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When July 4 rolls around, there’s no mistaking it. There are fireworks, parades and other patriotic tributes to our Declaration of Independence. If you’re like most Americans, Sept. 17 comes and goes without any fanfare. It’s a shame, really. Constitution Day may lack the flair and pageantry of our national birthday, but without this landmark document that carefully outlined the form of our republic, it’s unlikely we’d still be celebrating the declaration in the 21st century.

Over the past 100 years, conservatives and Progressives have battled over the meaning and relevance of the U.S. Constitution. Many of these disagreements have focused especially on the relationship between the federal government and the states.

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... The aftermath of the 2020 election – cancerous denial of its legitimacy, Trump’s criminal extortion and seditious congressional efforts to overturn it, deadly violence and insurrection within the Capitol by a mob in denial – triggers alarm that American democracy is ending. Indeed, the life of this nation is in jeopardy – not because democracy is failing, but because it never existed...

Ongoing debate. the flip side of that is the country like south africa where the constitution not only has negative rights, like we have in ours, but actually, you know, lays out certain positive rights. so the south african constitution gives people the right to health care, the right to adequate housing. and so often people will challenge laws in that country based on, you know, the government being inadequately providing services, which is just a completely alien concept to the way our system works. and interestingly, ruth bader ginsberg last year raised some eyebrows. she was interviewed o...