The Constitution in American Life: Featuring the Friends of Publius
Mike
19 episodes
1 month ago
In this episode, the Friends of Publius discuss Congress and the reasons why it is the most ineffective branch of government. This question is a revised version of Unit 4, Question 1 of the Center for Civic Education’s We the People curriculum. In 2006, Norm Ornstein and Thomas Mann wrote the book “The Broken Branch” about Congress. They followed that up six years later with “Its Even Worse Than It Looks” arguing that Congress is not only broken but it may be permanently di...
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In this episode, the Friends of Publius discuss Congress and the reasons why it is the most ineffective branch of government. This question is a revised version of Unit 4, Question 1 of the Center for Civic Education’s We the People curriculum. In 2006, Norm Ornstein and Thomas Mann wrote the book “The Broken Branch” about Congress. They followed that up six years later with “Its Even Worse Than It Looks” arguing that Congress is not only broken but it may be permanently di...
The Constitution in American Life: Featuring the Friends of Publius
1 hour 19 minutes
2 months ago
The Amendment Process
In this episode, the Friends of Publius discuss the amendment process and debate whether the Founders made it too difficult for us to revise the Constitution. This question is from Unit 3, Question 2 of the Center for Civic Education’s We the People curriculum. Discussion Question Unit 3 Question 2 How has the Constitution been reinterpreted or amended to go “hand in hand with the progress of the human mind”? *Looking back on the nation’s 250-year history, has the Constitution’s...
The Constitution in American Life: Featuring the Friends of Publius
In this episode, the Friends of Publius discuss Congress and the reasons why it is the most ineffective branch of government. This question is a revised version of Unit 4, Question 1 of the Center for Civic Education’s We the People curriculum. In 2006, Norm Ornstein and Thomas Mann wrote the book “The Broken Branch” about Congress. They followed that up six years later with “Its Even Worse Than It Looks” arguing that Congress is not only broken but it may be permanently di...
