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A constitution is a system for governance, often coified as a written document, that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity. In the case of countries, this term refers specifically to a national constitution defining the fundamental political principles, and establishing the structure, procedures, powers and duties, of a government. Most national constitutions also guarantee certain rights to the people. Historically, before the evolution of modern-style, codified national constitutions, the term constitution could be applied to any important law that governed the functioning of a government.

Trivia about constitution

  • In 1787-88 the Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of this document
  • Elbridge Gerry signed the Declaration of Independence but refused to sign this 1787 document
  • It begins, "We the people of the United States, in order to form..."
  • The 1996 GOP platform proposed amending this to protect crime victims & the unborn
  • There were 39 signers of this 1787 document
  • In your first year at Penn Law, you'll take a course based on this document produced right there in Philly
  • "This follow-up to 'The Articles of Confederation' is the rare sequel that's more bicameral than the original!"
  • The Articles were in effect from 1781 until replaced by this 1787 document
  • In 1988(why not 1987?)CBS aired "This is America, Charlie Brown--The Birth of" this document
  • Congress defends & amends this document
  • Marshall entered Virginia politics & in 1787 was a delegate to the convention to ratify this
  • In the U.S. this document is the highest law in the land
  • Commissioned U.S. Army officers are sworn to support & defend this document against all enemies
  • Though Ben didn't approve of parts of it, he urged the Convention to unanimously adopt it
  • Eisenhower said, "No treaty or international agreement can contravene" this document
  • To Supreme Court watchers, strict construction isn't a building code but a narrow interpretation of this document
  • A 1936 dissent by Justice Stone accused 6 other justices of a "tortured construction" of this document
  • Louisiana has had 11, including 1 which was over 250,000 words & amended 537 times
  • Ben Franklin & James Madison were 2 of the 39 men who signed this document; Madison was its last living signer
  • A new one of these was created in 1917, but the part threatening property rights proved hard to enforce
  • 1789: This document goes into effect
  • Gouverneur Morris was responsible for much of the wording of this in 1787
  • Your presentation on strict constructionism of this document saved your law professor having to prep a lecture
  • It's interesting (or is it?) that at 12 letters, it's the longest word in the original document's preamble
  • "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union... establish" this document
  • On Dec. 29, 1812 this U.S. ship nicknamed "Old Ironsides" defeated the British frigate Java off Brazil
  • (Former President Clinton delivers the clue.) I'm the chairman of the national center devoted to this document; I spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony on September 17, 2000--213 years to the day it was signed
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the State House in Concord, NH.) An article dating from 1792 in this document provides for open sessions of the legislature to all who behave decently
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Spain.) In Spain, December 6th commemorates the signing of this in 1978, 191 years after the United States
  • Both the Declaration of Independence & this 1787 document were signed in Independence Hall
  • Ratifying this on December 7, 1787 got Delaware on the first of the new quarters
  • One of the first frigates built for the U.S. Navy, it was launched in Boston on Oct. 21, 1797
  • In 1801 Revere opened America's first copper-rolling mill; he later made copper sheeting for this ship's hull
  • This basic document "is the property of a nation, and not of those who exercise government"
  • Djibouti became independent June 27, 1977, but it didn't adopt one of these until September 4, 1992
  • It's the only 12-letter word in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution
  • During the War of 1812, this frigate earned its nickname Old Ironsides
  • On December 29, 1812 this famous U.S. frigate defeated the British frigate Java off the coast of Brazil
  • "On their sides the workers had only" this document: "the other side had bayonets"
  • It can mean one's physical health or a 1787 document

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