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• Constitution
  ...are the ultimate source of legal authority for the state. The rules of the constitution identify the major institutions of the state, and govern the relationship b In most constitutions the constitution is codified in a single document: exceptions include the United Kingdom, N
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• Constitution/Definition
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• U.S. Constitution
  [[Image:P1_constitution.jpg|thumb|right|Page 1 of the United States Constitution]] ...Rights]]. The process of amendment has continued into the modern era, the Constitution achieving its current form with the ratification of the [[Twenty-seventh Am
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• Constitution/Approval
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• United States Constitution
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• Constitution of Ireland
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• U.S. Constitution/Definition
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• U.S. Constitution/Approval
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• Constitution/Related Articles
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• U.S. Constitution/Catalogs
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• U.S. Constitution/Bibliography
  * Bailyn, Bernard, ed. ''The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the S * Bailyn, Bernard, ed. ''The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the S
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• U.S. Constitution Party
  ...onalist, which means that we support limited government as outlined in the Constitution."<ref name=FAQ>{{citation ...tution Party}}</ref> While there are some beliefs from libertarianism, the Constitution Party differentiates itself from the [[U.S. Libertarian Party]] on the basi
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• U.S. Constitution/Related Articles
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• Constitution of South Africa
  ...has been in effect since February 4, 1997, when it superseded the interim constitution that had been put in place to ease the mid-1990s transition from [[aparthei The current constitution is the fifth since South Africa's 1910 founding and the second since its de
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• Constitution of Ireland/Definition
  Fundamental written [[Constitution|legal principles]] of the [[Ireland (state)|state of Ireland]], guaranteein
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• U.S. Constitution/External Links
  *[http://www.usconstitution.net/const.txt The Constitution (plain text)] *[http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html The Constitution (HTML enhanced)]
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• First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  #REDIRECT [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]]
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• Constitution of South Africa/Definition
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• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
  #REDIRECT [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]]
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• Patriation of the Canadian constitution
  ...d and fifteen years from July 1st 1867 to the 17th of April 1982, Canada's constitution had been an act of the British parliament. The [[British North America Act]
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• Constitution of South Africa/Bibliography
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• Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  #REDIRECT [[Second Amendment to the United States Constitution]]
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• Constitution of South Africa/Related Articles
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• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution/Approval
  #REDIRECT [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution/Approval]]
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• Patriation of the Canadian constitution/Definition
  The adoption of a "Made in Canada" constitution in 1982.
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• Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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• Constitution of South Africa/External Links
  ...tution, its amendments, the interim constitution it replaced, and the last constitution of the apartheid era.
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• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution/Definition
  #REDIRECT [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition]]
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• Patriation of the Canadian constitution/Bibliography
  | title = The Canadian Constitution: The Players in the Process that has led from Patriation to Meech Lake to a | title = The national deal : the fight for a Canadian constitution
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• Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
  The '''Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution''' states:<blockquote> A well regulated Militia being necessary to the secu ...for example, may have had a quite different meaning to the framers of the Constitution than in present society, or they may indeed represent universal aspects of
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• Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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• First Amendment to the United States Constitution
  ...to the federal government, the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment]], as interpreted in the Supreme Court case ''[[Gitlow ...ple "liberty" without "due process of law," was added to the United States Constitution (1868) the Supreme Court has gradually interpreted the Bill of Rights to st
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• Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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• Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution/Definition
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• Amendments to the United States Constitution
  ...and procedures that were originally established by the [[U.S. Constitution|Constitution]]. ...nstitution ... shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States.'
