00:09In these difficult political times, people are looking back to the founding
00:14principles of our democracy. One intrepid blogger decided to go straight to the
00:20source. Hashtag Founding Fathers Don't jump, James! Shouldn't that woman be here by now?
00:34I thought so, but you know, the way she speaks, it's so peculiar. Gentlemen, while I respect
00:39the right to free speech, I do wish you'd shut up.
00:53Hey guys! Oh, oh my god. Um, are you, um... Thomas Jefferson, may I introduce Mr. Ben
00:59Franklin? Nice to meet you. And James Madison. Nice to meet you. Wow! You guys don't look
01:04anything like, like your pictures. After two and a quarter centuries, America has changed.
01:09And so have we. Please, let's have a seat. Thank you. You're welcome.
01:20Thanks so much for doing this. People really want answers to this whole
01:23Constitution thing. All right. We're in.
01:31Hello, Founding Fathers. Hello.
01:33I just wanted to know, why are you called the Founding Fathers?
01:40What? Well, did you know that once upon a time there was no America?
01:45Hmm? And that it fell to... A group of exceptional men.
01:48Us. To establish a new system of government. And new laws. And so, America!
01:55Pretty much our idea.
02:00All right. Next question. Hey, guys. Uh, since you left, the government has been harvesting
02:07data off our phones and computers. Is that, like, legal? Of course it's not legal.
02:14Now, Thomas, that is not quite so clear. Oh, I did write a few federalist papers.
02:17That might have a... The Fourth Amendment, the right of the people
02:20to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.
02:25The Fourth Amendment protects individual property, not the phone company.
02:29The phone company. See? This is what I was saying in 1787. The Constitution should be rewritten
02:35every 19 years. So, my generation... Should be hard at work on the 12th draft. Yes!
02:43And how's that coming along for you? Um, next question.
02:48Guns. What? That's not a question.
02:51The Constitution says I get to have guns. The Constitution says a well-regulated militia,
02:58being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people...
03:01The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
03:04Are you part of the militia? No. I just believe in my Second Amendment right to own guns.
03:12Look. We had to put a lot of stuff in there. There were competing voices. There were different
03:18agendas from separate states. It's not easy to get everyone on board.
03:22That's not an answer, Mr. Miss Madison. But it's still true, isn't it?
03:27The Constitution. It's not easy. It's not easy to get answers from you.
03:32Young lady, you seem to be missing the point here.
03:37The reason that the Constitution is so durable is because so much was left out.
03:44Okay, but if the Constitution is so flexible, don't we run the risk of some demagogue coming
03:49in and changing it, like, way too much? Some idiot could muck it up.
03:53A lot of thought went into that document. The citizens must decide. The document protects
03:59the few from the many and establishes a framework of self-governance. But as I always say...
04:05Here we go. Here we go.
04:07The Constitution is just a piece of paper until it is stamped with the approval of those
04:14to whom it is addressed, the people themselves.
04:18Bravo. Bravo. Bravo.
04:23Thanks, Mike.
04:24Love you, boo.
04:25It's a wrap.
04:26You really have a way to work.
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