Unbiased University: Everything You Need to Know About the United States Constitution
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What is the Unbiased University series about?
Welcome back to Unbiased, your favorite source of unbiased news and legal analysis. Welcome back to Unbiased Politics and welcome to the official start of the seven-week Unbiased Education series. I am very, very excited about this series for a couple of reasons. Number one, we're switching things up a little bit. Obviously, I typically cover current events here in the United States and But because I have officially started maternity leave and won't have my eyes on the news as much as I usually do, I thought it would be really beneficial to put out these educational episodes. And in the past, you guys have loved these more, you know, educational episodes. So really excited about that. But also the second reason I'm excited to finally bring this series to life is because I think it is so, so, so important for all of us to be really deeply educated on the
You know, the concepts that are in the background of all of these current events that we're always talking about, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the three branches of government, how laws are made, how the election process works, the evolution of political parties in the United States. All of these concepts are critical to understand and to keep in the back of our minds so that the next time we talk about an executive order or free speech or a Supreme Court opinion, you have a really deep understanding of how all of these things work. So I want you to think of these next seven weeks as a condensed law school education. Imagine every time you're tuning into one of these episodes, you are sitting down in a law school class and I am your professor.
And each class will cover a different topic and talk about various cases and laws that have shaped those topics. So for those of you who have always dreamed of going to law school or considered going to law school, this series should be pretty cool for you. It's basically what it is. And by the end of it, you will have obtained your imaginary degree from Unbiased University, which means that you will be fully prepared for the show when I come back from maternity leave and start reporting on current events again. And you'll be more knowledgeable than the vast majority of the American population. So there's that, too. That's always a good thing. By the way, if you are still interested in getting an unbiased rundown of current events, I am still cranking out articles on Substack when I can.
If you're interested in joining, it is free. You just have to click the link in the show notes for this episode and enter your email address. So now, without further ado, let's talk about the Constitution. Throughout this episode, I'll walk through the history of the Constitution, including the Constitutional Convention and the road to ratification, the seven basic principles that lie within the Constitution, the amendment process, a brief explanation of each amendment, and then we will finish with some interesting facts about the Constitution and critical thinking. Before we talk about the Constitution itself, though, there are two very important documents that we have to at least acknowledge.
And the first is the Declaration of Independence. So the Declaration of Independence is the founding document of our country. It was officially adopted by Congress on July 4th, 1776, which is why we celebrate the 4th of July on that day. It is what officially declared our independence from Great Britain. And something that's interesting and something a lot of people don't know is that Congress actually voted for our independence on July 2nd, 1776, but it wasn't until July 4th that Congress officially adopted the declaration. So that's why some people think that Independence Day should really be celebrated on the 2nd of July and not the 4th. In fact, John Adams was one of those people. He wrote a letter to his wife on July 3rd, 1776, telling her that July 2nd would go down as one of the most memorable and celebrated dates
in American history, because in his eyes, it was the vote for independence, not the actual adoption of the document that was the, you know, memorable moment.
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