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The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 2: The Founders’ Education

The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 2: The Founders’ Education
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Rob Natelson
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This is the second in a series of essays on the ideas behind the Constitution. You can find the first and third essays here and here.
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” He also researched and wrote the scholarly article “Virgil and the Constitution,” whose publication is pending in Regent University Law Review.
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