The US Constitution is a constant partner in everything we do here at Civics 101.

Can the government do that?

Who is in charge here?

What did the Supreme Court say?

How are those votes counted?

We go beyond the Constitution, sure, but nine times out of ten we start there.

It's the foundation.

It's a paramount importance.

It's the revered beacon.

But I recently spoke to someone who dramatically shifted how I see this remarkable document.

And as I'm getting ready to share that conversation with you, I figured it's a good time to

remind us all what the US Constitution, the thing that we reference so often, it's basically

a person in the room, actually is, says, and does.

So today we are revisiting how this 200-plus-year-old rulebook came to be.

And after that, speaking of looking at Hollywood documents in a new light, Hannah, I'm going

to be sharing an episode that features my most overused metaphor in my many years of

working with Civics 101.

But we got to start with the Constitution.

And by the way, everyone, the opening scene with George Washington having breakfast used

to be like twice as long.

We made Hannah cut it.

You know, the fact that no one gets to hear what the weather was like on November 5, 1786

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