If we were to ask Americans today to name the most hotly debated amendment to the U.S. Constitution, many would say the Second Amendment: the right to bear arms. On the other end of the spectrum, the least debated would probably be the one that comes right after it: the Third Amendment.
But these were originally twin amendments to the Constitution. Together they were supposed to help “ensure domestic tranquility,” help keep the peace. They were designed to go hand in hand.
This episode of The Washington Post’s “Constitutional” podcast examines the colonial and revolutionary roots of these two amendments, with renowned historian Gordon Wood — professor at Brown University and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Radicalism of the American Revolution.”
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