KTBB Constitution Minute

Episode 114 - The Take Care Clause 12.02.2024 5:12 ↓

The making laws is the responsibility of the legislative branch.

Episode 113: Article 4, Section 4 29.01.2024 5:12 ↓

In 1783, fear of monarchial rule was still very much alive in the hearts and minds of the American people and the Founding Fathers.

Episode 111 - Presidential Term of Office 02.01.2024 5:12 ↓

The subject of the presidency was one of the last things to be settled at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787.

Episode 110 - 7th Amendment 04.12.2023 5:12 ↓

The seventh is regarded as the most straightforward of all 27 amendments.

Episode 109 - A Republic Rather Than a Democracy 06.11.2023 5:12 ↓

Politicians of our present day often speak of the need to "protect our democracy." But is that the correct term?

Episode 108 - 22nd Amendment - Presidential Term Limits 23.10.2023 5:12 ↓

As his second term as president was drawing to a close, George Washington was weary and in declining health

Episode 108 - 22nd Amendment - Presidential Term Limits 23.10.2023 5:12 ↓

As his second term as president was drawing to a close, George Washington was weary and in declining health

Episode 107: The Speaker of the House 09.10.2023 5:12 ↓

The passage of the Judiciary Act was the first major step toward establishing the role of the Judicial Branch of the United States government.

Episode 106: The General Welfare 17.09.2023 5:12 ↓

A bit more than two weeks before the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia came to an end, the delegates voted unanimously to add a phrase to Article I.

Episode 105: The Electoral College & Federalism 04.09.2023 5:12 ↓

It was the belief of James Madison, together with Alexander Hamilton, that a new constitution should provide for a mixture of state-based and population-based government.

Episode 104: The Electoral College is Born 21.08.2023 5:12 ↓

James Madison's original vision for the chief of the executive branch was that a president would be elected by the Congress.

Episode 103 - 16th Amendment - The Income Tax 31.07.2023 5:12 ↓

The language of Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution served to prohibit the levying of a tax on individual income.

Episode 102 - Crandall v. Nevada 17.07.2023 5:12 ↓

William Crandall was the agent for the Pioneer Stage Company in Carson City, Nevada and he would help to establish freedom of movement between the states as the law of the land.

Episode 101 - 14th Amendment - The Equal Protection Clause 02.07.2023 5:12 ↓

Following the end of the Civil War in 1865, Congress began to pass laws aimed at ensuring the civil rights of former black slaves.

Episode 100 - 15th Amendment - Conscience and Politics 19.06.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 100 - 15th Amendment - Conscience and Politics

Episode 99 - Wickard v. Filburn 15.05.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 99 - Wickard v. Filburn

Episode 98 - 26th Amendment - Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote 01.05.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 98 - 26th Amendment - Old Enough to Fight, Old Enough to Vote

Episode 97 - 12th Amendment - Presidential Election 13.04.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 97 - 12th Amendment - Presidential Election

Episode 96 - 19th Amendment - Women's Suffrage 03.04.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 96 - 19th Amendment - Women's Suffrage

Episode 95 - 25th Amendment - Presidential Succession 20.03.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 95 - 25th Amendment - Presidential Succession

Episode 94 - Incorporation of the Bill of Rights 27.02.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 94 - Incorporation of the Bill of Rights

Episode 93 - Barron v. Baltimore 13.02.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 93 - Barron v. Baltimore

Episode 92 - D.C. v. Heller 30.01.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 92 - D.C. v. Heller

Episode 91 - 27th Amendment 16.01.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 91 - 27th Amendment

Episode 90 - 17th Amendment 02.01.2023 5:12 ↓

Episode 90 - 17th Amendment