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• Third Amendment to the United States Constitution
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• Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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• Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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• Twenty-seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
  The '''Twenty-seventh Amendment''' to the [[United States Constitution]] was proposed in 1789 as a part of the original [[Bill of Rights]]. In th ...dment, was ratified by only six states during the eighteenth century. The Constitution, however, puts no time limit on ratification and the bill proposing the twe
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• Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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• Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution/Definition
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• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution/Related Articles
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• Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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• Second Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
  That Amendment to the Constitution of the United States addressing the "right to keep and bear arms", usually
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• Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution/Definition
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• First Amendment to the United States Constitution/Approval
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• Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution/Related Articles
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• Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
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• First Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• Third Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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• Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution/Related Articles
  {{r|U.S. Constitution}}
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• Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• Second Amendment to the United States Constitution/Related Articles
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• Twenty-seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution/Definition
  Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (proposed 1789, ratified 1992) providing that no change in congressmembers'
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• Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• First Amendment to the United States Constitution/Related Articles
  {{r|U.S. Constitution}}
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• Amendments to the United States Constitution/Related Articles
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• Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution/Definition
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• The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force/Definition
  Panel of outside commentators who spent 2011 examining the [[US Constitution|Constitutional]] implications of the ongoing [[Extrajudicial detention]] of
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• The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force
  In the fall of 2010 [[The Constitution Project]] initiated an eleven person '''Guantanamo Task Force'''.<ref name= | publisher = [[The Constitution Project]]
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• U.S. Constitution/External Links
  *[http://www.usconstitution.net/const.txt The Constitution (plain text)] *[http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html The Constitution (HTML enhanced)]
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• Constitution of South Africa/External Links
  ...tution, its amendments, the interim constitution it replaced, and the last constitution of the apartheid era.
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• Federalists/Definition
  Supporters of the U.S. Constitution's ratification
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• Antifederalists/Definition
  Opponents of the U.S. Constitution's ratification
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• Amendments to the United States Constitution/Related Articles
  {{r|First Amendment to the United States Constitution}} {{r|Second Amendment to the United States Constitution}}
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• Constitution of South Africa
  ...has been in effect since February 4, 1997, when it superseded the interim constitution that had been put in place to ease the mid-1990s transition from [[aparthei The current constitution is the fifth since South Africa's 1910 founding and the second since its de
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• Bill of Federalism/Definition
  ...nce between state and federal power as well as the original meaning of the Constitution"
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• Constitution/Related Articles
  {{r|Constitution}} {{r|Constitution of South Africa}}
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• United Kingdom/Bibliography
  * Barnett, Hilaire: ''Britain Unwrapped - government and constitution explained'', Penguin Books, 2002. * [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4351 Bagehot, Walter. ''The English Constitution'', Gutenberg, 2009]
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• Federal republic
  ...n of the constituent states, or each of those states may determine its own constitution.
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• Due process/Related Articles
  {{r|U.S. Constitution}} {{r|Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution||**}}
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• Patriation of the Canadian constitution
  ...d and fifteen years from July 1st 1867 to the 17th of April 1982, Canada's constitution had been an act of the British parliament. The [[British North America Act]
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• Supremacy Clause
  ...e VI of the United States Constitution|Article VI]] of the [[United States Constitution]]. The clause explicitly states that the laws of the national [[government ...Supremacy Clause is the second of three clauses in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution. It reads as follows:
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• U.S. constitutional law/Related Articles
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• United States Constitution
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• Bill of Rights (United States)/Related Articles
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• Bill of Federalism/Related Articles
  {{r|U.S. Constitution|United States Constitution}}
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• Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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• First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
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• Second Amendment
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• Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution/Definition
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• 27th Amendment
  #REDIRECT [[Twenty-seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution]]
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• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution/Approval
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• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution/Definition
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• Twenty-seventh Amendment
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• Twenty-seventh Amendment/Definition
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• Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution/Related Articles
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• First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution/Related Articles
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• Thomas Plough/Definition
  Professor and President, [[Assumption College]]; Courts Committee, Constitution Project
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• Ephialtes/Bibliography
  *Hignett, C. ''A History of the Athenian Constitution'' (Oxford, 1962)
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• United States v. Lara/Bibliography
  ...ians, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution: Indians, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution''. Oxford University Press.
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• Dictator/Definition
  Ruler who is not restricted by a constitution, having absolute power and authority.
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• David Keene/Definition
  ...y and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Policy Advisory Committee, Constitution Project; past National Chairman of [[Young Americans for Freedom]]; White H
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• Parliamentary democracy/Bibliography
  | title = The English constitution
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• Civil rights
  ...nt to the Constitution of the United States|Fourteenth]] Amendments to the Constitution.
