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Scholar Exchange Briefing Document
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The power to make laws in our country falls in the hands of the Legislative Branch. The branch is outlined in Article I of the Constitution. The Legislative Branch is divided into two houses of Congress. The House of Representatives is made up of representatives proportionate to their state’s population while each state maintains equal representation in the Senate.
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Explore key historical documents that inspired the Framers of the Constitution and each amendment during the drafting process, the early drafts and major proposals behind each provision, and discover how the drafters deliberated, agreed and disagreed, on the path to compromise and the final text.
Scholars and experts discuss the current state of voting rights in America.
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In this Fun Friday Session, Jill Lepore, David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and writer…
A panel of interdisciplinary scholars discuss the current state of polarization, and the prospect for compromise in the United…
On April 27, 1917. Republican California Representative Julius Kahn introduced to the House Resolution 3545—known better as the…
In this session, students will examine the issues and events that led to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in the…
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