and regulating power. State government vs. central government, government vs. people, government vs. government, people vs. people, etc.
Of course, much of the constitution is also built on honor and trust. No country survives cheating and distrust.
Our Republic forever. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Is it a coincidence that public (aka government) schools no longer do a decent job teaching students (aka future voters) how our government works?
The schools teach our kids lies that promote the agenda on the left
Absolutely not. We let a communist design our school system. Do you think a person like that wants an educated population?
No coincidence!! This ignorance sets the stage for the indoctrination of socialism.
Fun fact: America is a democracy
@@darthgrievous3678 When did it change to a democracy? In the Pledge of Allegiance, the USA is referred to as “The Republic“.
Why not an in-depth series of lectures from PragerU on the US Constitution? Paragraph by paragraph. Something like a Constitutional Law course.
Hillsdale college offers an excellent free lecture series on the Constitution.
The vision of the founding fathers is mind boggling. Still the best system in the world.
Isn’t it…after all these years ..the hindsight they had was amazing
@@PurpleImpactStrategies they really understood human nature
If you haven't already try to find the time to read The Federalist Papers and you can hear how they thought. Carpe diem
@@jameshendel4169 I'm reading them now and it's astounding, and weird, to read what they were warning about and then (figuratively) look out the window and see what they were warning against.
@@fnaffoxy1987
Because you appear studious might I suggest you read a book called The Outlaw Bank. You will find Hillary Clinton in there when she worked for the Rose Law Firm.
I personally believe that Bill Clinton could have never become president unless Hillary Clinton was covering up for and keeping secrets about government agencies that were well aware of this Outlaw Bank they were using.
Remember, we can only connect the dots from the facts of the past and always follow the money and power.
Thank you!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Before the US Constitution, there was the Articles of Confederation. The sad thing is that no one talks about it.
Very true!
Confederate means willing union, federal is a forced union. 😑 sad but true. If states don't stand up for themselves now they will soon loose their individual identities. Cali/NY for all would be the destruction of THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Yep they even had there own money
Because it was a failure.
@@katiek.8808 it was changed before any failure...
Alrighty tyrant federalists needed to make sure their power grew and could never shrink. They knew this would be the case bc MAN and Power corrupts.
One of the biggest problem our republic has had for many years now that could easily be solved is our state representatives live in D.C. (a.k.a. the swamp) and more often than not become corrupted. I can go to work meetings with people across the world using zoom, why can't our legislators vote from the states they SHOULD live in, by using technology? In short, the farther the representative are from the people they represent, the more corrupted they become.
Democracy*
This right here. Our representatives are so out of touch with their state that they are barely reconizable as a citizen of that state.
I like the idea, but let's be real: the system can corrupt them no matter where they live. Putting our representatives in the same location makes it more *convenient* but there will always be a way to reach out to them
@@darthgrievous3678 republic
@@darthgrievous3678 we are a constitutional republic, not a democracy.
He starts off with "Against all odds". So I guess there still is hope. 🇺🇸
When I was young, kids loved freedom. Today kids, think freedom is so boomer.
And who’s fault is that? The parents mainly. Teachers, too but ultimately the parents for being hands off with what their children are or are not learning.
No, they think conservative fascists are so boomer. They want freedom, which is why they don't vote republican.
@@jesusislord2164 Your god isn't real.
Yes, I think just saying "my freedoms" is completely boomer-tier republicanism. So is constantly rolling out the trope that sacrificing liberty for the sake of security is some sort of off-limits idea. I don't think this loose understanding of freedom is even well-defined. It seems to mean that any government whatsoever (federal, state, or even local) should have almost no say in daily life. This libertarian vision of Republicanism is a post-WW2 cancer, and is on its way out, as can be seen by the rise of increasingly illiberal strands of the left and the right. A lot of good "my freedoms" are when sexual ideology is in turmoil, the family is breaking down, debt is rising, the economy is out of control, and even notions as basic as law and order are being questioned. Placing liberty above everything else is the surest way to get real tyranny. We need to take a step back and re-evaluate the fundamental principles. We must seek the common good, enunciated through the language of Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness -- note that 'liberty' is only one prong here.
