Constitution 101 | Lecture 1

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Learn the meaning of the Constitution and the principles of American government in this new version of Hillsdale's most popular course.
The form of government prescribed by the Constitution is based on the timeless principles of the Declaration of Independence. These two documents establish the formal and final causes of the United States and make possible the freedom that is the birthright of all Americans.

[@Dyros55]

I had this class in 8th grade. It was called Civics, and was MANDATORY than. (1973)

[@jackjones3657]

Dyros55 Me too!(1989) But that was a private Christian school.

[@highflyer13131]

Learned the preamble to the constitution in 5th grade. Plus most of our founding principles. Got is from a public school in nyc. Boy how times have changed. It's nice to see though that my son is being taught his history still the way it should be today in the same school. I call that resistance to the establishment.

[@johnblaker2454]

Despite what many are led to believe civics classes are still mandatory in public schools around the nation. Being older doesn't mean you got better a civics education. The problem isn't that nobody is TAUGHT civics, its that nobody AGREES on the meaning of what they learn. This was true even before the ink was dry on the Constitution in 1787. Arguments were already raging over what it meant and what it did/didn't do that someone was invariably unhappy with.The idea that at some point far enough back all the Founding Fathers agreed on everything and America was this beautiful utopia where everyone agreed is just flat out not true. Just read the Federalist Papers and the disagreements of Jefferson and Madison. At the end of the day getting a society of 330 million people to all decide what a "good thing" is might actually be the only thing harder than herding a colony of feral house cats. Governments will always be something tolerated and never loved. Young, Old, Left, Right every demographic of Americans since the the inception of the Constitution has allowed the state to gain more power. That's the nature of governments, to increase and grow in power. Then argue about what to do with that power.

[@haku22222]

29 I had never seen anyone talk about Civics. I can only imagine younger more radical kids get taught. I have grown fond of Constitution as I have slowly head butted 'Progressive Left' which want Socialism. I also found God. I was ignorant but holding my morals & integrity held me through which I understand as people I stand seem to hold dear such things. God is good. How I am blessed by my increased sense of America & God. Most of us are walking ignorance of history. These days I'm fond of liberty. They want to cut it down. 'Foolish Galatians who has bewitched the?.'

[@johnblaker2454]

@@haku22222 What state? I grew up in Georgia and we had government required in Elementary, Middle and High schools. Every student took a least a years worth of instruction on civics in each level of public schools. I have heard that this is more common among states that were the original 13 colonies + Texas (and Louisiana I believe). I wonder if there is more education in these states because of the State History classes? Which by their very nature in the colonies covers colonial history and the foundations of the country. I graduated in 2010 and we never covered ANY history past WW2 until my AP US History class, that stopped with Vietnam. It seems that some people want to avoid talking about the founding because it confronts the narrative that everyone before FDR was just a terrible no good very bad person and we shouldn't engage with their ideas. It's not surprising that people who have actually read the Federalist Papers tend to see the ridiculousness of "Progressive" politics. It's a philosophy of ignorance.

[@TheGoldeyFamily]

Every citizen needs to watch the entire series!

[@tinasimons6311]

At least yearly!

[@MatthewWhite-cl5nf]

Yes sir agreed 💯

[@frank64409]

But! Are we citizens? Or are we Sovereigns? I don't believe we are Citizens!

[@bsmith8166]

Why? This guy didn't say anything informative whatsoever, and he's reading is quite clearly biased by right-wing brain rot. Did you even watch these?

[@alanaadams7440]

Thank you Hillsdale for these videos. I appreciate it so much. My grandmother was from Norway she taught me how lucky I was to be born in America. She couldnt wait to become a citizen. She taught me to be proud of my country to be a Patiot😊

[@MrKitty2015]

Now Americans want to be Norwegian. My how times change.

[@Jan-qq9xc]

No they don’t.

[@immanuel7776]

I'm first gen mexican American my parents came here for a better life and I'm so blessed to be in a country that is free I believe God will still use America to conquer the evil around us!

[@nalejbank]

America is NOT here, nor were we started to "conquer the evil around us". We BROKE from old Europe collectivism and very providentially created a layer of government that deals with what ALL States can't do independently (like have a permanent naval defense). We were NEVER to venture into other sovereign countries searching for monsters to destroy, nor the policemen of the planet. It's called looking our for OUR territory and citizens first and only!

[@stuckinmygarage6220]

From your lips to His ears 🙏

[@rreszler]

I think the politicians of today need to take your class!

[@carloscampos6846]

No what we need is all the politicians that have been in power for generations to get kicked out of office. TERM LIMITS FOR ALL

[@hellwithit]

Rick Reszler they have. So you tell me. You think that this person is 100% spot on. Or do you think he is selling books and sugar coated facts with fictional history taught by today’s college and public school systems?? But before you go off. You really think about results vr rhetoric. Then-answer my smart ass comment. 👍

[@hellwithit]

Carlos Campos what if you were to have a real good person in office. You want to kick him out????

[@Plummerdeedo29]

Need to get bar attorneys out to they are agents to Britain under English queen. This is treason because the public servants are to serve the American people not rob them and trample on our God given rights.

[@hwhern]

And the police also .

[@randypoffo4life]

They need to make this mandatory again in schools to learn the U.S. constitution.

[@SovereignStatesman]

Yes, because freedom begins with forced indoctrination. FACT: Each state was always a independent state to itself, and the USA was simply a continental union of separate nation-states like the EU; except the voters in each state-state held final authority, and they could overrule state or federal governments at any time by popular vote. The USA was never officially recognized as a independent state to itself: i.e. a free, independent and independent state. Read it for yourself: from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776: _We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these colonies solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved; and that, as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do._ So the states were declared as separate independent states, and the USA was only a union among them like the EU. And from the Articles of Confederation : March 1, 1781: _Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled._ So “perpetual union” did not unite the states into a single independent state; only an international union like the EU, to which certain powers were simply delegated. And from The Paris Peace Treaty of September 30, 1783 _His Brittanic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be free independent and independent states, that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs, and successors, relinquishes all claims to the government, propriety, and territorial rights of the same and every part thereof._ That’s plain English, from the King himself: each state is a independent state. And the Constitution likewise did not unite the states as a independent state; but simply established the _voters_ in each state as the principal sovereigns, rather than the _state legislatures_ as under the Articles of Confederation. As noted in Article VII: _The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same._ So each state ratified the Constitution as a separate nation; and it does not anywhere expressly unite them as a single NEW nation-state. So yes, each state WAS a separate sovereign nation-state, from 1776 onward. In order to keep tariffs high, and violate the Constitution otherwise; naturally Lincoln had to preclude secession, and claim federal supremacy over every state. And to do that, he had to re-write history and claim that the Union was a federated state, vs the _fact_ of it being a confederacy of independent states with no legal way out. ​Naturally this couldn't be determined by force in 1861, since that ship sailed in 1787. And everyone knew it; so Lincoln lied, as did Congress during the Jackson Administration (which Lincoln copied from). Lincoln's words, from his July 4, 1861 Special Message to Congress: _by the Declaration of Independence. Therein the "United Colonies" were declared to be "free and independent States;" but even then the object plainly was not to declare their independence of one another or of the Union, but directly the contrary, as their mutual pledge and their mutual action before, at the time, and afterwards abundantly show._ *Reality:* they were declaring their independence "from the state of _Great Britain,_ but the Union was never declared to be a state (as Lincoln unethically insinuates) upon which the states became _dependent_ as a federated state. On the contrary, the colonies were declared to be "free and independent states, with the full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all the other things that independent states may of right do." So each colony was now a sovereign nation-state just like Great Britain; and the American Union was a continental association of such state, like the European Union. And he continued: _The express plighting of faith by each and all of the original thirteen in the Articles of Confederation, two years later, that the Union shall be perpetual is most conclusive._ Reality: Each state expressly retained its *sovereignty, freedom and independence* in the Articles of Confederation, which is "most conclusive." Particularly since the Founders framed the Articles in compliance with the Law of Nations, which held that *"several sovereign and independent states may unite themselves together by a perpetual confederacy, without ceasing to be, each individually, a perfect state. They will together constitute a federal republic: their joint deliberations will not impair the sovereignty of each member, though they may, in certain respects, put some restraint on the exercise of it, in virtue of voluntary engagements.”* Just like the European Union. But pesky facts_ wouldn't stop Lincoln from "preserving the Union" by force: _Much is said about the "sovereignty" of the States, but the word even is not in the National Constitution, nor, as is believed, in any of the State constitutions._ _Unlike_ in the Articles of Confederation, eh, Abe? You know, where you just now conveniently _skipped over_ that fact that they _did_ mention it-- and expressly _retained_ it, thinking we wouldn't see you _hide_ that under the rug, that “Every state retains its _sovereignty, freedom and independence”?_ But here, Lincoln shamelessly uses the fact that it wasn’t mentioned in the Constitution, as some sort of proof that they don’t _have_ it; despite that the Constitution _followed_ the Articles of Confederation. *Reality:* The word “sovereignty” is not in the Constitution, because it was already _long settled_ that the states had each _won_ their sovereignty -- along with their freedom and independence - in the American Revolution. This was formally and legally established via the 1783 Treaty of Paris, where King George expressly recognized every state, by name, as "free, sovereign and independent _states."_ So there was simply no longer any _need_ for the states to specifically enumerate and retain their sovereignty; just as with any other written agreement between separate nations. For the states were now not simply self-declared independent states, but were now _officially_ independent from Great Britain. Aand of course they were independent from all the other American states, since they never delared _dependency_ on such (contrary to “Honest Abe” trying to slip that “card” into the bottom of the deck, before he _dealt_ it from there). If Britain had won, it would have just gone down in history as a rebellion; but they lost, and so history made its judgment: with each state becoming free, sovereign and independent, just like Great Britain or any other independent state. _Not_ a single independent federated state. And so by the time of the Constitution, the American Revolution was _long over;_ so there was no need to enumerate any state's sovereignty, freedom or independence, any more than in the UN charter or any other international agreement. Only a true dunce would claim that formed a one-world nation. However Lincoln was doing that very thing: _What is a "sovereignty" in the political sense of the term? Would it be far wrong to define it "a political community without a political superior"? Tested by this, no one of our States, except Texas, ever was a sovereignty; and even Texas gave up the character on coming into the Union, by which act she acknowledged the Constitution of the United States and the laws and treaties of the United States made in pursuance of the Constitution to be for her the supreme law of the land. The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status. If they break from this, they can only do so against law and by revolution._ *Reality:* _Every_ state was a sovereignty. The original states declared it in 1776, and won it in 1783; and this included four of the 13 CSA states: North and South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. And the newer states were recognized as independent by the older states, who declared their the states as being free, sovereign and independent via the divinely-endowed right to consensual self-government to all men; and therefore the same status would pass to the newer ones, since all men were created equal. Otherwise they would have remained US territories. Lincoln lied from square 1, insinuating that the Union was a state. It never was; and the Constitution doesn't make it into a state, since it was ratified by the the states separately, not collectively; and it doesn't _say_ that it forms a state, thus precluding it from doing so. Hope this helps!

