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Sean Morgan reviews constitutional history and urges Idaho residents to study founding documents
Summary
Sean Morgan, a Navy veteran and presenter, told a packed room in Bonner County that understanding the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution is essential to preserving citizens' rights and informed self-government.
Sean Morgan, a Navy veteran and presenter, told a packed room in Bonner County that understanding the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution is essential to preserving citizens' rights and informed self-government. He gave a slide presentation that traced legal and political developments from the Magna Carta to the Idaho Constitution and described how federalism and separation of powers work in practice.
Morgan summarized the sweep of events that he said shaped the constitutional order: the Magna Carta and English acts that limited monarchs, the Mayflower Compact, colonial-era taxes and punitive acts (including the Stamp Act and Tea Act), the Continental Congresses, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the 1787 constitutional convention that produced the U.S. Constitution. "Who…
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