You were probably taught the Constitution as "separation of powers" and "checks and balances." Constitutional scholar Bill Norton says that's accurate — and incomplete. In this segment from The Jenny Beth Show, Norton explains why the Founders built a deliberate "mixed form of government," and how understanding the way the document was constructed helps you see what's actually broken in Washington today.
Jenny Beth Martin ties it straight to this week's fights — the SAVE America Act, codifying border security in law — and to a discipline she uses on every issue: would I accept the equal and opposite reaction if the other side did it to me? Together they make the case for fixing what's broken, facing what's genuinely new, and refusing to become what we hate.
This is a preview of the show's founding-principles training series, which begins airing Monday, July 6.
Tea Party Patriots Action is fighting to pass the SAVE America Act — reach your senators through the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121.
Watch the full episode and training at jennybethshow.com and teapartypatriots.org.
00:00 — Founding Principles vs. Today's Biggest Fights
01:28 — Band-Aids vs. Real Fixes
03:05 — The "Equal and Opposite Reaction" Test
04:36 — How the Constitution Was Actually Built
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