[@paulgarduno3127]

President Trump desires to teach our children to love the USA. We must keep Trump in the white house.

[@marshajanulis6092]

i. had these courses. the last 2 years in grade school it was really drilled down into us and im so thankful to my teachers

[@SovereignStatesman]

@@marshajanulis6092 Kinda like the Pledge of Allegiance. So explain, how did the USA become "one nation," when each state is free, sovereign and independent by law? And say something stupid.

[@CarrieLuikens]

Yes I agree. Every teenager should be required to study and pass a US Constitution test by the time they are voting age. We need to remember that our youth are going to run for office in the near future. They need to be fully informed and educated about the original purpose of our Constitution and democratic government, and hopefully this will deter any one from believing that anti-democratic rhetoric is acceptable in the USA.

[@dinahabibagahi61]

Mr. Larry I am 65 years of age I have never in my education years had a class like this one I simply enjoy it and I am glad I registered on your class thank you and Blessings to you and those who have work to make these classes possible.

[@robinburgett2088]

Right there with you, I am 63 in a few months ,school was not like this whatsoever. If you didn't understand go to the end of the line, very sad to say. Dina you have a very Blessed and Prosperous in everyday with Joy and Wisdom In Jesus Name Amen and Amen

[@kathyschreiber9947]

Really I'm 63. I've been a lawyer for 35 years. This dude is not saying anything worthwhile about the Constitution.

[@GindD]

So not worth it for a person wanting to learn about the constitution?​@kathyschreiber9947

[@rukeyser]

​@@kathyschreiber9947thank you.

[@Graffitinyc1]

I have been teaching my son about the constitution. I’m so glad I came across this! The government servesThe People, not the other way around! Let’s go Brandon!

[@pmacc3557]

Can you give me a few tips how you approach it with kids? We aren't in America but I'm always telling my kids about my trips to the USA and how in my opinion Mr. Trump was how a President should be etc I am trying to beef up my kids defense to the bs and brainwashing of present day school system

[@42WasTheAnswer]

@@pmacc3557Don’t ask anyone, who writes “Let’s Go Brandon” about anything that takes intelligence. Just what the country needs, more brainwashed kids who listened to their ignorant parents.

[@roygbiv5164]

The BIG problem here is that you are teaching your kid anything.

[@taniaperez1989]

This should be in every middle and high school curriculum!!!

[@angelicamateo2027]

Tania Perez Elementary my friend the younger the better and followed up or accelerate through the years. But absolutely in precollege

[@brandonframe1743]

Didn't it used to be in schools?

[@grumpybear5469]

@@brandonframe1743 it was when I was in school, but that was years ago.

[@nealdavis7807]

I wouldn't recommend it because it is full of lies about government and rights.

[@daniellelaree2945]

Agree!

[@truckerenoch8824]

The governor of Missouri told the federal government that, "if they tried to enforce federal gun laws in the state of Missouri, those federal officers would be charged in a Missouri State Court and imprisoned!". *THAT* is the kind of federal government that the founding fathers didn't want and that brave act of rebellion by a State government, probably made them smile in their graves!!! 🇺🇸

[@DreadNovella]

It doesn't matter they aren't worried about our guns. They just say things like Beto did to devide us. They have cell towers which are weapons. They aren't worried at all.

[@bornfree3124]

@J B thats crap,a state cannot over rule federal gov.which is a corporation,and our Natural Rights supersede all corporation rules,laws,codes,ordinance etc.

[@digital-designferrante336]

I believe this thread started regarding Federal gun control laws, we could also include State laws...It comes down to one thing, The Bill of Rights. No Federal Government nor State Government has the legal authority to infringe on the Rights of its Citizens nor People, as stated in the 14th Amendment - Section 1- ...No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of Citizens of The United States; nor shall any State deprive any Person of life, liberty or "property", without due process of Law; nor deny to any Person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the Laws. The Federal Government and State Governments (not all) are currently infringing on the Rights guaranteed to its Citizens by The Constitution. And all we do is let it happen, and bend over and comply, just like the Founding Fathers did right? I doubt that they're smiling in their graves.

[@joeoathkeepernuno7086]

HERE HERE....!

[@truckerenoch8824]

@@DreadNovella ikr! Sometimes I feel like they own stock in all these gun companies, because every time they rabble like this stocks go up!

[@clintblew1414]

This is such a wonderful resource. It saddens me to see how the Constitution and those who created it are being maligned today. I hope courses like this one reach far beyond party lines.

[@deborahtbowers4324]

Thank you Hillsdale college for this beautiful discourse on our Constitution! I love our Constitution! Long live America and freedom! And may she only ever be HOME to those who are truly in love with her and willing to die for her!! 🇺🇸

[@Miatacrosser]

I took this coarse 7 years ago. It was one of the greatest things I ever did. Thank you Hillsdale for all the priceless knowledge. I am a better American today for it.

[@wiltonsmith3397]

“Course”.

[@willpulera7303]

It must have been four score and 7 years ago.

[@chasesmith8058]

Course

[@arr0gant1]

Korce

[@TK-cl1jm]

Coors

[@KingTesticus]

I'm bookmarking this for my homeschooling classes.. I'm totally going to make sure my children know this stuff.. Thank you.

[@mmmgy9727]

Me too

[@juliedeane4327]

Good for them!

[@SuperShelbyBillionaire]

#Genius. SHARE IT WITH THE ENTIRE PLANET EARTH, 1 TO EDUCATE 2 TO KEEP THE GOVERNMENT PILAUTICIANS ACCOUNTABLE FOR TREASON #RICO

[@pattiwaldman8098]

homeschool is the real school. other for potted plants.

[@SovereignStatesman]

KingTesticus: your kids will be fools. This is a LIE.

[@katedryer4488]

Lovely setting. Great delivery. Thank you so much, Hillsdale, and thank you for bringing RFKJr to the stage earlier this year. 🥰

[@bullsboat1]

We had these kind of classes when I was in middle school, boring but I still love them......because your never to old to learn something new. And I'm 56 yrs old 🤷‍♂️

[@mikemorris1760]

It’s sad and alarming that this isn’t taught in schools anymore. It’s to the government’s advantage to keep the people ignorant of their rights.

[@newagain9964]

Huh? The US Gov has never been fair or lived up to that document.

[@georgelux126]

As Carlin said: They want us just smart enough to run the machines and dumb enough to not ask why.

[@garrockwaters304]

The schools need to first teach English.

