The United States Constitution: The History, Seven Basic Principles, Amendments, Fun Facts, and More.

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Jordan Berman

Education

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

With Constitution Day less than a month away, it's time we brush up on our knowledge of the document that our country is founded on. After all, most Americans don't know much about it. In fact, a 2019 study found that only 15% of respondents knew which year the Constitution was written and only 25% of Americans knew how many amendments the Constitution has. After listening to this episode, you won't be one of those people!1. Intro (0:19)2. The Articles of Confederation (1:45)3. The Constitutional Convention, Compromises, and Ratification (4:42)4. The Seven Principles of the Constitution (13:42)5. Amendments 11-15 (18:04)6. Fun Facts About the Constitution (22:54)If you enjoyed this episode, please leave me a review and share it with those you know that also appreciate unbiased news!Subscribe to Jordan's weekly free newsletter featuring hot topics in the news, trending lawsuits, and more.Follow Jordan on Instagram and TikTok.All sources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Jordan is My Loyer podcast, your favorite source of
0:07.9	unbiased news and legal analysis. Enjoy the show. The show. Welcome back to the Jordan is my lawyer podcast.
0:20.0	I hope you're having a great Tuesday. I have a special
0:26.1	episode for you today. So you may remember I did that episode all about the Supreme Court, which you guys loved.
0:32.8	And so I decided, let's do another one.
0:34.8	It's going to be very informative,
0:36.3	but this time it's all about the Constitution.
0:39.4	So specifically, I'm going to go through the history
0:42.0	of the Constitution, including the Constitutional Convention
0:45.5	and the road to ratification. I'm also going to talk about the seven basic principles that
0:50.9	lie within the Constitution.
0:53.0	We'll talk about the amendment process,
0:55.0	and then kind of a general explanation
0:56.8	of the first 15 amendments.
0:59.4	And then we'll finish with some interesting facts
1:01.8	about the Constitution that you may not know.
1:04.6	So it's going to be a great episode.
1:07.3	You are bound to learn at least one thing that you didn't already know, but I'm willing
1:11.8	to guarantee you'll learn at least three things that you didn't already know but I'm willing to guarantee you'll learn at least three things
1:13.8	that you didn't know possibly even more and that's going to be the episode so before we
1:19.7	get into it let me just remind you to please leave me a review on whatever platform you listen it really
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