Videos: Original Intent of the Constitution

Had come across the first interesting video concerning the history as well as myths about the U.S. Constitution last evening (due to a YouTube suggestion) and the second interesting video of a debate regarding the same matters while preparing to embed the first video within this blog post (during the draft stage; above link via The White House):

Video 1: The Original Intent of the Constitution | Myths of American History (via The Great Courses; via YouTube; length: 31:55 minutes/seconds):


Video 2: Original Intent of the Constitution (via Institute of Politics Harvard Kennedy School; via YouTube; length: 1:32:30 hours/minutes/seconds):


For more information, check out the following:

  • Video: Why the Electoral College Exists (via CNBC; via YouTube; length: 10:00 minutes):

On a more personal note:

For myself, although merely a layperson as well as an amateur political observer, my long held personal belief as well as theory concerning the U.S. Constitution as well as the Bill of Rights was that these were established to be more along the lines of a foundation of our form of government with which to be built upon whether for those times as well as for future generations to come and were not necessarily imposed, nor intended, to act as a highly rigid as well as restrictive ceiling upon the same (above link via the National Archives).

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