Great set of lectures from Hillsdale College Online Courses. Constitution 201: The Progressive rejection of the founding and the rise of the bureaucratic despotism. Welcome to Part 2 “Woodrow Wilson and the Rejection of the Founders’ Principles” Overview: Progressives believe that America needs to move beyond the principles of the Founding. Woodrow Wilson—who served as president of Princeton University, governor of New Jersey, and as America’s 28th president—was one of the earliest Progressive thinkers. His critique of the Founding—namely, his rejection of the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution’s system of the separation of powers—is one of the most articulate expressions of the Progressive movement’s core beliefs.
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