If a goal of American education is to produce good and knowledgeable citizens, then educators must teach students to understand the Constitution properly.
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You can avoid the plastic bag tax by purchasing your own plastic bags—at a fraction of the cost—on the internet.
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The framers wrote the Constitution with Anglo-American jurisprudence in mind.
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During the 17th and 18th centuries, five great scholars forged international law into its modern shape. The American Founders relied on their work.
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Congress’ effort to regulate Indian child placement is unconstitutional.
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The source of the Constitution’s first three words was very likely Jean-Louis DeLolme.
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For their objections against Congress regulating its own elections, history has largely vindicated the Antifederalists and Montesquieu.
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Newton exemplified the Scientific Revolution—an event that changed not only how people thought about the physical universe, but also how they thought about politics and government. This greatly affected the U.S. Constitution.
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The Brookings author probably thought she was being objective. But she was caught within her own echo chamber.
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Locke’s writings contained many specific observations realized in the Constitution
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John Adams featured Harrington in the first volume of his encyclopedia of republican governments, which circulated at the Constitutional Convention.
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