In fact, as Yuval Levin reminds us in “American Covenant,” the whole point of the U.S. Constitution was to consolidate a republic that had nearly fallen apart under the Articles of Confederation.

YORK, Pa. — The city of York has a whole lot of history. It's even where a drafting of the Articles of Confederation took place before its adoption on Nov. 15, 1777.

Jim McClure will present about the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation at 7 p.m. May 15 at the Hanover Area Historical Society.

In the second episode of Constitutionally Speaking, Jay Cost and Luke Thompson look at the Articles of Confederation, the first government of the United States.