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Title Our Constitution : a conversation / the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.

Publication Info. [Philadelphia, Pa.?] : Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, [2005]
©2005

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 Bristol, Manross Branch - Non Fiction  DVD342.73 OU7    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  DVD 342.73 OUR    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Media Room  DVD 342.73 OUR    Check Shelf
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department  342.73 DVD OUR    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD 342 OUR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD 342.73 OUR    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Whiton Branch - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD 342.73 OUR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  DVD 342.73 OUR    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs  DVD 342.73 OUR    Assumed Lost
Description 1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Sunnylands seminars
Sunnylands seminars.
System Details DVD.
Note "Sunnylands seminars: The judicial branch"--Container cover.
Performer Sandra Day O'Connor, Stephen G. Breyer.
Note "Created by The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands in partnership with the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania."
Prepared for Constitution Day 2005.
Summary United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined, and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.
Contents Introduction -- Teaching the Constitution -- Why have a constitution? -- Helping to solve problems -- The power of precedent -- Moral values/Decision-making -- Separation of powers -- Relevance today -- Federalism -- Individual liberty vs. security -- Most influential cases -- Court decision making -- Conclusion
Language In English with subtitles in English and Spanish.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject United States. Constitution.
Constitutional law -- United States.
Federal government.
United States -- Politics and government.
Genre/Form Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVD-Video discs.
Added Author O'Connor, Sandra Day, 1930-2023
Breyer, Stephen G., 1938-
Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.
Annenberg Public Policy Center.
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