It features interviews with everyday Americans weighing in with their visions on the rule of law, the branches of government and the debate over originalism. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 2nd, 8th and 9th Circuits to create games and learning centers to teach civics.Concerned about the lack of civics education in schools, Judge Douglas Ginsburg is the latest jurist looking to teach the public what he believes it’s been missing.The final episode discusses how the Constitution is under pressure today, and how all three governmental branches have contributed to the problem.
Ginsburg, who sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, is host of the PBS series "A More or Less Perfect Union."
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State delegates were sent to Philadelphia to work out the problems of the Articles of Confederation, which served as the first Constitution of the 13 original states. She did so through iCivics, a nonprofit organization she founded in 2009 that utilizes role-playing games and other digital tools, as well as lesson plans, to bring learning to children.He contends elected officials have degraded the Constitution, and now there are agencies that do the work of all three governmental branches.
There’s a discussion about how some of our Bill of Rights guarantees mean absolutely nothing today, namely the 9th and 10th Amendments, which reaffirm personal liberty by specifically limiting the federal government to its “enumerated powers.”The second episode is titled “A Constitution for All.” One major emphasis of this episode is the examination of the Supreme Court decisions that undermined racial justice both for slaves and later ex-slaves for a century after the Civil War.
But, he laments, not enough people have read the Constitution to know what it lays out. Circuit and is now a senior justice on the court. It also examines the compromises and struggles that led to the document we know as the U.S. Constitution. “A More or Less Perfect Union” is a three-part series, produced by Free to Choose Network, that will air on various PBS stations across the nation starting in February. It is a collection of thoughts about the Constitution from judges, journalists, and academics. There is more exploration into the Bill of Rights guarantees of free speech, religious freedom and the notion that “due process of law” be part of any proceeding that denies a citizen “life, liberty or property.” This forced the government to compensate citizens when it takes private property for public use. For it is they who stand a good chance of losing the liberties that made our nation the greatest and freest on earth.“A More or Less Perfect Union” is a three-part series, produced by Free to Choose Network, that will air on various PBS stations across the nation starting in February. The documentary is a personal exploration of the U.S. Constitution by Justice Douglas Ginsburg, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. The most important audience for “A More or Less Perfect Union” is high school and college students. He examines the key issues of liberty in the U.S. both from a historical and contemporary perspective. There is also discussion of Bill of Rights guarantees to people accused of a crime. He says even if someone is innocent, they may take a plea deal, forsaking their civil liberties.Ginsburg is also proud to have helped develop materials that will be used in a related educational curriculum designed to reach more than 1 million students per year. The second episode explores the amendments. Ginsburg, who is an originalist in his interpretation of the Constitution, points out how the balance of powers has shifted over the years.In the first episode of the series, Ginsburg examines the struggles and compromises in the creation of the Constitution. A More or Less Perfect Union (2020) explores the most contentious issues in American history and today through the lens of the U.S. Constitution.
What he and others in the judiciary are doing is not a replacement for a civics education, he says, but it is a help.Ginsburg says O’Connor was one of the first high-profile individuals to begin bringing civics to the masses. “A More or Less Perfect Union” is a three-part series, produced by Free to Choose Network, that will air on various PBS stations across the nation starting in February. Buckley, Ginsburg’s fellow professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. The documentary is a personal exploration of the U.S. Constitution by Justice Douglas Ginsburg, who served on the U.S. Court of App