Why is America such an extraordinary country? We are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. We`re unified by one constitution and one rule of law and then the values under our Constitution. It is an aspiration. It`s a challenge to us. The Constitution shouldn`t be some kind of fetish document. It should be the living commitment that we all have to make democracy work in service of the common good.
Jamie Raskin discusses the unifying aspects of America and the importance of the Constitution.
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