All About The Constitution

it's really no shocker that our founding fathers would want

to come up with a set of rules for america

Should they get two hundred dollars when they pascoe What

is surprising is how well the constitution has hung in

there for over two hundred twenty years I don't look

a day over two hundred so let's take a good

look at this resilient blueprint for democracy constitution of the

united states of america After america won its independence from

britain it's leaders had to put together a central government

Toronto what do we do now The first attempt at

a constitution the articles of confederation was a nice try

but inadequate How dare you So the constitutional convention was

convened to reform it in philadelphia in may of seventeen

eighty seven Thank you The convention was attended by fifty

five leaders from twelve states Needless to say when you

get that many people in the same room disagreements are

bound to happen Okay but the delegates plowed ahead In

the end they created a federal government that was more

structured and more powerful but still respectful of the rights

and freedoms of individuals Oh yeah James madison often called

the father of our constitution was a key player in

keeping the rest of the delegates on task He knew

that they would never agree on everything And we're going

to make money but needed to agree on the important

stuff The country would be a federal system of government

with three distinct branches Legislative executive and judicial It would

have a serious of checks and balances to keep everyone

honest And states and individuals were to retain some exclusive

powers a year You probably think it was all downhill

from there yet But there was a lot of dispute

about whether or not there should be a single president

and how long he should stay in the office as

long as i want it would be quite a while

before this guy would come along to resolve the issue

of slaves right Yeah Or before this gal came along

to fight for the rights of women Bring it on

But the new constitution did cover a lot of ground

It established two bodies of legislation in the house and

the senate a supreme court and the ability to add

amendments in the future It also made it pretty clear

who was in charge Oh yeah brother Since most colonists

were fed up with the monarchy our founding fathers insured

from the first words that this was a popular sovereignty

whose power came on lee through the consent of the

people being governed Yeah After four months of debates and

compromise the delegates were more than ready to head for

home I know i am But there was one thing

missing from this first constitution Am i missing something A

bill of rights at it His amendments one through ten

The bill of rights was ratified in seventeen ninety one

Restricting government's ability to infringe upon individual rights and guaranteeing

personal freedoms were twice in a row Since its ratification

and seventeen eighty nine the u s constitution has been

amended twenty seven times with twenty six still standing His

law Yeah it's been an inspiration for countless other countries

and is the oldest written constitution in the world Oh

what's your secret Not bad for a bunch of old

guys stuck in a room without the internet huh What 00:04:38.562 --> [endTime] is that Oh yeah Stop twisting jim