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Course Introduction: Reading America's Written Constitution

Akhil Reed Amar · 22:59

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Congressional Powers, Part 1

Akhil Reed Amar · 22:21

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Reading Between the Lines, Part 1

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Congressional Powers, Part 1

Akhil Reed AmarDistinguishedYale University

Professor

22:21·2026·undergraduate level
Path step 2: Examines enumerated legislative powers and federal fiscal authority under Article I.

This session examines the structure and initial powers of Congress in Article I, focusing on the Speech and Debate Clause as a unique guarantee and the implications of representation for taxation.

HistoryArticle ICongressional StructureSpeech and Debate ClauseTaxation Power

The Revolution's slogan was no taxation without representation, not no taxation. Akhil Reed Amar shows how that distinction gave the new Congress a power Parliament had been denied.

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Akhil Reed AmarDistinguished

Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University

Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University and one of the most cited scholars of the U.S. Constitution.

2 courses · 35 lecturesCanon
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