Not my kids.
Explained so well. Should be taught from grade 1 through High School
Instead we have gender Theory and CTR taught for children.😠
I had classes on this from elementary through high school in the 50s. I found it’s No longer taught in this extent when I asked kids through teens. This explains all the problems we have in our government with all the tyranny. We need to bring classes back to teach our kids about the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
IMO to graduate from highschool or earn an associate, bachelor's, or graduate degree, students should have to pass the same written test that nationalized citizens have to pass to earn their citizenship. At least that way everyone has the same basic working knowledge of how the US works.
..."naturalized". But yes, I agree.
@@jimlee850 lol thanks for the typo correction.
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. No one in this world, so far as I know-and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me-has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.” -H.L. Mencken
"Experience hath shewn that, even under the best forms of government, those entrusted with power have, in time and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny." -Jefferson The problem is that, a VERY long time ago, 'the government' forgot the part where they are supposed to serve the people, not the other way around.
Tangentially, the iPhone was the most detrimental invention to society ever. Its dominance severely changed the mindset of the everyday consumer/citizen by increasing the unconscious desire for ease and free stuff.
Complex systems can only be dumbed-down to a certain extent before too much fidelity is lost. When that happens, it's like chasing after a train that is slowly getting away from you: you must run extra hard to catch up. If you don't catch up soon enough, you're probably never going to.
Case in point, PragerU. An extremely valuable resource of easily digestible content on complex subjects that was not needed 15 years ago.
Having said all that, iPhone didn't create this problem. It just radically changed the curve in a downward trajectory.
Placing blame on a inanimate object that gives you unlimited access to practically any form of information, knowledge, art, and music the world has ever seen? Are you serious? Without the smartphone millions wouldn't even have access to PragerU, or the Internet at large, and would be forced to go either completely uninformed or rely on sources that are not completely honest or are too troublesome for them to reach either by distance or cost. Try again.
Well done. Amazing the forethought of our founders.
PS- We live in an oligarchic plutocracy.
Isn’t reality fun?
Currently under the "biden" administration yes.
Every democracy practicing nation must know and have this be taught in their schools
The problem is democracy is such a loose concept it is a term that is thrown around very often here in the Chinese government will tell you they have a democracy democracy by nature is majority rule we have a different system in the United States because the United States has so many different demographics that is impossible for us to be one people so that’s why we have a bill rights and any power that is not reserves the federal government is delegated to the states because the states better represent their people than the federal government we are not a true democracy here in the United States in a true democracy it always ends up falling flat on his face and replaced by oligarchy you do not want to live in democracy because all it would take is a majority of people to decide that you shouldn’t on property or you shouldn’t on this or that or you shouldn’t have money and they could legally take it for me but in a constitutional republic your belongings in your property is yours nothing to be taken from you without due process
Great video, thank you so much for all your hard work!
Adams and Jefferson were so adamant about true sovereign liberty, because they like Franklin understood a Republic can only be upheld by true sovereign individuals and a sovereign society over all. Sovereignty truly begins within the individual and not from without through the halls of Capitol Hill or the chambers thereof. No society can stand if the individual from within is compromised. Nurturing not just teaching, Instilling not just teaching brings about for a better tomorrow.
They couldn't have known about career politicians who get elected over and over for life.
Federal reps and senators were once appointed by the elected reps of their respective states. Elections for congress needs to revert back to how it was. People get so wrapped up in "national" politics that they can't even name their local representatives.
I wish the people that truly understood the Constitution would step up and make us all follow it to a T
So good! This needs to be taught to all kids in K-12!
This should be the intro shown in a civics class in every high school in the country.
Very interesting …simple yet provides depth
If people read and understood the constitution, they would do more to ensure that the government remained limited in its scope and power. That's why it's not taught in nationally funded public schools.
Mr Harris, I think part of the problem is we have too many migrants who do not know our constitution or understand its importance. I.know first hand migrants from Mexico come from a country where govt is corrupt so they have no respect for our laws.
