the self-congratulatory tone at the beginning of the video is kind of a turn-off. “the greatest document ever of all time no matter what…” we’re number one, super-brilliant, etc. Obviously the document as drafted was substantively flawed; if it weren’t, it would never have had to be amended. The constitution reflected a cobbled attempt at a workable system under the social reality of the time, rather than some perfect document. I guess you could say that a system that allows itself to be amended and interpreted is brilliant and perfect but, well, that hardly seems an inherently brilliant idea (we can change our minds if times change (although i don’t know, maybe that concept was groundbreaking at the time?). But that’s not the sense of greatness i get from people who sing paeans to the constitution– it’s that somehow the words “due process’ or “unreasonable search and seizures” will magically by virtue of the document itself, somehow protect us all. It won’t — ot without courageous people to step up and argue what that means, today, right now, for us here. I’m not saying constitutional history isn’t interesting, inspiring, scary, maddening, enlightneing, and a real part of what makes America great … just that, well, a little humbleness might be more attractive.