Constitution Class, something all U.S citizens need to refresh on.

[Amin001]

I ran into this series of classes on google video and I am amazed from what I have learned from watching them.

Part 1 http://video.google.com/videoplay?d...=53&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

You can find the rest of the classes by searching Constitution Class in google video.

After watching these video tell me what you guys think about it, Im very interested to hear opinions on this.

Good or Bad haha

 

[Perfection]

I thought this was about the Starship Enterprise.

 

[bhsup]

YOu don't need classes for the Constitution. You need the ability to comprehend what you read and a copy of the Constitution. Unlike many statutues, the Constitution itself is straight forward.

 

[Amin001]

"YOu don't need classes for the Constitution. You need the ability to comprehend what you read and a copy of the Constitution. Unlike many statutues, the Constitution itself is straight forward."

Did you check out the video though? I think it is a interesting take on it.

 

[Shadylookin]

YOu don't need classes for the Constitution. You need the ability to comprehend what you read and a copy of the Constitution. Unlike many statutues, the Constitution itself is straight forward.

the constitution isn't straight forward. if it was we wouldn't be paying 9 people to constantly come up with 5/4 4/5 decisions regarding constitutional issues.

 

[skadistic]

the constitution isn't straight forward. if it was we wouldn't be paying 9 people to constantly come up with 5/4 4/5 decisions regarding constitutional issues.

That has more to do with politics and not the piece of paper it self.

 

[Shadylookin]

That has more to do with politics and not the piece of paper it self.

things like no unreasonable searches and seizures and probable cause are pretty ambiguous. I'm sure a citizen that values privacy and an overzealous cop have 2 different definitions of unreasonable and probable cause.

plessy v fergusson and brown v the board of education are perfect examples that the constitution is for better or worse left to lots of interpretation.

 

[Traitorfish]

Who's "we"? The six billion of us who live outside the US?

 

[LightFang]

Well of course. You could have a strict reading like Jefferson or a loose reading like Hamilton. It's vague. Things like the elastic clause, you know? The reason it's lasted this long and has only needed 23 amendments is because it's clear when it needs to be clear and is vague enough to be flexible.

 

[Amin001]

"Who's "we"? The six billion of us who live outside the US?"

Sorry, I guess I was not thinking correctly.

Ill try to change that.

 

[Gaius Octavius]

I thought this was about the Starship Enterprise.

QFT! I wondered what in the heck a thread about that was doing in OT.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I'm actually taking a class on Constitutional Law right now. It's not only the coolest class I have, it's probably the most useful class I'll ever take.

 

[downtown]

I'm actually taking a class on Constitutional Law right now. It's not only the coolest class I have, it's probably the most useful class I'll ever take.

Con Law was one of the hardest classes I've ever taken. It is useful though.

 

[Shadylookin]

I'm actually taking a class on Constitutional Law right now. It's not only the coolest class I have, it's probably the most useful class I'll ever take.

how so? unless you're planning on being a constitutional lawyer or a federal judge where would you actually apply that knowledge other than arguments on the internet?

 

[The Yankee]

Nothing wrong with learning the ins and outs and the systems set up by the Constitution.

I'm in a Criminology class this term, but I won't be going into any related field.

 

[Shadylookin]

Nothing wrong with learning the ins and outs and the systems set up by the Constitution.

I'm in a Criminology class this term, but I won't be going into any related field.

of course not, but to call it the most useful class you've ever had seems odd. Unless you're actually pursuing a career in constitutional law you won't ever get to actually have an effect on what happens since our judges aren't elected.

 

[QuoVadisNation]

I haven't watched the video yet, but where's the part that says the Constitution as a fixed entitiy is both meaningless, positivist, and contrary to the spirit of the Constitution and that the Constitution is what the Supreme Court says it is?

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

how so? unless you're planning on being a constitutional lawyer or a federal judge where would you actually apply that knowledge other than arguments on the internet?

No, but you know precisely what your rights are.