What Rights and Duties are missing from the U.S. Constitution?

Regarding the US Constitution, there is a major split between the Originalists (typically conservatives) and those who believe in an organic document that grows with the times. There have been enormous changes since 1789 – the internet is just one example – and the document must change one way or the other. This lecture explores some of the unenumerated rights that might be added. These are not without their own subjective cultural elements. For example, Europeans are much more focused on ‘privacy’ than Americans, and it is debatable whether free speech is truly consistent with privacy.

A lecture by  Professor Clive Stafford-Smith

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Gresham College, Barnard's Inn Hall, London, United Kingdom