“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union…” They are words most of us are familiar with.
Akhil Amar, a Yale professor and constitutional expert, says these words were “the most democratic deed the world had ever seen” in his book “America’s Constitution: A Biography.”
Today marks Constitution Day, the 226th anniversary of the signing of our nation’s Constitution. But there’s a question worth asking — why is our Constitution so special? What distinguishes our government from other similar democracies?