[@jimbrown609]

@@newagain9964US is far from perfect. But can u name a better place

[@harleygirl4life6]

@@jimbrown609 exactly !!! Every single country had slavery at one time or another but America was of the first to abolish it. We have moved farther & farther towards freedoms & justice for all. No other country has had a constitution like we have, most just 8 to 15 years is the max. Take France for example. People who put down America who are citizens of America usually have spent no significant time in other countries, thereIS a REASON over a million people try to gain citizenship a year. This year probably two million. They come here from all countries around the world & many more wish that they could & would jump at the chance. Our poor are richer than other countries poor bcz our standard of living is so much higher. People who have never lived outside of America have no idea how blessed they are to be here. To say & print such hate for a country out in the open would cause them to lose their freedom or even lives. America's Constitution protects them. Even as they slam it, it is. Proof of its greatness are shown by example right here. No place is Utopia to think that is very child like

[@chriswitmer6707]

It is never to late to re-educate ourselves on our founding documents. Thank you!🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@williamkurzenberger6414]

Amen to that!

[@trentp151]

After a re-education by the democrats, a re-education by the mainstream media, and a re-education in our public schools, I think we've had enough of "re-education." What I think is really needed is for people to start questioning the sources of our various 'educations' and to decide which one is really important to us. After all, re-education is a code-word for brainwashing.

[@SK-cm5mt]

***Mike Pompeo has joined ACLJ and I heard him on the Radio and he wants Parents to Be Aware that China is Already in OUR Schools Educating OUR Kids Their Way!!! WAKE UP PARENTS

[@sv3931]

@@SK-cm5mt *The Founders gave* *us A Way Out* *Without Another* *Civil War* *Article 5* Convention of States Mark Meckler See the Crossroads vid. Sign the petition. *Get The Word Out!*

[@JM-kq4le]

Too late

[@deborahsimmonds653]

Thank you so much for your time and dedication. This is a wonderful course. I wish I had learned this in school. Instead I was taught to be ashamed of the founding of this country and never anything about the documents. That was in the 60's and 70's. They started indoctrination a long time ago. I have always been so proud of our country because of what my parents taught I am saddened to say I was always too busy and I am only now passing this on to my daughter and granddaughter. They need to have a foundation of how great this country is. This country offered a poor single parent family child the ability to become a doctor thru hard work (2-3 jobs while in school) and perseverance. I Praise God for all He has blessed me with and being born in such a great country.

[@philobetto5106]

Thank you, sir. By listening to your lecture, I gained a much better understanding of our Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

[@denniscarroll3164]

Thank you Hillsdale College for the free lecture series. This is truly an important one for all Americans.

[@nelsonwayne6997]

Hello Dennis 👋👋 How are you doing and how's the weather over there ?

[@denniscarroll3164]

@@nelsonwayne6997 great! CA Bay Area weather is generally great, it's other things that are awful.

[@nelsonwayne6997]

@@denniscarroll3164 nice to know.... I'm originally from Malta currently living in Portland Oregon

[@nelsonwayne6997]

@@denniscarroll3164 the temperature here's hot sunny... I hope the aircondition keep me cool 😪😁

[@denniscarroll3164]

@@nelsonwayne6997 we have a few weeks a year give or take that's the same thing. Outside of that, the climate is very stable. Extremes aren't like other places. They're very rare.

[@ngonzale3]

“There’s are just 2 ways of governing human beings, one is by talking and one is by force.” Very timely lesson of our constitution. Great lecture. Thank you!

[@garrockwaters304]

Today woke billionaires control speech and the government on all levels. Don't think so? Try to post anything anywhere that contradicts their agenda! Think they bought the presidential election? Where did 10.5 million votes for BribeMe come from in the last hour of the election? Now we have a puppet idiot for president of the USA when a resounding majority of the people voted for TRUMP. What a mess! That is the day the US Constitution and free elections died.

[@AllenBarclayAllen]

How bout human beings govern the self that's what the United States is rule by we the people..!

[@robinluich6626]

We have tried dealing with the tyrants peacefully to no avail. Force is coming. We can't deal with terrorists by affidavits and paper shuffling.

[@cl3823]

You can’t be part of the corporation if you want to change it. They had it all locked up before our grandparents were born. Change is never easy.

[@richardfrias3210]

@@cl3823yup.! Its all been planned.

[@bubashalom8274]

I really appreciate your lecture on the Constitution, thank you for taking the time; it was enlightening. We need to respect those words today more than ever, may God continue to bless America. Shalom

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

I devoted a large part of my adult life to defending the Constitution so my love for it comes naturally. It breaks my heart to see us become more unmoored from it with each passing election. Daniel Horowitz put it best when he said people don't run on restoring constitutional government because there isn't any money in it. Pray for our Republic, the one Franklin said we could have as long as we could keep it.

[@FredNewsome]

Article four section four guarantees a republican form of government.

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

@@FredNewsome And? You can write all fine words you want. Ever read the Soviet constitution? They promised all kinds of stuff. What good is it if nobody plays by the rules? Okay, so we get to have a republic. A republic of what? I studied the Constitution as an undergrad. I studied the Constitution as a high schooler. I studied the Constitution during my time in the Service. That's a fair amount of studying. Enough to say our form of...governance for lack of a better term, is pretty far away from what we were given in 1789. So yeah, you can say we are guaranteed a republic, but what good is it if it violates the spirit of its core document?

[@FredNewsome]

@@itinerantpatriot1196 I concur I just don't see it being argued. People use the constitution all the time. Cases are thrown out for violation of amendments 1,4,5, etc but you only have rights that you can articulate and claim, if more people were aware of their constitutional right to a republic, they can claim those rights,just like people claim their second amendment rights, and get to bear arms. I think the problem is more with the mass indoctrination we must wake up from to free ourselves from tyrany. So many Americans just go with the program. There needs to be more pushback, and I think that could be a valuable tool. As far as Republic of what, a republic is a government of the people by the people under common law, a democracy is a government of of the will of the majority, under common law no injury, no crime, if someone makes a false accusation they have to suffer the fate the accused face. Under a republican form of government you are removed from statutory authority.

[@arcad1an292]

Declaration: We have a problem Constitution: We have the solution

[@kennethkustren9381]

Population: WE THE PEOPLE. ~drops mic.

[@Miatacrosser]

The Declaration is the solution. The Constitution is the details

[@bubbag8895]

Riots... Mmk

[@jassustar2121]

love this

[@sleepn_on_me2473]

Miatacrosser the constitution is a racist piece of paper that basically derives ancient forms of common law dating back to the code hammurabai. We practice case law in the U.S. Ultimately none of this power can be derived from anything because essentially it comes down to: “God given rights” Capitis Deminutio Maxima, Media and Minima are all examples of Admiralty/maritime laws that apply to all those who accept their govt social. All this bullshit is just another way to prevent the most important revolution: The social revolution

[@mk45gunnr25]

To those who read this and understand. I took an Oath before God, twice once as a USN sailor and one as a cop, and only He or my death can relieve me of that Oath. So help me God.

[@weasel101]

You have my respect and thanks. God speed!

[@ryanalving3785]

Thank you for taking seriously the oath you took. May God bless you in keeping it.

[@mainemermaid6596]

Thank You! 🇺🇸❤🇺🇸

[@ritaholden4591]

My Veteran tells me this all the time. So grateful ya'll are home with us through this mess!

[@ralphduran1155]

Thank you for serving ! 👮🏻‍♂️🇺🇸

[@kscape100]

God bless our constitution; and God bless America! Amen.

[@inhumanesocietyusa]

I’m American 🇺🇸 proud thanks for your service sir. We Believe in our constitution and in God we thrust

[@RB26PWR2]

A lot of people need to listen to this

[@conniemartin284]

Share it on all your social media networks

[@adamwaite2323]

I refound this document a few months ago and it is so moving my body actually vibrates at certain parts. A couple times I've passionately cried uncontrollably. It feels like a time machine almost. I'm proud of it.💪✌️♥️

[@SovereignStatesman]

Nick P: why, so they can be stupider? The Constitution is NOT a national union.

[@mrsseasea]

If this were still taught in public schools, I feel the world would be a better place to live.

[@paperclip612]

Why was it discontinued, by whom and when?

[@dabbayoo]

@@paperclip612 democrat commie socialists

[@ke11yke11z]

Agreed

[@joeylee2891]

Well, first you need students that care and are listening.

[@MrJohnnyDistortion]

And if adults respected the Constitution and OBEYED IT!

[@joeylee2891]

Wow. This is high and heady stuff. These lecturers take my breath away with their passion and depth of knowledge. You just know they live and breathe their subject. I have been extremely challenged and inspired. What a privilege.

[@carolalexander1429]

It is possible to understand a master when the master loves his subject. Thank you for helping.

