Discussion on the Bill of Rights

They're children!

They need to go to school, they need to learn about the world!

Justin!

Jackson! Would you please come down here for a second?

What?

How old are you now, Jackson?

Thirteen.

Can you tell me what the Bill of Rights is?

Um, what something costs, I guess?

That's a good guess.

Justin, you're in high school? Yeah.

Do you like school?

I guess whatever.

Do you know what the Bill of Rights is?

It's a government thing, right?

Like, rights that people have in their...

Hey, Saja?

Yes?

Would you please come down here a moment, sweetie?

I wanted to ask you a quick question.

Saja just turned eight, by the way.

Bill of Rights.

Amendment 1.

Congress should make no law respecting an establishment of religion,

or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,

or abridging the freedom of... Stop.

Regurgitating Memorized Amendments is...

Just tell me something about it in your own words.

It's not the Bill of Rights. It's more like...

China.

Here, at least, we don't have war on the surges.

We have free speech.

Citizens are protected from brutal and unusual punishments. That's enough. Are protected.

Newman.

Sergeant.

How would you characterize a 2010 Supreme Court decision on Citizens United?

Corporations have the same rights as people, so there's no spending limit on candidates.

Which means, a country is ruled by corporations,

and their lobbies do fund candidates, and command their fealty by demanding...

Jesus Christ. You made your point. We get it.