Name: How to Protect Shipping Routes without Shredding the Constitution
Uploaded: 2025-03-28T16:30:02+00:00
Duration: 29 min 55 s
Description: Defending ocean trade routes doesn’t require shredding the Constitution. When French warships were seizing hundreds of American vessels, President John Adams didn’t panic. He followed the Constitution

Streamed on: Mar 28, 12:30 pm EDT

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Defending ocean trade routes doesn’t require shredding the Constitution. When French warships were seizing hundreds of American vessels, President John Adams didn’t panic. He followed the Constitution - deferred to Congress over a dozen times - and still got the job done. In this episode, learn the forgotten - and completely ignored - history behind war powers and the Constitution, and how it all played out in the so-called Quasi-War with France.

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