As an Englishman this amuses me. Our constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy has created and maintained a society of essentially the same freedom and liberty as American presidential republicanism. I don't know why or how the United Kingdom and the United States have each preserved those liberties, but what is abundantly clear is that the American system (as advantageous as it may be in its context) is not the only way to accomplish it. Not a bad video, but it's important to look at the question with nuance!
"essentially the same freedom". Remind me again who was arrested for showing a video of his girlfriend's dog doing a particular salute? Yeah, not the same.
As an American, if I were to start my own country, I would choose a constitutional monarchy. Having a neutral head of state who plots out the long-term direction of the country and represents all citizens, and an elected head of government who handles administrative duties is more stable and less divisive than a president who vacillates between political parties every few years.
@@nova31337 Yes but the US has the highest prison population on the planet, is the only Western country that will incarcerate you for having sex with a 17-year-old, and effectively turns divorced men into perpetual indentured servants.
Both systems have their flaws.
@@quinnroberts3158 Were you divorced because you slept with a legal minor? As for the highest prison population, maybe it's better some are locked up rather than being allowed to roam about continue to commit crimes. Some countries try to sweep a lot of criminal activity under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist. You're not making a very convincing argument, however. Family courts do have their biases I'll admit, but those laws are a result of people voting for people that crafted those laws. Speech is protected at the highest level in our country for many reasons. For one, if you don't like certain laws, you're free to speak about and influence changes to those laws. Places where speech can be limited, means that you can't lobby for changes if one side deems certain things can't be said. It becomes a very slippery slope.
@@nova31337 I have never been married. I'm 25, and the only girls I ever encounter who seem interested in me are always underage. There have been shift leads at my current job as young as 15. Why is it ok for teenagers to boss me around at work, but they're incapable of consenting to sexual activity? How is it logical to argue that a teenager who has already had sex by their own volition is incapable of consenting to sexual activity?
Yes, the European countries need to work on protecting freedom of speech, but the US needs to work on rehabilitating inmates, and bringing back psychiatric hospitals so that criminal tendencies can be treated.
The US needs age of consent laws that are actually reflective of human biology, and needs divorce & family court laws that don't undermine the family.
I'm not saying the US has to become a constitutional monarchy, but a drawback our system has created is that half the country is always frustrated with the other side. We have no unifying figure who is above politics.
I'm agreeing with the OP that the American presidential republic system isn't the only way to create a free and just and prosperous nation.
This needs to be shared, watched and understood in every single classroom starting in kindergarten
This is an amazing video! I wish there were classes studying the constitution in all schools in America.
Please do multiple videos about the constitution and bill of rights
Outstanding explanation and video!! Thank you.
Sadly, we have a SMALL % of "Well Instructed People" in what's left of The USA.
Unfortunately many of our citizens that have been educated in our high schools and universities are ignorant and childish about our nation and the government in particular. I have become appalled at how narcissistic many of our citizens are and how immature they are.
I love this video, I want more. I learn so much from PragerU.
Or I am just reminded.
Oh, we will keep it alright.
Thank you PragerU! Long live the Republic!
There is no constitutional right to abort a pre-born child. The democrats in the House of Representatives voted to pass two acts that would allow the federal government to supercede existing state laws limiting abortion. I believe that on its face, this is an unconstitutional act, expressly prohibited by the constitution. Only a constitutional amendment, ratified by the requisite number of states, could make unfettered abortion the law of the land.
The constitution is entirely open to interpretation. you can make the argument that ones constitutional right to privacy prevents any government body intervening in any form of medical procedure including abortions and you would be justified in doing so. The constitution is deliberately vague so that laws can be made to suit it. Since the constitution doesn't say that a fetus is a human being, why do you think the rights entailed in it should extend to them?
@@willdevine8266 Please cite exactly where a right to privacy is in the constitution.
@@martinmiller1087 which amendment? the 4th and 5th amendments both speak about a right to privacy. With regard to abortion, the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides a fundamental "right to privacy", which can be extrapolated to apply to a woman seeking an abortion. It's the same amendment that protects your right to birth control, gay marriage, interracial marriage, etc. oh and protects your right to choose not to get vaccinated against covid if you didnt want to.
