This is “My Constitution,” a 12–podcast series from the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement at Purdue University. Please listen to our podcasts below or download them here.

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Declaration of Independence

"Upon the Shoulders of Giants": Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence

Origins of American Government

The One-Legged Man and the Ancient Sage: Compromise and the Constitution

Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

“Well, Boys, the President got Licked”: The Separation of Powers and the Steel Seizure Case

Death Penalty and the Constitution

“Death by Installments”: ‘Lucky’ Willie Francis and a Murder in Cajun Country

Federalism

“If the Lord Wanted You to Have a Tattoo, He Would Have put it on You”: Federalism in the United States

U.S. Congress

The Representative from Montana: Life in the “First Branch”

Presidential Power

Butterfield’s Odyssey: Presidential Power and the Case of United States v. Nixon

Powers and Processes of the Supreme Court

“Storm Center”: The Supreme Court

Freedom of Speech and the First Amendment

Cross Burning, the “Silent” Justice, and the First Amendment

Freedom of Religion

“Let our People Be”: The “Sacred Sacrament” and Freedom of Religion

Civil Rights, the 14th Amendment, and the Freedom to Marry

“String Bean” and Richard, James and John: Civil Rights and the Freedom to Marry

Voting Rights

“I Shall Never Pay a Dollar of Your Unjust Penalty”: Women and the Right to Vote

Written by: Peter Watkins and Connie Doebele

Narrated by: Connie Doebele

Technical Production: Manuel J. Arauz Ramirez and Edward J. Dunn

Acknowledgments

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This podcast series is part of the Civics Literacy Proficiency project at Purdue University.

https://www.purdue.edu/provost/about/provostInitiatives/civics/

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