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Episode: James Madison Part 1: “When You Wrote “Right to Bear Arms” in the Second Amendment, What Did You Mean?”
Description: In 1816, while finishing his second term as President, James Madison received a call from the future …
When you ask someone, “Who is James Madison and what did he do”, the most common response is, “I have no clue.” Yet, as you listen to this episode, you’ll see that we have many of our rights because Madison created them and then fought to make them the law of the land.
You’ll also hear how he gathered information about past empires to determine what might work for our new government, and what was destined to fail.
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