@@willdevine8266 Thanks Will. ... As a matter of fact, the 2nd Amendment guarantees my right to decide what is put into my body. LOL ... Have a good night.
@@martinmiller1087 Griswold v. CT (right to privacy) is going the way
of Roe v. Wade
Current year Canada is a great example of why the 2nd amendment should be more widely adopted in other countries
Ok,if they had it,what would happen?
America's hat is a civilized country...
Canada's pants is full of shit...especially at least 40% of the population
Shalom, everybody!
Mazel Tov!
I pledge alligence to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisble with Liberty and justice for all!
Amen
We need to get back to being a constitutional republic again and informing the public thru education in are schools including college,a lot of people are vary mislead and confused about our government today, this needs to be a priorty
It breaks my heart to see how shallow and purposely ignorant citizens have allowed themselves to become but act as if they know what's best in the same breath,for this country.I stand and defend it to my last dying breath and will shout it to the rooftops
in order to pass it along to my lineage. GOD BLESS US & THE USA
The average person isn't very smart and is easily manipulated.
In Oklahoma, it is required for all students to take a semester of government with a semester of Oklahoma history. Usually in the 9th grade.
When I was homeschooling in the 9th grade I had the entire year to learn about our Republic other forms of government, the evils of communism, a brief topic on law enforcement, along with memorizing The Preamble of the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address, and other facts.
Needless to say, I WAS ENRICHED, EMPOWERED and EAGER to help those to get into office that believe and trust God Who gave us this system.
We got the system.
We need to get back to God through His Son, Jesus the Christ.
A Republic protects the individual FROM THE MAJORITY..
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
“Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!”
Good thing we are a Republic too, all the more so, not to trample the minority. A republic is a better kind of democracy.
‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’
Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947
The Federalist Papers should be required reading for all high school students.
"Well instructed people" should be the only ones to vote.
Agreed, and had the fed gov not started interpreting the Constitution very differently in 1936, we might still have a properly limited government. But now most Americans have no clue about the Constitution, and the fed gov has grown far beyond it's proper boundaries in size and scope.
Constitutional limits on government authority only work so long as those in government abide by those limits. Our republic is falling apart for one reason...
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
This should be taught in grade school and later in high school.😊
Unfortunately we the people have let the Fed Government get so bloated with bureaucratic agencies that it's at the point that either a Convention of States has to happen or a overthrow of the Government
Fine video. Of course more would be nice to be transfer than this in learning about the US Constitution. Feel that the Founders is presented as a set of men with a common vision for the American Republic. When the differences between some of these men lead to the establishment of the first two-party system in America.
What's his name should do a in depth documentary on it, Ken Burns, I believe is his name.
From Alberta Canada, thank you
Brilliant! Bravo!
Beautiful
Thanks
The Framers knew the reasons they crafted our government the way they did. While some citizens don't think about this, be clear that our enemies do. And when you know that, you know they know how to destroy it.
Excellent Interview
"We the People" as recently been turned into a cool song
Proud republican here, and a law student, the constitution is my favorite subject in law school.
Time to add Congressional term limits to those limits on power
We don't pledge to the democracy for which it stands !
I wish there was a brick-and-mortar PragerU that you could send your children to. It would compete against the public schools.
Good Idea
The only place where I learned that the United States was a republic and not a democracy was in Junior ROTC.
How is the US not a democracy?
@@willdevine8266 Because we have representation and things like an electoral college. Essentially, we don’t do “majority rules.” We aren’t a democracy.
@@maxwell8758 how do electoral votes get allocated to a candidate?
@@willdevine8266 By state votes it's indirect election
In the words of Benjamin Franklin, one of the 3 primary authors of the US Constitution: Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on what is for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
Our founding fathers are very dizzy rolling in their graves.
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb discussing what to have for dinner. The USA is a Constitutional republic.
ELI5:
Imagine you and your friends want to decide what game to play. In a democracy, everyone gets to vote, and whatever most people choose, that’s the game everyone plays. But what if that game isn't fun for some of your friends?
In a republic, you still get to vote, but you also pick people to help make decisions for everyone. These people listen to what everyone wants and try to make choices that are fair, even for the friends who didn’t win the vote. This way, everyone gets a voice, and rules are made to protect everyone's rights, even if they are in the smaller group.