[@ssexpress4798]

Excellent. This should be required viewing for all high schoolers!

[@brandonframe1743]

Middle school too

[@reginavenise]

It's a shame that our LEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE TO LERAN OUR U.S CONSTITUTION but it's not required in our institutions, as a matter of fact, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW is an ELECTIVE COURSE in law schools.

[@malibudolphin3109]

@@brandonframe1743 elementary too

[@nromk]

@@reginavenise like what states do you people come from? In California it is required to graduate from middle school and high school

[@justinbailey1239]

It’s a semester to a year (depending on the school) in CA (I graduated from HS in 2015),and the course was very bare bones and mostly focused on current political parties/ideologies. I learned more in my AP US History class, and that in turn has been put to shame by what I have learned from college (I focused on government) and my own studies.

[@kimberlyhovis5864]

Thank you! The US Constitution needs to be taught in every single state.

[@nelsonwayne6997]

Hello Kimberly 👋👋 How are you doing and how's the weather over there ?

[@fabianlawstudies9497]

Thanks for sharing a teaching lecture about our United States constitution. The meaning of our constitution is truly a documented literature that appears that it will always be at the center of debates when it comes to public affairs and decisions that effects the way of life for folks individually and collectively within society as a whole. It really is something nice to learn what our constitution means, how it works, and the power it is for instructions for American government officials and decent Americans.

[@barbarabennett5385]

Thank you Larry for sharing this Constitution 101. I love Hillsdale College for the educational program they share with the us. God Bless your efforts.

[@jacobgill4808]

This course should be taught every year in school starting in the 5th grade

[@jenniferc.2514]

Public schools aren't public. They are "Private Membership Associations" just as "the United States of America"; it's a corporation!

[@truthseeker5890]

Thank you, Mr. Arnn for all that you do. Thank you, to all of the educators at Hillsdale for all that you do. Thank you, to all at Hillsdale College, for keeping the standards high. Thank you, Hillsdale College.

[@nealdavis7807]

The Constitution, the Constitution, the Constitution I personally am tired of this lie being told over and over. The Constitution didn't replace the Articles of Confederation tell this guy to provide the written evidence of his claim he can't. The Declaration of Independence declared all men free and equal. The Articles of Confederation created a confederation of sovereign states similar to the European Union called The United States Of America. The Northwest Ordinance created a temporary government to govern the newly acquired federal land ceded to The United States Of America after the Revolutionary War. This newly acquired land was known as The Northwest Territory. It was Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. The Articles of Confederation were inadequate to tax and regulate the people living on the newly acquired federal land. Congress created a temporary government with The Northwest Ordinance to accomplish this goal. Congress then created a second union to govern the newly acquired federal land called The Constitution of the United States. The United States were the states aforementioned. The Constitution replaced the Northwest Ordinance not the Articles Of Confederation. Why all the secrecy? The United States is all the land owned by The United States Of America and Congress has exclusive legislative authority over this land. The Bill of Rights protections don't apply on federal land, you can be shot without trial for truspassing on federal land. Under the Articles Of Confederation you couldn't be taxed or regulated the law was the common law. Now we have 9 million laws at last estimate. We now have taxes federal, state and local due to the Constitution. Free people are entitled to the fruits of their labor but today we have involuntary taxes. The best slaves are slaves that think they are free. We have today two governments one under The Articles of Confederation and one under The Constitution. All governments want to rule you they don't want you to rule them, it is this simple truth that explains why the deception occurs. Now to keep Americans from finding the truth a great deception has occurred and over and over you are told that The Constitution was the greatest document ever written. The founding fathers of the day were just like the people of today. They wanted wealth and power and they saw the Constitution as the way to achieve this eternal goal. If the idea that The Articles Of Confederation were still in effect were to be realized the people would be free of taxes and regulations and laws and live under The Common Law. The right to travel the road without license, the right to own property without tax, no more senseless wars, real money of value and much more. America open your eyes and think for yourselves.

[@truthseeker5890]

@@nealdavis7807 I may agree with at least some of what you wrote, and maybe, a lot of what you wrote. However, I am not going to respond to your writing, in length. I'd have to read it two more times for sure and maybe three. In the future, before you click the mouse and post your position, make sure that it's written so that an intelligent/educated person can read it without having to work like a slave to read it and comprehend it. If a position is not written so that it flows and without mistakes, it's just too much work to consider. I am far too busy to re-read it five times, just in an attempt to accurately determine your position. Remember, white space, white space, white space. It's great that you posted something that's more than five words, but that blob of words should have been at least three paragraphs, separated by a single space. It's just too much work. I will "give" you this - we are lied to, deceived, manipulated, entrapped, and more... continually!!! Federal, state, and local governments continually take our freedom from us. And the destructionist obama (o), shifted that reality into overdrive!!! That piece of garbage will go down in history as the most corrupt idiot in American history!! Idiot!! I did not type "President." "President," he was not!! At least, Neal, you have the ability to "think." At least you can do that. The masses lost that ability longggggggggggggg ago!! And the real problem is - they don't care!! In fact, that's how we got obama (o); that's precisely how we got obama (o)!! Stay at it!!! We will win only if we keep fighting!!! Stay at it!!! And remember, while you're fighting, you're not going to make "friends." So, stay at it; fight, and prepare to fight alone!! The masses do not know what they do not know, and they don't care!!! Perhaps, Larry or one of his colleagues/associates will respond to you. But, even if they do not respond, I can assure you, like me, at least some of those people will agree with at least a portion of what you wrote.

[@nealdavis7807]

@@truthseeker5890 I apologize for the format and could perhaps have written what I tried to say better. I don't have any formal education and didn't graduate high school. I know that is no excuse but I think it is the reality of my shortcomings. The United States Code is a consolidation of the general and permanent laws of The United States and in the section called Front Matters the Articles of Confederation are listed. The Articles of Confederation created The United States Of America if The United States Of America is still in existence so are the Articles of Confederation. I believe I could teach this professor some things about the Constitution. Article 1 section 7 calls for a President of The United States to sign all the bills. Article 2 section 1 calls for a President of The United States Of America to be the Chief Executive Officer. There is another President called Office Of President found in Article 2 where the qualifications for Office of President are listed. Two Presidents at least and perhaps 3 are listed. The Constitution was ratified by 9 states originally but has never been adopted by subscribed oath as required in Article 6. Non adoption limited This Constitution a corporate by law for Federal Land. The One Supreme Court of Article 3 was eliminated by the 11th Amendment and replaced by The Judiciary Act US Supreme Court. This was done under the power of Congress to create inferior courts. One clue is that the Article 3 court was to be staffed by Judges while the US Supreme Court is staffed by Justices. This court is an Article 1 legislative court with jurisdiction over employees of the Federal Government. Reagan said "I love US citizens they are government employees that didn't have to take the civil service exam ". Prior to the 14th Amendment there were no US citizens. Dred Scott said blacks could never have constitutional protected rights because under the Constitution they were property. If Blacks had Constitutionally protected Rights they wouldn't have to work for Civil Rights. The US citizen has no Political Rights associated with citizenship because the US citizen relies on the 14th Amendment for citizenship and the 14th Amendment doesn't incorporate the Bill of Rights protections into the Amendment. The only inherent right a US citizen has is the right to reside on US Territory. The only way to become a US citizen is to take the citizenship Oath given by someone authorized to administer the Oath, the courts have ruled on this. You may elect to be treated as a US citizen but absent the Oath you are not one. The US citizen is a federal citizen not a state Citizen. Two types of citizenship. If you want to be a US representative you must be 25 and 7 years a citizen. This puts your age of majority at 18. If you want to be a US Senator you must be 30 years of age and 9 years a citizen. This puts the age of majority at 21 for a US Senator. Just a couple of points that require explanation by the good professor. Thanks for taking the time to read and respond to my post, enjoy this fine day.

[@kimobrien.]

@@nealdavis7807 That's interesting but lawyers interpret law with this exception "IT IS WHOLLY OWING TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE, AND NOT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT that the crown is not as oppressive in England as in Turkey." Thomas Paine The other four states did sign on to the 1789 Constitution. Rhode Island under threat of being treated as a foreign country. The articles formed a "union" the 1789 Constitution formed "a more perfect union".

[@nealdavis7807]

@@kimobrien. The United States Of America was formed by the Articles Of Confederation and The Constitution replaced the Northwest Ordinance which created a second union to tax and regulate anyone living on federal land. Prior to the Treaty of Peace that ended the Revolutionary War the United States Of America had no land and the Articles of Confederation were inadequate to tax and regulate anyone. The land known as the Northwest Territory was ceded to The United States Of America. The Northwest Territory was Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. The Articles of Confederation created a perpetual union called The United States Of America. The United States Of America is still in existence and the Constitution didn't create The United States Of America. The United States is all the land owned by The United States Of America. We The People in the preamble of the Constitution is we the people living on federal land known as The United States. Remember lawyers wrote this stuff to confuse you.

