How did the Framers of the Constitution deal with the issue of separation of powers at the Philadelphia Convention? Dr. Lester Brooks, emeritus professor of American history at Anne Arundel Community College, explains how separation of powers was a major issue at the Philadelphia Convention, which drafted the new Constitution for the United States.
Civil Discourse: An American Legacy is funded under the 2022 Leonore Annenberg Civic Mission of the Nation Initiative, sponsored by the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics. LAIC is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
60-Second Civics, Episode 5152: June 12, 2024 (a rebroadcast of Episode 4902, June 13, 2023)
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