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Ratification of Constitutional Amendments Article 5 of the Constitution provides for the amendment of the Constitution by various means (see The Amendments Page for details). However an amendment is proposed, it does not become part of the Constitution unless it…
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Some Proposed Amendments – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Some Proposed Amendments The Constitution is a living and evolving document. One of the ways that the Constitution is changed is through the amendment process. It can be an arduous process, requiring agreement by many different segments of society and…
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Notes on the Amendments – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Notes on the Amendments Advertisement Each Amendment to the Constitution came about for a reason — to overrule a Supreme Court decision, to force a societal change, or to revise the details of the Constitution. This page will give an…
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The Failed Amendments – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Failed Amendments Advertisement Throughout the history of the Constitution, 27 changes have been made through the Amendment process. Amendments are not easy to pass, and several amendments have been proposed over time, but which failed to pass the second…
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Constitutional Amendments – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Constitutional Amendments Amending the United States Constitution is no small task. This page will detail the amendment procedure as spelled out in the Constitution, and will also list some of the Amendments that have not been passed, as well as…
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Advertising on USConstitution.net – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Advertising on USConstitution.net The U.S. Constitution Online site has always been free, and always will be. The site is not run by a big school, business, or municipality. It is run by little ole me. The site costs me an…
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Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América A common question that I get is where to find a copy of the Constitution in Spanish. There are several translations available on the Internet, but I usually ended up referring the questioner…
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The United States Constitution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The United States Constitution Today’s special event: March 16, 1751, is President James Madison‘s birthday. The Constitution is presented in several ways on this site. This page presents the Constitution on one large HTML-enhanced page. Other pages present the Constitution…
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Members of Congress – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Members of Congress The following is a list of the Senators and Representatives of the 112th Congress, as of January 5, 2011. If you see any discrepancies, please let me know. In the “Party” column, the following abbreviations are used:…
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Common Sense – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Common Sense Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England, on January 29, 1737. He was raised by a Quaker father and an Anglican mother. He apprenticed as a corset maker, a profession that he drifted in and out of for…
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Civil Unions News – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Civil Unions News This page is an archive of articles presented on the Current News page of the USConstitution.net site concerning Vermont’s Civil Union Law. 03/06/02 Massachusetts court to take up gay marriage The top court in Massachusetts is taking…
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How to Cite This Site – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
How to Cite This Site Jump to: Citing the Constitution It is very important when writing a paper for a school project (at any level, from elementary school to graduate school) to properly cite your sources. Where did you find…
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Choose a format to view the Constitution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Choose a format to view the Constitution Please choose a format to view: Enhanced: All-in-one Enhanced: One page per section Plain: All-in-one PDF: All-in-one Images All-in-one, in Spanish The Constitution is also available for viewing on a Palm device or…
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Constitution of the People’s Republic of China – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Constitution of the People’s Republic of China Advertisement The following is the complete text of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, as adopted on December 4, 1982. The electronic text was acquired from the The Wiretap Electronic Text…
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The Boston Port Act – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Boston Port Act Advertisement In 1773, the British Parliament passed the Tea Act, which allowed theBritish East India Company to sell tea in America without any duty. The act waspartially passed because the East India Company’s imports of tea…
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USConstitution.net Bibliography – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
USConstitution.net Bibliography This site owes its existence to the thoughts and words of a great many people. This page is a list of some of the books used as references for various facts and events detailed in the site. When…
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The Administration of Justice Act
Advertisement Worried by the courts that convened in America and in Massachusetts in particular, and their bias toward the colonists over their British governors, on May 20, 1774, the Parliament passed the Administration of Justice Act. It provided that the…
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Signers of The Articles of Confederation
The signers of America’s first constitution, the Articles of Confederation, are less well-known than those of the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, but they are no less important to our history. Some basic demographic information about these men is…