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Parent topics
- Constitution [r]: A set of rules that are the ultimate source of legal authority and powers for a state. [e]
- U.S. Constitution [r]: Document that states the fundamental constitutional law of the United States of America. [e]
- United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
Subtopics
- human rights [r]: Natural civil and political rights considered universal and applicable to all human beings worldwide. [e]
- democracy [r]: A form of government in which ultimate sovereignty rests with the people. [e]
- incorporation (U.S. constitutional law) [r]: The legal doctrine holding that the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution implicitly "incorporates" many of the provisions of the Bill of Rights and applies them to state governments. [e]