[@TimothyKirkby]

I live in Europe. And I've always taken my freedom of speech as a given. But lately I've been reminded of the tremendous importance of it. Thank you for sharing this!🙌🗽

[@urszulam.4592]

I love to learn new things and I am definitely eager to hear these series. Even as a naturalized citizen I think everyone in USA should listen to this at least once, especially our younger generation (who vote with their feelings and ignorance).

[@johnstown2451]

“If we want the government to do less, we need to do more. “ - Glenn Beck.

[@KydenBufect]

Yes, a plagiarized aphorism from a college drop-out. Thank you for posting. #NeverTrump #faceinabowlofcheetos

[@EagleArrow]

@Rogue Mentality Well, if true, Trump can remain President indefinitely under Martial Law. Now I understand why he says, he'll be President for 16 years. 🤔😊

[@5.56_Media]

@@KydenBufect socialist lead college drop out. Either way the words are very true. Now go get bufect. 🇺🇸

[@5.56_Media]

@Rogue Mentality agree with you to a point but mostly agreed. The union was effed up blockading southern goods so they remain richer and such but same time the southern Dixie-crats *as a side bar to the war; would have kept us (some of us) slaves. W/o that order the Union Capital was lost. But seeing as where we are now, maybe better the south won because slavery was going out anyways. So eventually we would have abandoned the common practice.

[@5.56_Media]

@Rogue Mentality another concern is suspending habeas corpus

[@philm9593]

As an Englishman, I've long held in high regard US Constitutional arrangements. It's written form (unlike the UK) lays down ideas that have produced one of the most important documents ever penned in western culture politics. Indeed, given the UK parliamentary upheavals of late, I suspect most of the Westminster rabble would do well in listening in to your lectures. Thank you, Sir.

[@AtlasandLiberty]

Sadly most Americans do not know that most of our political culture comes from the UK. So, I say THANKS! Parliament really the Leftists have been trying to turn the UK into a full Democracy thereby destroying the Unwritten Constitution.....maybe the people will finally understand...it is Parliament that is the new Charles I 1625-1649. We in the USA have the same type of Leftists working to destroy our Constitution in the name of Pure Democracy. There 2 books I am reading by an English Historian J.G.A. Pocock "The Ancient Constitution & Feudal Law" also, "The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican Tradition"

[@Youtubeforcedmetochangemyname]

@Beumadine Sweevy well if people would wake up we could take our country back and they know it its why such the hard push to take the guns they are terrified people will realize this

[@samchapple6363]

Sadly some Brits don't know their own history, good lord man, what a frightful statement from the actual place democracy was birthed.

[@kimobrien.]

As an Englishman after about 400 years you are still trying to find just the right mix of the commons, the peerage and the Monarchy. "The King need not speak when an act of Parliament will do." Thomas Paine. Westminster rabble is of course the house of commons. They still take an oath to the Queen. So much for English democracy. The Royals put Stain and Mao to shame as far as cults of personality go.

[@philm9593]

*AtlasandLiberty* Indeed. I'm sure, I'm not the only one who has taken note of the fact that the Anglosphere as a whole has been under attack from this cancerous ideology for quite some time. Recent elections in the UK, have given us some breathing space but those of Left are not done yet; they will be back! How we get off this merry-go-round is problem that seems to have plagued us since the time of the ancient Rome. Or, should we resign ourselves to the possibility that the intellectual giants of 1776 were a one time deal? I hope not!

[@jancrosby6960]

Inspiring ,uplifting America ..do not suffer amnesia. Your founding was /is passionate.. love your country (Australia )

[@SteveGarai]

Simply brilliant. As if we're in the room when the American constitution was discussed by the founding fathers. Great work Prof. Arnn.

[@ajkhoa]

I love the setting of the background! We need a mandatory class of the Constitution in every school, especially in California. Young folks don't have a good understanding, which is why they are easily persuaded by the extreme left.

[@jenniferc.2514]

Public schools aren't public. They are "Private Membership Associations" just as "the United States of America"; it's a corporation!

[@luvbasses5487]

I commend the teacher for being even-keeled and well spoken. He made it easy for me to understand.

[@parkerlesueur7343]

I went to Benjamin Franklin high school in arizona it's a hilsdale inspired curriculum based school with literal hilsdale graduates as teachers and I didn't appreciate it then, little did I know this knowledge is really all I've needed and I could've been on a path to success and happiness as a teenager.

[@peteconlogue6890]

This is a very wise and well educated man who speaks truth. This video , from my perspective, is like a breath of fresh cool air, invigorating and thought provoking. We should all take a page ( or three) from this book.

[@reviewer8778]

It's sad that the Constitution is taught in college. I should be completely covered before students get there.

[@briancassidy8443]

its a shame it's illegal to study it before college and then again more in depth in college :(

[@John-vj6ss]

Brian Cassidy It’s the only way they can brainwash the youth into believing that the founding fathers and America itself is the epitome of evil. Then you have morons like BLM claiming African slaves built this country. Allowing them to know the truth hurts their ability to create a new generation of Marxist clones.

[@briancassidy8443]

@@John-vj6ss lmao racist boomer get off the internet and get to bingo

[@JTamilio]

I went to Cornell - not a single class I ever took mentioned the Constitution. I grew up down the street from Noah Webster’s house and a few miles from Mark Twain’s. I never had to read more than the Preamble. The deletion of our great history is only one of the many items systematically removed for the dumbing down of America. See John Taylor Gatto.

[@briancassidy8443]

@@JTamilio bummer that they blocked you from ever taking it upon yourself to take a course on it

[@crunchyyellowlion]

I know this will sound super weird, but at the end, the sincerity of the Gentleman Professor made me tear up, hoping as well that we restore our country, Constitution and people to the patriotic beauty imagined by our founding fathers. Very rarely do I tear up, but the Constitution, Ol Glory, even a bald eagle flying touches a part of my heart I feel many are missing today. It's sad how far we've veered off the path, but let's hope "being human" also involves the realization that the freedoms we enjoy are because that old piece of parchment which has guided us all down the road to as our founding father so eloquently stated it...a unique entity of its own kind. Thank you Mr. Professor for sharing the absolutely invigorating knowledge to this old patriot's heart. With people like yourself teaching our children perhaps we'll see it restored to full glory as we both hope it will be. God bless you and Hillsdale.

[@jessarmendariz8752]

this is where it starts, If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. VERY IMPORTANT

[@Puppynutter123]

A new source of appreciation, dedication and patriotism comes from first generation immigrants that had to do the work to earn the entry of this great country.

[@michelleday3105]

@@jessarmendariz8752 absolutely, most important!

[@philleprechaun6240]

