{"id":1807179,"date":"2023-01-16T10:34:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1807179"},"modified":"2023-01-16T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:35:00","slug":"watch-prageru-releases-the-constitution-a-nation-of-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-prageru-releases-the-constitution-a-nation-of-states\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: PragerU Releases \u2018The Constitution: A Nation Of States\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-prageru-releases-the-constitution-a-nation-of-states%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1807179&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>How did the 13 colonies come to be the United States of America. PragerU discusses in its most recent video the pivotal role that the Constitution played in uniting colonies and the relationship of the federal government with the states.<\/p>\n<p>Host Kurt Lash, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond, examines America\u2019s founding document, breaking down the powers of the three branches of the federal government and providing details of how states function.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">\u201cWhen America won the Revolutionary War, the former English colonies became free and independent states \u2014 almost as if they were separate countries,\u201d Lash stated in the new PragerU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prageru.com\/video\/the-constitution-a-nation-of-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> The title \u201cThe Constitution: A Nation of States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">\u201cBut when those states later voted to ratify the federal Constitution, they became part of an indestructible union of states under a common national government, one in which all citizens were granted the same rights,\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">The issue of states\u2019 rights was more complicated during the nation\u2019s early history when slavery was legal in some states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">Article IV, Section 2, declares that \u201c[N]o Person held to \u2026 Labour in one State \u2026 escaping into another, shall \u2026 be discharged from such \u2026 Labour, but shall be delivered up [to] the Party to whom such \u2026 Labour may be due.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">Lash stated that the word \u201cslave\u201d It was not included in the original Constitution. He claimed that the Founding Fathers were cautious about endorsing slavery despite southern states allowing it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">Article V describes how the Constitution may be amended. This process requires a two thirds majority vote in the Senate and House, or a special convention that is called by two-thirds. The proposed amendment must be ratified then by three-quarters (75%) of the states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">Lash explained how the complicated process meant that only proposals that received widespread support would result in a Constitutional amendment being passed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">Article VI declared, too, that the Constitution was the \u201csupreme Law of the Land,\u201d Giving it priority over other laws.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">Before the Constitution was ratified, America was guided by the Articles of Confederation. This loose agreement did not have a national leader or a court system. It could not tax citizens to provide for the nation\u2019s defense during times of war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">These concerns were addressed by the Constitution, but many power were left to the states. This power division, known as federalism was never before possible in other countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"richText\">Lash explained that Article 7 allowed citizens to make decisions, rather than elite leaders. Without nine of the original thirteen states ratifying it, the Constitution would not be effective. New Hampshire was the ninth state that ratified it on June 21, 1788.<\/p>\n<p>The full video is available below.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW! NEW! The answer is found in the second half of the American Constitution\u2014Articles IV through VII. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurtlash1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kurtlash1<\/a>Professor of Law at University of Richmond, Dr. Judith explains.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A9KICEwe7f\">https:\/\/t.co\/A9KICEwe7f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PragerU (@prageru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prageru\/status\/1614970863434039300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did the 13 colonies become the United States of America? PragerU discusses the revolutionary role the Constitution played in uniting the colonies, and the relationship between the federal government and the states, in its latest video. 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