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We the People
The framers of the Constitution designed a system of government in 1787 that distributed power among three branches—legislative, executive, and judicial. Having just overthrown a king ...
Connecticut turns 237 years old today. Here's the story of how it became a state
In fact, Connecticut became a state on Jan. 9, 1788 - 237 years ago today. However, the state's history extends back much ...
Grab a pen and paper: It’s time to handwrite the U.S. Constitution in Portland
On Jan. 22, the public is invited to the Hillsdale library for “Handwriting the Constitution.” The event is a chance to get ...
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Equality and The Fourteenth Amendment: A New Constitution
And finally, the Fourteenth Amendment introduced the ideal of equality to the Constitution for the first time, promising “equal protection of the laws.” A key feature of the Fourteenth ...
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Symmetry in Interpreting the First Amendment and the Structural Constitution
The first is that symmetry should support maintaining ... As concerns the structural constitution, symmetry should often be comparatively easy to apply. A defining feature of recent political ...
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Rappahannock Tribe first in US to enshrine rights of nature into constitution
The Rappahannock Tribe has become the first tribal nation in the United States to successfully adopt a tribal constitution that recognizes the rights of nature, giving legal protection to the ...