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• Stephen Hanlon/Definition
  Attorney and head of ''pro bono'' team, Holland & Knight LLP; board chair, Constitution Project
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• Extrajudicial detention, Egypt
  ...titutional Court of Egypt|High Constitutional Court]] was created, and the Constitution modified both to make [[Sharia]] its main basis, but the country is yet to ...r 1981, [[Hosni Mubarak]] had the Emergency Law passed. This suspended the Constitution, prohibiting public gatherings, and allowing preventive detention. Detained
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• U.S. Constitution Party
  ...onalist, which means that we support limited government as outlined in the Constitution."<ref name=FAQ>{{citation ...tution Party}}</ref> While there are some beliefs from libertarianism, the Constitution Party differentiates itself from the [[U.S. Libertarian Party]] on the basi
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• Judicial Branch of the United States/Definition
  Those U.S. courts created under authority of Article III of the Constitution
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• Patriation of the Canadian constitution/Definition
  The adoption of a "Made in Canada" constitution in 1982.
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• U.S. Constitutional Convention/Definition
  ...tates delegates in 1787 to develop a stronger government, created the U.S. Constitution.
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• David Lawrence, Jr./Definition
  President, Early Childhood Initiative Foundation; Death penalty committee, Constitution Project; former Publisher, Miami Herald and Detroit Free Press
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• Unincorporated territories of the United States/Definition
  Areas administered by the United States in which only parts of the U.S. Constitution apply.
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• Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
  ...t has a majority in the House of Representatives. The [[U.S. Constitution|Constitution]] does not require the speaker to be an incumbent member of the [[U.S. Hous
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• American Liberty League/Definition
  ...roup]] formed in 1934 challenging [[New Deal]] policies and advocating the Constitution.
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• Michael K. Young/Definition
  ...ormer Dean, George Washington University Law School; War Powers Committee, Constitution Project
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• Jane Stromseth/Definition
  Professor of Law, [[Georgetown University]]; War Powers Committee, Constitution Project; former Director for Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs, [[Natio
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• Jeffrey Blattner/Definition
  President, [[Legal Policy Solutions]], LLC; Courts Committee, Constitution Project; Chief Counsel to Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA), 1992-1995
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• Blaine Amendment/Definition
  <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>An 1875 proposed amendment to the [[U.S. Constitution]] that would have forbidden the public funding of private, denominational s
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• Articles of Confederation/Definition
  ...l Congress]] (1977) that was replaced in 1789 by the newly ratified [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Erwin Chemerinsky/Definition
  Alston and Bird Professor, [[Duke University]] Law School; Reporter, Constitution Project,Report on [[Extrajudicial detention, U.S.|Post-9/11 Detentions]]
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• William Becker/Definition
  Attorney specializing in [[First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution|First Amendment]] issues, generally for [[American conservative]] causes; c
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• Jan Baran/Definition
  ...on Law and Government Ethics, Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP; Courts Committee, Constitution Project
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• Constitutional law/Definition
  Interpretation of legal matters with the assumption that a formal constitution is the supreme authority; usually refers to U.S. jurisprudence
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• Federalist Papers/Definition
  ...]], [[James Madison]], and John Jay campaigning for adoption of the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• John Dean/Definition
  Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; White House Counsel for [[Richard Nixon]] and among the first to g
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• Patriation of the Canadian constitution/Bibliography
  | title = The Canadian Constitution: The Players in the Process that has led from Patriation to Meech Lake to a | title = The national deal : the fight for a Canadian constitution
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• Don Wallace, Jr./Definition
  ...w Center; Chairman, [[International Law Institute]]; War Powers Committee, Constitution Project
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• David Skaggs/Definition
  Co-chair, Death Penalty Committee; Constitution Project; Executive Director, Colorado Commission on Higher Education; forme
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• Göttinger Sieben
  ...öttingen]], who on 18 November 1837 protested against the abolition of the constitution of the Kingdom of [[Hanover]]. ...the throne, King Ernest announced on November 1 that he abolished the new constitution.
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• Louis Fisher/Definition
  ...itutional Law, Law Library, [[Library of Congress]]; War Powers Committee, Constitution Project
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• Twenty-seventh Amendment of the U.S. Constitution/Definition
  Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (proposed 1789, ratified 1992) providing that no change in congressmembers'
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• Eugene Fidell/Definition
  ...ializing in [[military law]]; member of the Liberty and Justice Committee, Constitution Project; spouse of [[Linda Greenhouse]]
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• Supremacy Clause/Bibliography
  ...er R. 2004. ''The Supremacy Clause: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution''. Westport, CT and London: Praeger.
