South Carolina Dems fighting to prevent universities from teaching the Constitution

South Carolina Democrats argued for more than an hour to prevent legislation that would require state universities to teach a “Constitution 101” course Tuesday. The Republican-proposed bill would update an existing 1924 requirement to teach the course, which the University of South Carolina has hitherto ignored. The legislation has already passed in the Senate, but Democrats in a Tuesday House subcommittee hearing argued the update would be too burdensome on students both financially and academically. The bill would require students to take a 3-credit, semester-long class covering America’s founding documents, including the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers. -- More....