It's hilarious to listen to people like you who don't actually understand anything at all about what the Founders wanted. And who seem to think the Founders were demigods who could only do perfect works that should never be changed. Start here: "Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present but without the experience of the present; and forty years of experience in government is worth a century of book-reading; and this they would say themselves were they to rise from the dead." --Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. ME 15:40 "Our children will be as wise as we are and will establish in the fulness of time those things not yet ripe for establishment." --Thomas Jefferson to John Tyler, 1810. ME 12:394 “Each generation has a right to choose for itself the form of government it believes most promotive of its happiness.” - Thomas Jefferson No work of man is perfect. It is inevitable that, in the course of time, the imperfections of a written Constitution will become apparent. Moreover, the passage of time will bring changes in society which a Constitution must accommodate if it is to remain suitable for the nation. It was imperative, therefore, that a practicable means of amending the Constitution be provided. --Thomas Jefferson to A. Coray, 1823. ME 15:488 "Time and changes in the condition and constitution of society may require occasional and corresponding modifications." --Thomas Jefferson to Edward Livingston, 1825. ME 16:113 "Nothing is more likely than that [the] enumeration of powers is defective. This is the ordinary case of all human works. Let us then go on perfecting it by adding by way of amendment to the Constitution those powers which time and trial show are still wanting." --Thomas Jefferson to Wilson Nicholas, 1803. ME 10:419 "We have always a right to correct ancient errors and to establish what is more conformable to reason and convenience." -- Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1801. FE 8:82 "We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors." --Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. ME 15:41 "I willingly acquiesce in the institutions of my country, perfect or imperfect, and think it a duty to leave their modifications to those who are to live under them and are to participate of the good or evil they may produce. The present generation has the same right of self-government which the past one has exercised for itself." --Thomas Jefferson to John Hampden Pleasants, 1824. ME 16:29 "My wish is to offend nobody; to leave to those who are to live under it, the settlement of their own constitution." --Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, 1816. ME 15:70 "The real friends of the Constitution in its federal form, if they wish it to be immortal, should be attentive, by amendments, to make it keep pace with the advance of the age in science and experience." --Thomas Jefferson to Robert J. Garnett, 1824. ME 16:15 "Those who [advocate] reformation of institutions pari passu with the progress of science [maintain] that no definite limits [can] be assigned to that progress. The enemies of reform, on the other hand, [deny] improvement and [advocate] steady adherence to the principles, practices and institutions of our fathers, which they [represent] as the consummation of wisdom and acme of excellence, beyond which the human mind could never advance." --Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 1813. ME 13:254 There never did, there never will, and there never can, exist a Parliament, or any description of men, or any generation of men, in any country, possessed of the right or the power of binding and controlling posterity to the "end of time," or of commanding for ever how the world shall be governed, or who shall govern it; and therefore all such clauses, acts or declarations by which the makers of them attempt to do what they have neither the right nor the power to do, nor the power to execute, are in themselves null and void. Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself in all cases as the age and generations which preceded it. The vanity and presumption of governing beyond the grave is the most ridiculous and insolent of all tyrannies. Man has no property in man; neither has any generation a property in the generations which are to follow. The Parliament or the people of 1688, or of any other period, had no more right to dispose of the people of the present day, or to bind or to control them in any shape whatever, than the parliament or the people of the present day have to dispose of, bind or control those who are to live a hundred or a thousand years hence. Every generation is, and must be, competent to all the purposes which its occasions require. It is the living, and not the dead, that are to be accommodated. When man ceases to be, his power and his wants cease with him; and having no longer any participation in the concerns of this world, he has no longer any authority in directing who shall be its governors, or how its government shall be organised, or how administered. - The Rights of Man - Thomas Paine Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence THAT ACT OF THE WHOLE AMERICAN PEOPLE declared that their legislature should "MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF" thus BUILDING A WALL OF SEPARATION BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE. - Jefferson reply to Danbury Baptists Note that Jefferson is quoting the 1st Amendment "Establishment clause" and claims that clause created the Wall of Separation between Church and State. He knew Madison who wrote those words and a large portion of those in Congress that drafted the Bill of Rights that contain those words and understood their intention far better than any "constitutionalist" or "religious zealot with an agenda" today. “The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries. -- [Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803]” ― James Madison Note also that Madison also vehemently objected to the use of public funds to pay for Chaplains in Congress and the Military. "The Civil Government, though bereft of everything like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability and performs its functions with complete success, whilst the number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the Church from the State." - James Madison, letter to Robert Walsh, March 2, 1819, Letters and Other writings of James Madison, in Four Volumes, Published by Order of Congress. VOL. III, J. B. Lippincott & Co. Philadelphia, (1865), pp 121-126. He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent which will reach to himself. - Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Dissertation on First Principles of Government, 1795 Rest assured, the argument you use today to restrict the Rights of others, will be used tomorrow to restrict your Rights as well - author unknown Too many people are only willing to defend rights that are personally important to them. It's selfish ignorance, and it's exactly why totalitarian governments are able to get away with trampling on people. Freedom does not mean freedom just for the things I think I should be able to do. Freedom is for all of us. If people will not speak up for other people's rights, there will come a day when they will lose their own. - Tony Lawrence ([e-mail]) 12/28/95

[@jessarmendariz8752]

@@philleprechaun6240 It's hilarious to listen to people like you who don't actually understand anything at all about the Word of God. you must be a Demon crat

[@hhenryf.8]

Thank you for a superb presentation!! Dr. Boyd Rist from Liberty University was my college history professor. He was a gifted teacher and stirred my love for "His Story." May the Lord richly bless the ongoing efforts of your institution and your class!

[@tombasye1016]

Thank You Hillsdale College For Bringing This Strong Amazing Information To The Great American People.

[@samuelmalua574]

I learned about all of this when I was 8 helping my parents prepare for their citizenship test.

[@hminchella7423]

Thank God. Your parents know more about it than many American born I believe. Same here in UK.

[@AllenBarclayAllen]

Very cool...!

[@veganskeletons4131]

Citizens are slaves

[@stephaniesuprenant8317]

@@veganskeletons4131 You mean US citizens are slaves not " state citizens "

[@morganpritchard4177]

@@veganskeletons4131 By what definition?

[@ckoritko]

I never realized the sacrifice of the patriots that founded this country as fully as I have over this past month. As a single man, it didn’t seem too much to lay upon the altar of freedom, but as I contemplate their offerings now as a father I have a new, profound respect. The possible sacrifice of not seeing their kids grow into adulthood or growing old with their spouse. The potential forfeiting of their financial futures and plans. These men must’ve surely been strengthened by God, as I can’t imagine any other way to explain their grit and commitment.

[@pamelamohn5931]

😢Exactly, if more people just realized how costly our freedoms were to win.

[@motor2of7]

Very well said

[@DieselVR6]

Read david mccullough’s John Adams (pass on the HBO series based on this book). It’s astounding.

[@longshankdrills8799]

Very well said !!!!! 👍🏼

[@Cereal_Killer007]

Thats why this is supposed to be the land of the free and home of the brave. Not so brave anymore but we can change that givin the right opportunity. Americans have been spoiled for the last 100 years. Weve piggybacked on our ancestors hard work and forgot what its like to be hungry. The men of old were unbreakable men of great renown so its unrealistic to measure today to those standards but it gives us our goal to aim for.

[@jonathancampbell1043]

Thank you Hillsdale College for your contribution to conservative thought.

[@theabsentmindedprofessor8357]

Thank you for the education, I look forward to all that you have to offer on this subject!

[@americafirstlastglimmerofl3067]

Thank you Mr. Arnn God Bless you God Bless Hillsdale God Bless America

[@ardyrides834]

Every U.S. house of representative and Senator, should be required to take this course, before they run for office !!!

[@DavidDArcyWestsideMichigan]

The good will read it, and the bad won’t/don’t.

[@ygolonacable]

Well, they should be required to take _a_ course in the US Constitution, not necessarily _this_ course. Monopolies are anti-American (even if we seem to do them all the time).

[@powerfulstrong5673]

- [ ] EMPOWERED EXECUTIVE CABINET AMENDMENT “SECTION 1. The executive power shall be vested in one Executive Council of the President of the United States. SECTION 2. The Executive Council shall be composed of a number of Executive Councillors whom the President of the United States shall nominate, and shall appoint by and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. No Person shall be appointed as Executive Councillor who shall not be a Citizen of the United States and shall not have attained to the age of thirty Years. The number of Executive Councillors shall be fixed by law But shall not be less than three nor more than nine Councillors. Each Executive Councillor shall serve during the same time period along with that of the the President who shall appoint such Person as Executive Councillor unless such Person shall be removed from Office on impeachment and Conviction of any felonies or misdemeaners, or may be removed from Office by the President of the United States by and with the advise and consent of the United States Senate. Provided, when there are vacancies, the President of the United States shall make temporary apointments as Councillors who shall serve on the temporary basis for a short time period not exceeding two months until such formal appointments shall be made (provided that such Person who shall be apointed to serve as Executive Councillor on a temporary basis shall be chosen from Persons amongst the Officers in Each of the executive departments and other executive agencies of the United States or amongst other executive Officers of the United States or amongst ambassadors). No Person holding the Office as Executive Councillor shall be a Member of either House of Congress during Continuance of such Person in Office as Executive Councillor (provided that Persons who are Officers of the government of the United States may continue to hold their aforesaid Offices whenever such Persons are appointed to serve as Executive Councillor, and Persons who are Executive Councillors may continue to serve as Executive Councillors whenever such Persons are apointed to be Officers of the government of the United States). SECTION 3. The decisions of the Executive Council shall be determined by a simple majority of votes. Each Executive Councillor shall have one vote. The President of the United States shall chair and shall set the business agenda for the Executive Council and shall have the same one vote as Each Executive Councillor, but he shall have one additional vote when the votes are evenly divided. The President and Each Executive Councillor may from time to time require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer or Head in each of the executive Departments and other executive agencies of the United States, or of all of the ambassadors and other executive officers of the United States upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices. SECTION 4. The President shall issue executive orders, executive directions, and carry out all the other executive actions upon the decisions of the Executive Council and shall Command the Armed Forces of the United States upon the decisions of the Executive Council and shall grant Reprieves and Pardons upon the decisions of the Executive Council for Offenses against the United States except in Cases of Impeachment. And upon the decisions of the Executive Council the President of the United States shall send envoys on behalf of the United States to negotiate with foreign Nations concerning Treaties; And upon the decisions of the Executive Council, the President of the United States shall appoint or dismiss the senior officers of Civil or Military in each of the Executive Departments or other executive agencies of the United States and ambassadors and other executive officers of Civil or Military of the United States according to the regulation of law, but when they think proper Congress may by law switch the manner of apointment of certain number of such senior officers in each of the executive departments or other executive agencies of the United States and the manner of appointment of certain number of ambassadors and other executive officers of the United States to the rules and procedures as set forth in the original apointment clauses of Section Two of the Article Two of the Constitution. And further Provided that Congress may by law vest in the senior officers of each of the executive departments or the other executive agencies of the United States the powers to appoint and dismiss the inferior officers in each of such executive departments or such other executive agencies that such inferior officers herein mentioned which may be created and ascertained by law . SECTION 5. The President of the United States shall have the exclusive powers to chair, to convene and to set the business agenda and the Rules of its Procedings for the Executive Council; shall retain the exclusive powers to sign or return the bills or resolutions or any other measures passed by both houses of Congress according to the rules and procedures as set forth in the original presentment clauses of Article One of the Constitution; shall have exclusive power (with the exceptions provided in the 25th article of amendment to the United States Constitution) to convene either House or both houses of United States Congress into special sessions on extraordinary Occasions when he think proper; shall retain the exclusive power to adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper in Case of Disagreement between the two Houses of Congress with Respect to the Time of Adjournment; shall have the powers to make or terminate Treaties by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate (provided two thirds of the Senators present concur); shall nominate and appoint Judges of both the Supreme Court and of inferior Courts of the United States and senior office holders of other agencies of the government of the United States (such other agencies may be created and abolished by law) according to rules and procedures of the original apointment Clauses of Section Two of Article Two of the Constitution (provided that Congress may by law vest in the Courts of Law the power of the apointment of Judges of the inferior Courts); shall retain the power to recommend to Congress for consideration of such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers from foreign Nations; shall grant Commissions to Executive Councillors and to all the senior Officers in each of the Executive Departments or Executive agencies of the United States and to ambassadors and other executive officers of the United States; shall grant Commissions to all the Judges of the Courts of Law of the United States and to senior office holders of other agencies of the government of the United States (such other agencies may be created or abolished by law); shall give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union from time to time. ”