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• Original understanding/Definition
  ...nal law]], the deliberations of the state conventions that ratified the Constitution
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• James A. Thurber/Definition
  ...idential Studies, [[American University]]; Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project
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• Polity/Definition
  The form, or political, economic and social construction or [[constitution]], of a [[politics|political]] entity.
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• Confederate States of America/External Links
  *[http://fax.libs.uga.edu/ccsus/ ''The Federal and the Confederate Constitution Compared''] *[http://fax.libs.uga.edu/F206xS727xv9/ ''The Making of the Confederate Constitution''], by A. L. Hull, 1905.
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• Bill of Rights (United States)/Definition
  The first ten amendments to the [[U.S. Constitution]] which were ratified in 1791 to preserve select rights for citizens.
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• Constitutional conservatism/Definition
  ...rict view of U.S. [[constitutional law]], principally regarding the [[U.S. Constitution]] as a document to be read literally and not interpreted
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• Roger Wilkins/Definition
  ...sor Emeritus, [[George Mason University]]; Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Director of U.S. Community Relations Service, [[Lyndon B. Johnson]
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• Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
  The '''Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution''' states:<blockquote> A well regulated Militia being necessary to the secu ...for example, may have had a quite different meaning to the framers of the Constitution than in present society, or they may indeed represent universal aspects of
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• Dick Cheney/Related Articles
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• Constitution
  ...are the ultimate source of legal authority for the state. The rules of the constitution identify the major institutions of the state, and govern the relationship b In most constitutions the constitution is codified in a single document: exceptions include the United Kingdom, N
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• Original understanding
  ...deals with the deliberations of the state conventions that ratified the Constitution. ...th deliberations between the [[Philadelphia Convention]] that proposed the Constitution in 1787, to its ratification in 1789, and the ratification of tbe [[Bill of
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• Peter Raven-Hansen/Definition
  ...fessor, [[George Washington University]] Law School; War Powers Committee, Constitution Project
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• Magna Carta/Definition
  A 13th century charter that forms part of the British constitution and which has been classified as a document of global significance.
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• Jerome Shestack/Definition
  ...Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen]], LLP; Liberty and Justice committee, Constitution Project; "Beyond Guantanamo" signatory; President, [[American Bar Associati
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• USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)/Definition
  [[Starfleet Constitution-class]] heavy cruiser in service during the mid-late twenty-third century;
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• Federalists
  ...ederalists''' were those who supported ratification of the [[United States Constitution]] following the [[Constitutional Convention]] of 1787.
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• Stand Up for America USA Project/Related Articles
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• Dale Bumpers/Definition
  Counsel, Arent Fox LLP; constitutional amendments committee, Constitution Project; Former [[U.S. Representative]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)
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• Stephen Abraham/Definition
  ...telligence, [[U.S. Army]], retired; (Ret); Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; filed affidavit that the [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] was
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• Constitutional conservatism
  ...ional law]], going beyond [[strict constitutionalism]] to require that the Constitution is to be taken literally as supreme law. It generally does not include the # Textual interpretation of the Constitution — The Constitution is not a “living document”.
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• Law of the United States/Definition
  The system of law as it has evolved under the [[United States Constitution]] through laws enacted by Congress and treaties to which the U.S. is a part
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• James Sasser/Definition
  War Powers Committee, Constitution Project; Former [[U.S. Senator]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D-]][[
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• Morton Halperin/Definition
  Open Society Policy Center; board of directors, Constitution Project; Advisory council, [[J Street]]; former Director of [[Policy Planni
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• Azizah al-Hibri/Definition
  ...School of Law, [[University of Richmond]]; Liberty and Security committee, Constitution Project; signed "Beyond Guantanamo"; President, Karamah: Muslim Women Lawye
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• State of Iraq/Definition
  ...f Iraq following the overthrow of [[Saddam Hussein]], development of a new constitution, and transfer of sovereignty
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• Edwin Williamson/Definition
  Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; War Powers Committee, Constitution Project; Executive Committee, [[American Society for International Law]]; f
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• John Podesta/Definition
  ...r at [[Georgetown University]] law school; Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; former [[White House Chief of Staff]] to [[Bill Clinton]]
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• Leser v. Garnett/Definition
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  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• William Johnson
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  ...Göttingen, who on 18 November 1837 protested against the abolition of the constitution of the Kingdom of Hanover.
