Episode 29: Understanding the First Amendment
Constitutionally Speaking
English - September 04, 2018 15:02 - 1 hour - 41.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 641 ratingsHistory Government national review conservative constitution congress government conservatism Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today, Jay and Luke begin digging into the Bill of Rights, starting with the First Amendment. Most Americans don't realize that what we know as the First Amendment was originally the Third Amendment in Madison's planned version of the Bill of Rights. The original First Amendment, which we call "Amendment A", dealt with the size of Congressional Districts. The original Second Amendment dealt with Congressional pay and, after 202 years, 7 months, and 10 days, was finally ratified as the 27th Amendment.
Today, Jay and Luke begin digging into the Bill of Rights, starting with the First Amendment. Most Americans don’t realize that what we know as the First Amendment was originally the Third Amendment in Madison’s planned version of the Bill of Rights. The original First Amendment, which we call “Amendment A”, dealt with the size of Congressional Districts. The original Second Amendment dealt with Congressional pay and, after 202 years, 7 months, and 10 days, was finally ratified as the 27th Amendment.
Read with Amendment A and the 27th Amendment, the First Amendment becomes clearer as part, but not the whole, of Madison’s designs for the “political Amendments” – those dealing with representation, representatives, and representing the people.