America's Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By : Book Talk with Professor Akhil Reed Amar from trial meaning law Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 36 min 11 sec ✓ Published: 07-Feb-2013
Description: Meet the author, Akhil Reed Amar, and listen to a conversation about his new book. Despite its venerated place atop American law and politics, our written Constitution does not enumerate all of the rules and rights, principles and procedures that actually govern modern America. The document makes no explicit mention of cherished concepts like the separation of powers and the rule of law. On some issues, the plain meaning of the text misleads. For example, the text seems to say that the vice pres
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