In this Monday, June 17, 2019 photo, shown is Holly Metcalf Kinyon's 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.
Matt Rourke
The Declaration of Independence annotated
Also on the program: Bucknell University poll finds support for voter ID laws and SCOTUS term limits
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Merideth Bucher
Matt Rourke
In this Monday, June 17, 2019 photo, shown is Holly Metcalf Kinyon's 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.
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From a vantage point 245 years after the founding fathers declared independence from Britain, the men tasked with drafting the declaration were a veritable who’s who among American patriots.
The Congress appointed a committee to draft a blueprint, that consisted of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson, who took the lead drafting the historic document.
The final draft of the Declaration of Independence included a preamble, or an assertion of individual rights, a list of grievances, a formal declaration of independence and then signatures.
What does the Declaration of Independence say and mean to Americans? Smart Talk Friday is joined by Randy E. Barnett, J.D., a Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of the Georgetown Center for the Constitution, Georgetown Law to provide an analysis.
Professor Barnett is the author of many books including, Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People.
University poll finds support for voter ID laws and SCOTUS term limits
The Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP) published a new survey that indicates there is substantial support among Americans for universal voter ID laws and Supreme Court term limits.
However, the survey also found that fundamental changes to the way elections are run in the United States, were either unpopular overall or supported only along party lines.
Chris Ellis, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and Co-director, Bucknell Institute for Public Policy will appear on Smart Talk Friday to present more details on the new survey.
