America 250 Years On: Is The Constitution Constraining The Modern United States?

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“You have quite an ossified political and constitutional structure sitting on top, and sometimes in tension with a very, if sometimes extremely dynamic, albeit very unequal society.” Professor of US Politics at Oxford University Adam Smith says that the US Constitution can be a “constraining document” as America prepares to celebrate its 250th year of Independence. Adam Smith was speaking to Kate McCann and Stig Abell on Times Radio Breakfast. Listen live every Monday–Thursday, 6-10am. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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