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Unruly Americans

Listen Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 at 1:20 p.m. in Politics

It's the document that enshrines all Americans' civil liberties. But historian Woody Holton argues that the U.S. Constitution's authors were less interested in protecting democratic norms than in reining in the power of unruly state governments. He joins Kojo to discuss his provocative take on the Founding Fathers, the Constitution, and the role of "ordinary" Americans.

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Woody Holton

Author, "Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

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