For more than 25 years, John Chambers, known to audiences as “Mr. Constitution”, has dedicated himself to educating Americans young-and-old about the contents, history and meaning of the US Constitution and why the 230-year-old document is relevant to their daily lives. “Today, as our society becomes increasingly politically turbulent, it’s more important than ever that we understand and embrace the concepts and provisions of good governance drafted into our Constitution by the nation’s founding fathers,” says Chambers, who notes that an increasing number of political groups and factions are demanding societal changes and the passage of new laws that forward their ideologies. “Many of the currently proposed changes would effectively shred well-reasoned, carefully worded, hard-won provisions in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. For that reason it becomes vital we understand the language and key terms used by the Founding Fathers in each Section, Article, and Amendment and also the historical context that prompted their inclusion in what some historians have called “the world’s greatest document”. Chambers points out three Constitutional issues poised to trigger fiery debates and heated protests in the street as we move into the long hot summer ahead: 1. Free Speech vs Hate Speech A large percentage of students on college campuses and others believe that “hateful speech” and the utterance of “hurtful words” deserve no protection under the 1st Amendment even in the face of recent Supreme Court rulings where in June 2017 the justices unanimously observed, “Speech that demeans on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, disability, or any other similar ground is hateful; but the proudest boast of our free speech jurisprudence is that we protect the freedom to express “the thought that we hate.” Nevertheless, students continue to challenge Constitutionally-protected speech while claiming that being exposed to upsetting words and ideas justifies violent responses like rioting, arson, assault, and other attacks against the speaker. “Students need to be taught by their professors that the solution to hate speech is not less speech; it’s more speech,” says Chambers. 2. The 2nd Amendment vs Gun Restrictions Because the framers knew that the right to bear arms would be the one right most viscously attacked and, if possible, taken away from citizens, the 2nd Amendment was drafted with a preamble to clarify its p