From the historic campus of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, where the good, the true, and the beautiful are taught, nurtured, and honored, this is the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, bringing the activity and education of the college to listeners

across the country. As Hamilton points out, something like a Bill of Rights is really appropriate

for a monarchic government, not for a Republican government. And he says, why are people calling

for a Bill of Rights? He says, well, because under the British, we had Magna Carta.

Because under monarchic rule, the assumption is all power resides with the king.

And any exceptions to that, you need to stay on paper.

This is your host, Scott Bertram.

Welcome to the Independence Day edition of the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, part of the Hillsdale

College podcast network. That was Dr. Ronald Pistrito, Dean of the Graduate School, Professor of Politics,

and Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at Hillsdale College. We begin our

conversation as we focus today's episode on the United

States Constitution. Dr. Pastrido, thanks so much for joining us. Happy to be here. Thanks for

having me. We're inviting you today to enroll in Hillsdale College's free online course,

Constitution 101. Go to hillsdale.edu slash course, scroll down to featured courses, and sign up for Constitution 101.

Dr. Pastrido teaches three of the classes offered in Constitution 101. We'll talk about those in a moment.

But the big question, why should people go sign up? Why should people do it? Why should we study the Constitution?

Well, one sad fact there is it's not done very much anymore. And I think lots of folks realize

not only those who are undergoing their education presently, but people of all ages seem to be

understanding that that something is missing in many ways from their own education.

And so we're trying to fill in the gaps that have been left, I guess you can say.

And more seriously, I think it's the case in the country today that most people, even people

who consider themselves relatively well-informed and educated, people who keep up on things,

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