Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution

Consent of the Governed and the Separation of Powers (1x4)

Air date: Mar 01, 2022

The Framers understood that the “latent causes of faction . . . are sown in the nature of man.” Consequently, the Constitution establishes a number of institutional mechanisms such as representation and separation of powers to control the effects of faction. In so doing, the Constitution improved upon previous models of republican government.