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Built to Last

Season 1 Episode 4 | 52m 40s

In this last episode, Sagal travels to Iceland, where after the country’s economic collapse, leaders decided to create a new constitution, looking to the U.S. Constitution for inspiration. This prompts Sagal to consider why our own founding document has lasted more than 225 years.

Aired: 05/27/13 | Expires: 03/31/28
Funding is provided by U.S. Bank Wealth Management, Anne Ray Charitable Trust, the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Shearman & Sterling LLP, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.
Extras
Learn about the far-reaching changes created by the Fourteenth Amendment.
Examine what most consider the Constitution’s most important feature: the Bill of Rights.
Explore the Constitution’s most striking feature: its resilient brand of federalism.
Host Peter Sagal travels across the country to find the U.S. Constitution.
Take a sneak peak at CONSTUTITUION USA's "A More Perfect Union."
Examine a key feature of the Constitution: the Bill of Rights.
Consider the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy for more than 225 years.
When the Equal Rights Amendment didn't pass, Title IX changed the future for women.
Sandy Levinson talks about why he believes the Constitution is responsible for gridlock.
Hit the road with Peter Sagal for a look at CONSTITUTION USA.
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