Our Constitution : a conversation / [print] the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands. - [Philadelphia?] : Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, (c)2005. - 1 videodisc (32 min., 12 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Sunnylands seminars . - Sunnylands seminars. .

"Subtitled in English and Spanish"--Container. "Sunnylands seminars: The judicial branch"--container cover.

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

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Connor fielded questions in Washington Tuesday, May 16, 2006 from 50 high school students from the Philadelphia and Los Angeles areas. The students and justices discussed the significance of the judiciary and the ways that independence is protected by the Constitution.




United States. -- Constitution.


Federal government--United States.
Judicial independence--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.

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