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  Panel of outside commentators who spent 2011 examining the [[US Constitution|Constitutional]] implications of the ongoing [[Extrajudicial detention]] of
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• Mexican Revolution/Definition
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• David Cole/Definition
  ...Law, [[Georgetown University]]; Co-chair, Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Board, United States and Terrorism/Counterterrorism [[Human Rights
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  ...ention]] (''aka'' Philadelphia Convention) which wrote the [[United States Constitution]].
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  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• James R. Jones
  In December 2010 Jones agreed to serve on [[The Constitution Project's Guantanamo Task Force]] in December 2010.<ref name=TcpPressReleas | publisher = [[The Constitution Project]]
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• Marc Blitz/Definition
  ...former Associate, [[Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP]]; Reporter, Constitution Project, Guidelines for [[public video surveillance|Public Video Sureillanc
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• John Seigenthaler/Definition
  ...dment Center at [[Vanderbilt University]]; Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; former President, [[American Society of Newspaper Editors]]; forme
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• U.S. constitutional law/Definition
  Interpretation and implementation of the [[United States Constitution]], the principal authority for which being the [[Supreme Court of the Unite
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• Leser v. Garnett
  ...United States]] held that the [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] had been constitutionally established. ...in the state of [[Maryland (U.S. state)|Maryland]], despite the [[Maryland Constitution]] limiting voting rights to men only and Maryland not having ratified the a
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  ...Southern US, an interest group for helping ensure rights under the [[U.S. Constitution]] and the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]
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• Constitution of Ireland/Definition
  Fundamental written [[Constitution|legal principles]] of the [[Ireland (state)|state of Ireland]], guaranteein
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• William H. Taft, IV/Definition
  ...Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Liberty and Justice Committee, Constitution Project; Director, Atlantic Council; former [[Legal Advisor of the U.S. Dep
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• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission/Definition
  ...e Court of the United States]] decision that [[First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] rights applied to corporations as well as biological persons, reversing l
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• Going to War/Bibliography
  *John Yoo, ''The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9/11'' University of Chicago Press, 2005
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• Jacob Broom/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Rufus King/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Elbridge Gerry/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Daniel Carroll/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• George Clymer/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Thomas Mifflin/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Richard Bassett/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Thomas Fitzsimons/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Oliver Ellsworth/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• John F. Mercer/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Roger Sherman/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Nathaniel Gorham/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Robert Morris/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Gunning Bedford, Jr./Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Jared Ingersoll/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Luther Martin/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• William Samuel Johnson/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Caleb Strong/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Due process/Definition
  <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>Most often associated with the [[U.S. Constitution]] but used in American state and local law, as well as in other countries,
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• George Read/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Federalist Papers
  ...ten in 1787 and 1788 in support of the ratification of the [[United States Constitution]]. They are still considered an important source of information about the ...at it would take effect only once nine states opted to ratify it.<ref>U.S. Constitution, Article VII.</ref> In the months following the Constitutional Convention,
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• Thomas Pickering/Definition
  ...]]; Executive Committee, Atlantic Council; Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Advisor, [[Partnership for a Secure America]]; Retired [[Foreign S
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• Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe/Definition
  ...l, violating the Establishment Clause of the [[First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]]
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• Steven C. Markoff/Definition
  ...[entertaiment industry]]; Chair and Founder, ProCon.org; Courts Committee, Constitution Project
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• Robert Yates/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• John Lansing, Jr./Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Walter M. Weber/Definition
  ...Center for Law and Justice, specializing in [[First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] law; formerly staff attorney, [[Catholic League for Religious and Civil R
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• Ironclad Oath/Bibliography
  * Benedict, Michael Les. "Preserving the Constitution: The Conservative Bases of Radical Reconstruction," ''Journal of American H ...More Perfect Union: The Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the Constitution'' (1973) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=58673628 online edition]
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• Established church/External Links
  ...mendment-01/02-establishment-of-religion.html US Supreme Court Center > US Constitution > 1st Amendment > Establishment of Religion]
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• Charles A. Beard/External Links
  ...irical research on Beard's thesis and economic factors behind the American Constitution] from EH.NET's Encyclopedia.
