We the People: The Foundation & Evolution of the U.S. Constitution
Framing Unity: The Justice, Liberty, and Rights Shaping the American ConstitutionBy James Madison, Helen M. Campbell, U.S. Congress, Center for Legislative Archives
Length38h 18m
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"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." — Preamble to the Constitution
The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. Empowered with the sovereign authority of the people by the framers and the consent of the legislatures of the states, it is the source of all government powers, and also provides important limitations on the government that protect the fundamental rights of United States citizens. The Constitution acted like a colossal merger, uniting a group of states with different interests, laws, and cultures. Under America's first national government, the Articles of Confederation, the states acted together only for specific purposes. The Constitution united its citizens as members of a whole, vesting the power of the union in the people. Without it, the American Experiment might have ended as quickly as it had begun.
James Madison introduced 12 amendments to the First Congress in 1789. Ten of these would go on to become what we now consider to be the Bill of Rights. One was never passed, while another dealing with Congressional salaries was not ratified until 1992, when it became the 27th Amendment. Based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights, the English Bill of Rights, the writings of the Enlightenment, and the rights defined in the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights contains rights that many today consider to be fundamental to America.
Contents:
The Journal of the Debates in the Convention Which Framed the Constitution of the United States
Constitutional Amendment Process
Measures Proposed to Amend the Constitution
Congress Creates the Bill of Rights
Constitution
Amendments
Biographies of the Founding Fathers
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Politics and Government
Length38 hrs 18 mins
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Publish dateJan 2, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1We the People: The Foundation & Evolution of the U.S. Constitution
2Creating the Constitution
3The Journal of the Debates in the Convention Which Framed the Constitution of the United States: Volume 1&2
4The Records of the Constitutional Convention
5Chronology of James Madison
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6Journal of the Constitutional Convention of 1787
7Monday May 28
8Tuesday May 29
9Wednesday May 30
10Thursday May 31
11Friday June 1st 1787
12Saturday June 2d in Committee of Whole
13Monday June 4. In Committee of the Whole
14Tuesday June 5. In Committee of the Whole
15Wednesday June 6th in Committee of the Whole
16Thursday June 7th 1787—in Committee of the Whole
17Friday June 8th in Committee of the Whole
18Saturday June 9th Mr. Luther Martin From Maryland Took His Seat. In Committee of the Whole
19Monday, June 11th Mr. Abraham Baldwin From Georgia Took His Seat. In Committee of the Whole
20Tuesday June 12th in Committee of Whole
21Wednesday June 13. In Committee of the Whole
22Thursday June 14. In Convention
23Friday June 15th 1787
24Saturday June 16. In Committee of the Whole on Resolutions Proposed by Mr. P. & Mr. R.
25Monday June 18. In Committee of the Whole on the Propositions of Mr. Patterson & Mr. Randolph
26Tuesday June 19th in Committee of Whole on the Propositions of Mr. Patterson
27Wednesday June 20. 1897. In Convention
28Thursday June 21. In Convention
29Friday June 22. In Convention
30Saturday June 23. In Convention
31Monday, June 25. In Convention
32Tuesday, June 26. In Convention
33Wednesday June 27. In Convention
34Thursday June 28th. In Convention
35Friday June 29th in Convention
36Saturday June 30. 1787. In Convention
37Monday July 2d in Convention
38Thursday July 5th in Convention
39Friday July 6th in Convention
40Saturday, July 7. In Convention
41Monday July 9th in Convention
42Tuesday July 10. In Convention
43Wednesday July 11. In Convention
44Thursday, July 12. In Convention
45Friday, July 13. In Convention
46Saturday, July 14. In Convention
47Monday, July 16. In Convention
48Tuesday July 17. In Convention
49Wednesday July 18. In Convention
50Chronology of James Madison
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