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Course Introduction: Reading America's Written Constitution

Akhil Reed Amar · 22:59

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Congressional Powers, Part 1

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Reading Between the Lines, Part 1

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Course Introduction: Reading America's Written Constitution

Akhil Reed AmarDistinguishedYale University

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22:59·2026·undergraduate level
Path step 1: Introduces textual and structural methods for reading the U.S. Constitution as an institutional blueprint.

This introductory lecture outlines a textual, article-by-article approach to the Constitution, emphasizing its democratic, pro-slavery, and national security dimensions.

HistoryPreambleHistorical ContextCourse Overview

The Constitution is about 8,000 words, start to finish. Akhil Reed Amar explains how to read all of it, in textual order, and what to look for in the one sentence that opens it.

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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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Congressional Powers, Part 1

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