[@powerfulstrong5673]

DC CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION AMENDMENT “Section 1. The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall entitled have two Delegates who shall be chosen every second Year by the residents thereof, No Person shall be chosen to hold the Office of the Delegates unless such Person shall be a citizen of the United States and shall attain to the age 25 years. (provide that No Person shall be qualified to be an elector who shall be entitled to cast ballots in choosing the Delegates thereof unless such Person shall be a citizen of the United States and shall attain to the age of 18 years) . Section 2. The Times and Manner of holding Elections for such Delegates shall be prescribed by Congress. Section 3. Without consents of both of the two aforesaid Delegates, No tax shall be collected under the Authority of the government of the United States from the residents of the said District. Section 4. On all questions and matters related to the said District, the aforesaid two Delegates shall entitled to debate and vote in both Houses of Congress as if they would be considered as members to be entitled to Represent in both Houses of Congress.”

[@powerfulstrong5673]

NEW STATE ADMISSION REQUIREMENT AMENDMENT “After the ratification of this article, No new States shall be admitted into the Union unless such States would be erected or formed on the incorporated territory of the United States or on the lands of existing States in this Union (provided with the consents of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress) .”

[@arseneousmanemethods]

for me it is very valuable; having these online courses. Big thank you from Burkina Faso.

[@loganspencer1591]

I don’t recognize if this is taught here, but it’s important to understand that the constitution is centered around a single and fundamental idea; that evil motivation sits in the heart of every man. The moment this is accepted, understanding of all the constitution is unlocked.

[@wizofoz0605]

and Trump just proved your founders to be visionaries.

[@TheRealDeadhorse]

@@wizofoz0605. Your statement can be interpreted two very different ways. While I think you’re presenting an insult, you’re actually quite wrong.

[@playmusicnet7347]

This is GREAT! It should be mandatory for everyone in the Federal Government to take this course. 🇺🇸

[@morganpritchard4177]

@wanagi horse Illegitimate how?

[@thirdeffect]

Every American citizen needs to learn the Law of The Land 🇲🇦🇺🇸☪️☝🏽📿🤝🏽💚💛❤️ Human Rights are guaranteed by our American Constitution, which is based in human nature to be in harmony with the posterity of We The People🌴 Out of many, One☝🏽

[@morganpritchard4177]

@@thirdeffect No

[@Angela-po7cr]

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[@SigmaPB777]

There are many things that should be mandatory, including an understanding of Christianity and its part in our founding ideals and doctrines. No one is forcing anyone to believe or worship anything, but it is an atrocity that our children are not taught our foundational structure and why our founders believed what they did. Much more important than learning how many genders that Satanists have created from nothing.

[@taylormichaelholt]

WE THE PEOPLE... One nation under God... Hooyah, hallelujah.

[@SovereignStatesman]

"We the people," refers to the people of the respective STATE, as a separate nation-state. And that means the VOTERS, not some collective abstract that equates to a government oligarchy. Meanwhile "one nation, under God" was written in 1890.

[@taylormichaelholt]

@@SovereignStatesman Yes, thank you for telling the truth that I know to be true as well.

[@taylormichaelholt]

@@SovereignStatesman One nation under God. There is no coma. You have spoken wrong and need to confess that you are wrong otherwise you are a fool and a coward.

[@SovereignStatesman]

@@taylormichaelholt what's the difference

[@taylormichaelholt]

@@SovereignStatesman You are wrong. The difference matters. One nation under God. In God we trust. It matters. Don't be so egotistical that you can't admit you are wrong. It wasn't a big deal until you made it one. You have shown yourself a fool and a coward until you have the courage and intelligence to admit you are wrong.

[@LJTorres-db8ip]

I recommend everyone take time to listen to all the lectures especially the one on the Bible it's extremely informative and comfortably set so you don't get bored so take time to listen educate so that you can stimulate yourself

[@maryhutchins2945]

Thank you. It is a privilege to listen to this discussion.

[@jaqgator5641]

When I was in school we had to learn and recite the preamble to the Constitutio,I ask my neice what they where teaching in AMERICAN HISTORY she told me they don't teach that anymore!

[@diannagerik2477]

Wow! So did I. It was American history and it was a requirement for us to memorize and be able to recite in front of the class the preamble. What happened to us that we no longer remember those words and impact they had on us!?

[@Siel-bm7gx]

Very sad, I don't remember learning it in school.

[@panda5122]

I remember watching the Schoolhouse Rock episode to learn it.

[@ddunnguard7746]

Well worth anyone’s time to listen. I am a diehard Constitutionalist who has been raised with the Declaration of Independence hanging in every home I’ve lived in. It’s beauty and strength still brings me to tears. Thank You for a very understandable and clear introduction to the foundation of the greatest Republic on earth.

[@samchapple6363]

The copy of the Magna Carta brings you to tears? a diehard what?

[@robertnewell4054]

So what does a “diehard Constitutionalist” look like in application?

[@MrAirblown2009]

Priceless information well spoken. Those that swear to uphold and protect this document, should be taught The Constitution and what it means and tested. Being they are especially bound by its words. Abusing the rights of any other human being, weather your a figure of authority or a citizen, should be a misdemeanor or Felony (depending on the severity) and delt with accordingly or those words on paper are empty, meaningless and not worth the ink committed to them . KNOW YOUR RIGHTS !!

[@BillSaidSeed]

I've read the declaration of Independence 13 times, but i find it so fascinating and prudent that videos like this exist.

[@kevdadd1976]

Refreshing to know there’s an establishment that teaches the basic fundamental principles of our constitution. I’m left with wanting to hear more and wish many more would tune in with what this amazing gentleman has to say. Thank you for spreading these truths!

[@edmathews1817]

Thank you Hillsdale, it is restoring a sense of beauty in the midst of chaos. I especially love reading the comments here it gives me such a sense of empowerment that we the people are still here and speaking and listening. Blessed in spite of the mess. Ed Mathews 🎚️🔨

[@Instramark]

You are duped

[@cincin2u]

"There's nowhere (else) to go..." is practically my family motto, meaning the line gets drawn here and this country is worth the effort, however inconvenient, since it's all we got and the best of what's around. 👍

[@patrickroeill8746]

Thank you Hillsdale for all the knowledge you give to us but can you do a video on '"The Corperations Act of 1870" and "The Act of 1871" and how it effects us the people and the Constitution. Thank you very much, glad I found Hillsdale College

[@moshebenyahudah3509]

We need more Universities and Colleges teaching this critical subject. God bless Hillsdale College .

[@Arientis]

Mark Levin sent me. I’m happy there is education out there to dive deep into American history

[@Texas_Pariah]

Alphas should watch this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmapf3eInLWCgtU

[@beth-annbascom2162]

I took civics in 1980 (mandatory). Loved it so much, I taught it a decade later in 1990.

[@edcarpenter6284]

BRILLIANT!!!

