This is another quintessential on for our AP GOV audience. What are the 5 RAPPS freedoms in the First Amendment (Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech). Check out what the First Amendment does and why it gets to be number one!

00:00:21 What is a Constitutional Amendment

00:01:21 Birthzillas and Madwives has been approved!

00:02:05 The First Amendment to the Constitution Says a lot

00:02:32 What is a Clause

00:03:00 Barron v Baltimore said the Bill of Rights only applies to Federal Government

00:03:24 The 14th Amendment and Selective Incorporation

00:04:28 What does the Establishment Clause actually say?

00:05:20 False Christianity uses the law to hide

00:06:00 How Free Exercise Clause relies on the Establishment Clause (or why I’m a libertarian about religion)

00:07:15 Bremerton v Kennedy case was decided wrongly and that’s bad for real Christians

00:08:00 Radical Groups Hide Behind False Claims of Christianity to use the law (and society

00:08:53 Freedom of Speech and Fighting Words

00:09:24 Chalpinsky v New Hampshire

00:10:00 Political Speech is highest protected and you can’t have content bans

00:10:37 Freedom of the Press

00:13:09 The answer to hate speech is more speech

00:13:40 The Pentagon Papers, Iran Contra, and the Press

00:13:50 I still love Dan Rather

00:14:30 The Right to Petition and Peaceably Assemble

00:15:00 Resurrection City and why protest is a pillar of democracy

00:16:37 Conclusion

How did we go from the Articles of Confederation to the US Constitution? Check out Article 7 and the ratification process. This week we finish out the Articles of the US Constitution and get ready to discuss the Bill of Rights!

00:01:11 Article 7 and the Ratification of the US Constitution

00:01:32 What the different Articles of the Constitution do

00:01:55 Article 7 of the Constitution

00:02:40 The Republic of Vermont

00:03:16 Getting rid of the Articles of Confederation

00:03:59 James Madison in the Federalist Papers on the right to change the government

00:04:53 The US, Brexit, and the Legality of Secession

00:06:01 Federalists, Anti-Federalists, and the Bill of Rights

00:08:00 What is ordered liberty?

00:08:28 Originalism violates ordered liberty when it strikes down the elected branches

00:09:34 Citizens United v FEC undercuts the elected branches

00:11:22 Check out OpensSecrets.org

00:12:48 Justice Stevens dissent in Citizens United and why it remains epic

00:14:26 Thank you

What is Article 6 of the US Constitution? This week we explore the supremacy clause, nullification, and why the US Constitution forbids religious texts. Come learn about how the supremacy clause shaped education discrimination and the legal foundation for federal civil rights.

00:00:35 What is the Constitution

00:01:41 Federal oath of office

00:02:09 Supreme law of the land

00:03:03 Article 6 Debts Clause

00:03:37 Article 6 Supremacy Clause

00:04:48 Supremacy Clause, Nullification, and School Desegregation Cases

00:05:42 Cooper v Aaron, Ruby Bridges, and the Little Rock Nine

00:07:21 Cooper v Aaron and the children’s freedom from discrimination

00:08:36 Segregation Academies and the history of Segregation for Wealthy People

00:09:48 “The Supreme Law of the Land” and you “can’t make war against the Constitution”

00:11:09 State governments versus the constitution: who decides?

00:11:38 Article 6 and religious tests and corruption of religion by politics

00:13:46 John Adams and a government of laws not of men

00:15:30 Conclusion

In this week’s episode we look at how to amend the US Constitution. What is a constitutional convention? Do we have a 28th Amendment or not? And talk about why the constitutional founders built a system designed to change. Let’s go!

00:00:17 Intro

00:01:17 First four articles of the Constitution, review

00:01:34 Founders did not think the Constitution would last

00:02:24 McCulloch v Maryland and Constitutional Interpretation

00:03:35 Why did the articles of confederation fail?

00:04:10 Thomas Jefferson argued for Constitutional Change: he said the Constitution “Not and ill-fitting coat”

00:05:14 Article 5 of the US Constitution

00:06:20 How we Amend the Constitution

00:008:23 What about the 28th Amendment? History of the ERA

00:10:14 Did Biden support the ERA? Not really.

00:11:26 There are a lot of non-constitutional people in the ERA debate

00:12:25 The end of Article 5 and equal state suffrage in the Senate and slavery

00:13:01 The Declaration of Independence says we can overthrow the government

00:13:57 Government exists to secure rights, says the Declaration of Independence

00:15:33 The Declaration of Independence warns us about complacency and settling

00:16:19 Change is the basis for the American political system

00:17:19 Thank you!

In this campfire edition of the Civic Flame we look at the economic reasons Trump and his billionaire allies are after Greenland, consider how the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 combined with Trump's greed might lead to catastrophe for the US dollar as reserve currency, and explain why the government siege in Minnesota is related to the potential acts of war against Greenland's sovereignty.

Table of Contents

00:00:44 What’s going on with the US and Greenland?

00:01:54 Trump Claims Greenland

00:02:13 How is Greenland connected to Minnesota

00:02:37 Political Economy means follow the money

00:03:46 What wealth inequality and a billion dollars looks like

00:04:30 Wealth Supremacy

00:05:39 AI, your utility bills, and the tech bros who want Greenland

00:06:24 Minnesota, Greenland, and Resources

00:07:06 Minesota and Greenland are Natural resources grab

00:07:37 US Policy ABCs: Always Be Colonizing

00:08:07 The bro-ligarchs who bought the media

00:09:38 Rich People Don’t Manage their own money

00:10:04 Cryptocurrency allows them to hide

00:10:18 The threat to the reserve currency, the US dollar

00:11:10 NATO and Greenland

00:12:02 Billionaires make a lot of money on war and poverty

00:12:39 Republicans Threatening Trump over the Money not the Morals

00:13:44 Why this is George W Bush’s fault

00:14:45 The US is following the decline of other empires

00:15:14 Stand with Greenland and Minnesota

00:15:41 Conclusion