citizens, the rights of its inhabitants before anything. and so what we are going to look at this afternoon will be hopefully i will cover all 10 of the amendments. that as you see when we get into them, you will find the amendments are incredibly easy to read. the words, even though they were written over 200 years ago, the words make sense, but the problem, gentlemen, is in the interpretation of those words. what do those words mean? and here, we work a long time at the beginning of this course, looking at liberal and conservative philosophies, and how you look at these amendments is determined to a great deal by your philosophical and political perspective. do you look at these amendments through liberal eyes, you see them one way. you look at them through conservative eyes, you see them another way. gentlemen, it s very relevant today, because a lot of the issues we will look at this afternoon, in the bill of rights, are literally tearing this country, to some degree, a
collectively, the bill of rights. it s the third part of the constitution. rights is the bill of unquestionably the shining beacon in a world of darkness. because it really says to the world, as it has over the last 200 years, that america is an exceptional country. that america is a country that provides. and considers the rights of its citizens, the rights of its inhabitants before anything. and so what we are going to look this afternoon will be hopefully i will cover all 10 of the amendments. that as you see when we get into them, you will find the amendments are incredibly easy to read. wereords, even though they written over 200 years ago, the words make sense, but the problem, gentlemen, is in the interpretation of those words. what do those words mean? a long time atrk the beginning of this course, looking at liberal and conservative philosophies, and how you look at these amendments bydetermined to a great deal your philosophical and political perspective. do you lo
against the electoral college. it is useful because it lays out all of the common arguments for it as well. which is helpful for allowing each person to make up their mind about what they think about this institution genuinely speaking. i do a whole week on this americansry few understand the full extent of the process. if you take a course on the american presidency should probably walk away understanding how this process is used to select how our chief executive officer works. also because of how it structures have elections turns out. just like how we started our discussion on presidential nominations by talking about the history and processes and a deep dive into the process rules, the rule nominations today. we should start a presidential election the same way by taking on how we select a president. you re reading for this week was george c edwards book on why the electoral college is bad for america. it is in its third edition, after all. in the book, edwards explains h
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in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. haplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. we come to the end of a short week. for many the winter has outlived its welcome and the longing for spring and its warmth is palpable. may the longing for goodwill and the fashioning of policies benefiting our nation be equally manifest in the actions marking these days. now we approach a weekend during which many members of this assembly will gather to remember an historic event in selma, alabama. 49 years ago, brave men and women, americans of all races, colors and faiths, walked together to help guarantee freedom still denied the descendents of those who were slaves. bless the members of this assembly and all that we would be worthy of the call we have been given as americans, to nurture and guarantee democratic freedoms to all who dwell on our great nation. help us all to be truly thankful and appropriately generous