Our Constitution / O'Connor, Sandra Day

In the Summer of 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia to create a document that would establish the government of the United States. On September 17, that landmark document - our Constitution - was signed into law. This conversation on the Constitution, taped in 2005, is the first in a series produced by the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands for use in classrooms on Constitution Day.

In the Summer of 1787, delegates to the Constitutional Convention gathered in Philadelphia to create a document that would establish the government of the United States. On September 17, that landmark document - our Constitution - was signed into law. This conversation on the Constitution, taped in 2005, is the first in a series produced by the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands for use in classrooms on Constitution Day.

United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.

Philadelphia-area high school students visited the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. on September 16, 2005 and had a conversation with Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer about interpreting and applying the Constitution.

Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer discuss why we need a Constitution, federalism, separation of powers, and individual rights.

Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer discuss why we need a Constitution, federalism, separation of powers, and individual rights.

Philadelphia-area high school students visited the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. on September 16, 2005 and had a conversation with Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer about interpreting and applying the Constitution.

United States Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Stephen Breyer talk about the Constitution with high school students and discuss why we have and need a constitution, what federalism is, how implicit and explicit rights are defined, and how separation of powers ensures that no one branch of government obtains too much power.