The United States Bill of Rights by James Madison ~ Full Audiobook [history]

The United States Bill of Rights by James Madison audiobook.

Genre: history

Presented through the words and political imagination of James Madison, The United States Bill of Rights follows the birth of the first ten amendments to the Constitution - a compact designed to protect individual liberty while defining the limits of federal power. Moving from the unsettled aftermath of ratification to the fierce arguments between Federalists and Anti-Federalists, this work centers on Madison as he wrestles with a difficult question: how can a new republic promise energetic national government without endangering the freedoms that justified independence? As Madison drafts, revises, and defends a slate of amendments, the text illuminates the concrete anxieties of the era - standing armies, unreasonable searches, censorship, religious coercion, and the concentration of authority far from ordinary citizens. Alongside the language that would become the enduring guarantees of American civil life, listeners encounter the ideals and compromises that shaped them, and the tension between principle and political necessity that Madison must navigate. More than a list of rights, this is the story of how rights were argued into existence, and why their meaning continues to invite debate.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:03:57) Chapter 2

(00:07:29) Chapter 3

(00:11:16) Chapter 4

(00:15:03) Chapter 5

(00:19:00) Chapter 6

(00:23:15) Chapter 7

(00:27:23) Chapter 8

(00:31:01) Chapter 9

(00:34:36) Chapter 10

(00:37:57) Chapter 11

(00:42:00) Chapter 12

(00:45:40) Chapter 13

(00:49:07) Chapter 14

(00:52:55) Chapter 15

(00:56:49) Chapter 16

(01:00:57) Chapter 17

(01:06:30) Chapter 18

(01:10:13) Chapter 19

(01:14:12) Chapter 20

(01:18:13) Chapter 21

(01:22:16) Chapter 22

(01:27:57) Chapter 23

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