I wish schools would teach as much of the constitution as they now teach “gender identity”. In a perfect world it would be INSTEAD OF
I enjoy these videos as much as the next, but enjoy them even more when they have very reputable people from prestigious institutions
Well done Professor George.
Thank you PragerU.
Never give up you 2A rights for promised security. This video clearly illustrates why it was drafted into the constitution and it was not for hunting.
I didn't see his name on the screen and watching the whole video I thought it was Steve Forbes until he said his name at the end. Lol.
Those foolish people who insist that the Constitution is "a living document"(and so, easily changeable) would likewise advise you to build your house on a foundation made of jello.
Understanding the constitution should be a prerequisite for voting rights.
And since that day, the devil has been trying to overcome ALL of those checks and balances!!!!
History happens in cycles, it gets worse before it gets better. England and Japan are two of our closest allies. All is forgiven.
The Bible says to take the word of God and pass it down from the hierarchy the highest man with the Christ in him to the best of his ability staying true to the people over himself passing down the word and the laws of the word to the best of his understandings as the word of God so they all follow the basic path of God Christ Jesus that's how it's always been that's how it should always be we democratically speak about the things as the subject matters arise but we discern with the word of God so that all subject matter is in TRUTH OF GOD
Please keep your religion out of politics. The whole point of a society, especially a constitutional republic, is to represent everyone and to have a separation between church and state. Leave your religion to your life. Your political views should have nothing to do with your religion. Stop enforcing it on people.
@@maxwell8758 politics is arguments and accusations and Satan mindsets so therefore it is all religious your whole existence all of creation is God's religion did you forget your place or are you just so terrified of God's judgment that you want to sit there and live in a life of sin for all of eternity and not stand with Christ who Rose and that's why you're terrified get over yourself and humble yourself before our Lord and King Christ Jesus of Nazareth Alpha and Omega.
@@maxwell8758 God is already ingrained in this nation
@@thorpeaaron1110 No he isn’t. And by that logic, so was slavery. Doesn’t justify it.
@@maxwell8758 "i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible for liberty and justice for all"
God is ingrained in the pledge of allegiance, the dollar bill has "in god we trust" on it, America is Christian, deal with it.
Term limits for all Fed offices including SCOTUS judges and top and mid level bureaucrats. No pensions.
In the action movie "The Running Man" one of the character "Teaches the Constitution to the street punks." In that movie the country is a totalitarian state. Right now teaching the Constitution to anyone is something that will prevent our country from becoming totalitarian.
The US Constitution limits the US government. The People of the several States have their own constitution and bill of rights limiting their government. Constitutions limit the government and not The People. The republican government guaranteed clause in the US Constitution guarantees local self-governing.
Radical and unlawful/unconstitutional changes have been made since the unCivil War. The book: ''The Republic of Republics'' is a great place to start your journey of enlightenment on this despicable situation. This book should also be in every homeschooler's library because you will never see it in the public fool system libraries.
Know Constitution or No Constitution.
“My hope and prayer is that the sacrifices borne by so many will spawn and fulfill the promise of our new nation”.
- Mel Gibson in “The Patriot”, 2000
Very well done, as are most Videos here at PragerU.
Another principle implied but not spelled out in the founding documents, is the right of states to withdraw from the union (no...this is not a pro-slavery position). The original 13 colonies/states were upon achieving independence were separate, sovereign entities. Those 13 voluntarily entered into an association for what was hoped to be their mutual benefit. Logic and reason would tell us that if you voluntarily enter into an association, you may also voluntarily leave. Another unwritten implied concept would be that members of the association could potentially expel members, although that may be a harder argument to make. When it was time to create new states, those newly created entities where endowed with the same rights and responsibilities as the original 13. This means that it is no crime or violation of the USC to secede. Of course, how the remnant of the union deals with any state or group of states that leaves is a tricky matter...especially when it comes to military assets and international borders & treaties.
Excellent
I'm a child of the 60's. This lost on the new generations, while I learned it as a child.
Well said 🇺🇸