For many years, I've been advocating for better understanding of the Constitutional Convention. Everybody should read a good academic text on Madison's notes and understand that our founders proposed and seriously considered some truly terrible ideas.

Too many people still engage in this "Jesus delivered the Constitution etched in stone tablets and our unhallowed shall not disturb his word" thinking.

The reality becomes clear when you read the notes and see how incredibly stupid some founders were.

Ever since I became a lawyer, I've been really fixated on how bad our education system is about teaching our students about the judicial branch.

We cover feel good cases like Brown v. Board and Loving and Lawrence, and touch on the bad ones like Dread Scott and Plessy.

Even university students don't learn much about how the judicial system has affected cultural progress through the years.

I get it. Old court opinions are a slog. They're hard to read, even harder to understand, but they are so necessary to really comprehend how we took shape.

It always amazes me how many non-legal people (NoBars), have no knowledge of Lochner and 30 years of the court overturning even the most modest labor reforms. They don't know about the Insular Cases and some of the most horrific racism that still controls to this day.

There's so much American history buried and untouched that touches our everyday life.

I firmly belief that if we would demystify some of our founding events and really educate ourselves about our judicial history, overall life would improve.

One last note. This isn't a partisan issue. I'm my experience, Democrats and Republicans are, on average, equal in their general knowledge on this area.

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