History tv, Texas Christian University history professor jean smith talks about Thomas Jeffersons challenges with the Louisiana Purchase treaty. He discusses jeffersons concerns over whether it was unconstitutional come at the resistance from the federalist party, and the territories inhabitants demands. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the seminar room under the dome on the fourth floor. I am doing this for television, so excuse my formality. I am a professor of history here at the university of missouri and the director of the institute on constitutional democracy. Tonight, we celebrate Constitution Day 2017. Constitution day was on sunday this past year, so we decided to the clear it constitution week with two speakers. We would like to thank the council providing grant that allows us to double and add a second speaker, and force th fon coming tonight. I also wanted to give an explanation, a formal thectation is of what candor institute is. Founded in 2014, the institute is a joint proje