We the People
The Well-Read Constitution - Episode 1
In this 250th anniversary year of the Declaration of Independence, we remember why the founders risked all in support of this cause.
The Declaration states:
“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.”
The founders concluded:
“A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”
The framers designed the Constitution to constrain such an unfit ruler and safeguard the people against this sort of tyranny. A free people must stand up for it.
This is why we read.
OUR DEMOCRACY COLLECTIVE will be producing continuing episodes for this project throughout the coming months, hopefully culminating on Constitution Day on September 17. If you would like to be a part of this project and contribute a recorded reading of a section of the Constitution, please reach out to us with a comment or DM us here on Substack.
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It will be good to hear the individual Amendments and Articles of U.S. Constitution read in in short, separate episodes by Our Democracy Collective's community. This is important to hear and share as we celebrate 250 years of America.
What a brilliant idea!