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Symbolic Constitution

Defined in 2 lectures. Each definition is in that lecture's terms.

Definitions are written by AI from each lecture’s transcript. The time opens the lecture where the lecturer explains it.

  • Six particular texts that serve as central elements of America's unwritten or symbolic constitution alongside the written text.
    0:10Whose Constitution Do We Actually Live In?Akhil Reed Amar · Yale University
  • A set of iconic, canonical texts that supplement the written Constitution and help form a constitutional culture.
    1:20Honoring the Icons, Part 1Akhil Reed Amar · Yale University