[@Ginger_Spicy_Candor]

What an adorable teacher! Aw I wish I knew about this school when I went to school in Michigan. I would have gotten saved much sooner in life!

[@edmondmiesch9104]

Yes this is what is missing in the schools today this is vary important for the children of tomorrow. Thankyou ser, I whant to hear more you are vary knowledgeable.

[@justinbayola]

L I M I T E D G O V E R N M E N T . Thank you for your work.

[@SovereignStatesman]

Limited by what? MAGIC? Okay: here's the problem: he _claims_ democracy and limited government, but _argues_ OLIGARCHY and EMPIRE. And worst of all: he's pushing PAGAN THEOCRACY. 28:07 "The sovereign in America is the Constitutional majority... you can't trust the government or US... so we can ONLY act through ELECTIONS.... we have all the power-- but we CAN'T ACT EXCEPT THROUGH OUR REPRESENTATIVES." So he's essentially saying that by electing officials, we form a collective corporate abstract, or "Constitutional majority," that somehow "represents the people," like some pagan god or other supernatural collective entity. But of COURSE, the ACTUAL people can't ACTUALLY CHOOSE their government-- because they CAN'T BE TRUSTED! Only ELECTED OFFICIALS can act on their behalf-- middlemen and PROXIES! Or when cutting through the manure: RULING DESPOTS. Because THEY can be trusted, right? And if they can't: you are graciously permitted by your almighty merciful government, to elect ANOTHER one in their place-- even though the best-funded candidate usually wins! And THAT'S where you can smell it: as Mark Twain said, "religion was invented when the first con-man met the first sucker." That's _not_ democracy, i.e. government by consent of the governed, with the right of the people to _alter or abolish their government._ (and I mean the right of the PEOPLE, i.e through POPULAR VOTE-- not the _government_ when it strikes their fancy). It's OLIGARCHY, where the GOVERNMENT holds principal sovereign authority; while the people only have TOKEN PRIVILEGE to vote for what the government ALLOWS-- so that the people will BELIEVE they are charge, and be hopelessly enslaved by the ILLUSION of freedom... under COVERT oligarchy. And most of all: he's WRONG. This is NOT what the Founders established, via the Constitution! Under the Constitution: 1. Each state is a separate nation, and 2. The ELECTORATE of the respective state, is the principal sovereign authority. That's how the Constitution was RATIFIED: i.e. by the STATE ELECTORATES exercising supreme national authority OVER their respective state, as a separate nation (as declared in 1776, and officially achieved in 1783). As for "not being able to trust anyone," that's why there were THIRTEEN SEPARATE nations; i.e. so that an oppressed minority could still vote with their FEET; and no federal majority could oppress a minority, because they were SEPARATE NATIONS and could just Nullify or SECEDE. But of course, Jackson and Lincoln put an end to that.... spawning propaganda manure-mills like Hillsdale.

[@jimkeating9660]

Limited government is code for eliminate social security

[@isasooner5]

L I M I T ED G O V E R N M E N T? Have you seen our nearly trillion dollar a year military budget? The Pentagon is nothing more than an institution that doles out contracts to private defense contractors and weapons manufacturers, that boost their profits i.e croany capitalism from daddy govt. I bet the founders intended for the creation of intelligence agencies like the CIA/NSA that have unlimited budgets to illegally surveill Americans and be in in over 120 countries simultaneously, on the tax payers dime, without the taxpayer, having a clue what's going on, right?

[@pokehunter6467]

@@isasooner5 I'm not entirely sure the founder's thought that far ahead, yes they knew they needed security but I don't think the idea of the NSA or CIA ever crossed their mind because it wasn't relevant at the time, at that time the best way to have security was to have a large army and navy protecting your country part of the reason it was open to ratification was that they knew that innovation would exist of things they couldn't account for and trusted later political leaders to make the right choices.

[@rentiap]

@@SovereignStatesman See,,, there's more that I agree with you on.

[@ponti1000]

It's concerning that a thorough, analytical, and thoughtful content such as this could be getting any "thumbs down" votes. Excellent presentation of the facts...Thank you!!!

[@rockbass7027]

I'm surprised there's not more, to most Americans the constitution is out dated and needs to be abolished. America doesn't follow it anyway. A social country has no need for a constitution and America is well on its way to being one. There's not going to be an America in another couple years. America is a borderless piece of land basically a giant welfare center for anyone who wants to live here. Sad reality is the country the founding fathers wanted is about over.

[@justray510]

any down votes are from commie DS'ers

[@davidward9487]

Only socialists and communists would be against people knowing the constitution

[@justray510]

@@davidward9487 don't forget the nazis and DS scumbags!

[@uowebfoot]

@@davidward9487 and liberals

[@hanzketchup859]

Larry Arnn is a great educator , fortunately he has used his abilities for the good , I wish him well ! Cheers !

[@davidthistle1042]

What a wonderful blessing for Christmas! Your College is definitely a Solution-to the Sickness in the United States 🇺🇸. TIME for a new look to the future by 1st looking back and Rebuilding OUR Foundation!

[@frankstar3417]

Absolutely brilliantly put together and explained. Thank God for these good people. Especially in times like ours. God bless you.

[@foundingfathersinmybloodki5728]

Frank Star I agree!👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@tommybrown6357]

Thank you for this brief lecture that is not taught by most revisionist history textbooks!

[@Witnesses7]

Eloquently,and Beautiful mastered the Holy Spirit comes alive. Professor are parents raising the Lord's children. Hallelujah to Jesus and praise his marvelous works.Amen to knowledge which is ⛮ powerful.

[@mikebenoit6648]

Thank you for keeping our Constitution alive 🙏

[@jasonshaffer6531]

Thank you to all at Hillsdale College that make it possible for so many people to learn these very important lessons from our history.

[@_Breakdown]

*THANK YOU FOR THIS BRILLIANT VIDEO - - EVERY STUDENT NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THIS*

[@elisaportillo8618]

Thank you Sr, for your teaching! ❤👏

[@spearshaker7974]

I’ve seen his ads on KZbin forever and I’ve been waiting/looking for these lectures just as long. I don’t know enough about our founding documents.

[@Faith_Over_Fear_OG]

Hillsdale offers the college course on the Constitution for free, along with many other free courses. I've been taking one at a time. Easily understood and wonderfully done.

[@spearshaker7974]

Dog Hair Everywhere your comment makes so much since it hurts my head. Especially the part about sticking to a story and the details on what was founded in 1844. It’s just so inline with what the rest of us are talking about. Magnificent u win the internet for the day.

[@wbw1399]

The strength and longevity of a Nation lies in the education of it's children. Socerties 450 b.c. Greece.

[@angelicamateo2027]

William Wilhite okay this needs to be posted

[@FoxJigButterflyEveryone]

The grievances are stacking up! This document is the law of America. The people are the power base, not government. 🇺🇸

[@Poohbeark20]

This was such an inspiring lecture in the way of studying and embracing the constitution and the federalists papers

[@aanadyia4582]

I took this whole series on Hillsdale’s website and absolutely loved it!!! I would love to do more. Hillsdale is amazing and proud they are in my home state 🇺🇸❤️

[@nelsonwayne6997]

Hello Amanda 👋👋 How are you doing and how's the weather over there, ?

[@Snailmailtrucker]

Excellent Presentation Dr. Arnn (You and Hillsdale College Rock !) Much appreciated ! Keep America Great !

[@malibudolphin3109]

MAGA... Make America Godly Again

[@jasonfritz838]

You don't necessarily need to know every article by memory, but even this simple overview would do wonders if this was taught in our schools again.

[@MaynardState]

Bravo! A conservative who can explain actual facts and separate out his opinions! I disagree with some of those opinions, but respect them as expressed in good faith.

[@jimjab3631]

The secret document that schools don't want you to know!

[@jewsuitsgalore3857]

THE PARIS PEACE TREATY OF 1783... The document they really dont want you to know because it made that document that you believe in so much null and void... The constitution was done away with 7 years later after its inception... They've been lying to yall giving yall the illusion of freedom.. They hire 16 puppets and tell you to choose 1 to represent yall... But keep in mind who hired them..... Go read "Title 28 U.S.C.3002 SUBSECTION 15a".. so that it will disappoint you to find out that this is not a republic and this is not a democracy I gave you the laws and documents you cannot call me a liar

[@sethwilliams8009]

Thank you truly. I never even thought of God as all the branches of government into one. This is what America needs to hear. To step back and to remember or learn what government's real purpose is how our government uses reason and not quick thinking. I will definitely be watching the rest of this course.

[@clydemorris3927]

Thank you for taking the time to share 🇺🇸.

[@viperlux]

I'm here for a refresher. I'm taking the time to educate my self as we all should.

[@steveparker8723]

Thank you for having this course for anyone to access.