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• Claremont Institute/Definition
  ...well as [[terrorism]] and restoring the principles of the Founders of the Constitution; Affiliate, [[Alliance Defense Fund]]
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• John Langdon/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Jonathan Dayton/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• William C. Houston/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• William Paterson/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Nicholas Gilman/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• David Brearly/Definition
  ...Convention]] (a.k.a., the Philadelphia convention) which wrote the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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• Guinea (country)
  ...to reject [[Charles de Gaulle]]'s revised [[Constitution of France|French Constitution]] in a [[referendum]], opting for immediate self-rule instead. A key leade
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• U.S. judicial system/Definition
  ...a separate and co-equal branch of government in Article III of the [[U.S. Constitution]], and specialized first-level administrative law bodies in the Executive B
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• Forrest McDonald
  ...Beard]] had misinterpreted the economic interests involved in writing the Constitution. Instead of just two interests, landed and mercantile interests, which con
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• National Taxpayers Union/Definition
  ...a totally new U.S. tax code, a [[Balanced Budget Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]] and a Tax Limitation Amendment preventing further increases in Federal ta
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• David Kay/Definition
  ...dies]]; Signatory, "Beyond Guantanamo" and Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Former Head of the [[Iraq Survey Group]]; former Special Advisor
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• Incorporation (U.S. constitutional law)/Definition
  The legal doctrine holding that the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]] implicitly "incorporates" many of the provisions of the [[Bill of Rights
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• Karin von Hippel/Definition
  ...ions]] and exploring the interactions of the [[First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution]] with information operations with Islamic countries
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• United Kingdom/External Links
  *[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/ UK Constitution Unit]
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• Hirabumi Ito/Definition
  ...ation]], who served in the initial governments, led the development of the Constitution, and was the first [[Prime Minister of Japan]], serving four terms in all;
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• Constitutional monarchy
  ...stitutional monarchy''' is a system of [[government]] in which a written [[constitution]] declares the [[Head of State]] to be a [[monarch]], or [[sovereign]]. ...titutional monarchy, the monarch governs the nation in accordance with the constitution rather than by exercising his or her own free will.
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• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris/Definition
  ...as the separation of church and state) of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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• Bill of Federalism
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• Peter Edelman/Definition
  ...c Policy, [[Georgetown University]] law school; policy advisory committee, Constitution Project; Advisory council, [[J Street]]; Board Chair, [[New Israel Fund]]
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• Ronald Pestritto/Definition
  Charles and Lucia Shipley Chair in the American Constitution at [[Hillsdale College]], teaching political philosophy, American political
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• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
  ...as the separation of church and state) of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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• William Nash/Definition
  ...tive Action, Council on Foreign Relations; Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; [[major general]], [[U.S. Army]], retired; Council on Foreign Rela
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• Revolution/Definition
  ...icularly one which is sudden, dramatic or results in a basic change in the constitution or basic circumstances of the system.
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• U.S. Constitutional Convention/Bibliography
  * Banning, Lance. "Republican Ideology and the Triumph of the Constitution, 1789 to 1793." ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' 3rd Ser., Vol. 31, No. * Beeman, Richard R. et al eds. ''Beyond Confederation: origins of the constitution and American national identity'' (1987)
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• Togo West/Definition
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  In the fall of 2010 [[The Constitution Project]] initiated an eleven person '''Guantanamo Task Force'''.<ref name= | publisher = [[The Constitution Project]]
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• Deborah N. Pearlstein/Definition
  ...rnational Affairs, Princeton University]]; Liberty and Security Committee, Constitution Project; Founding Director, Law and Security Program at [[Human Rights Fir
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  ...oration]] to the present time, although significantly modified by the 1947 Constitution; limited role in decision-making for [[World War Two in the Pacific]], espe
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• Laurie O. Robinson/Definition
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• Dred Scott v. Sandford
  ...es Constitution|Fifth Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution|United States Constitution]], concerned with the protection of property, overruled local law, that re ...ed, and were not intended to be included, under the word 'citizens' in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instr
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• Peter Yorck von Wartenburg/Definition
  ...e [[Nazi Party]] in 1938, joining the [[German Resistance]]; worked on new constitution after [[Kristallnacht]] with [[Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg]] and
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• Wesley Clark/Definition
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• English law
  ...omestic and European courts. Like other democracies, the British unwritten constitution also sets in place a [[rule of law]], by which individuals actions are gove
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• U.S. Constitution/Bibliography
  * Bailyn, Bernard, ed. ''The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the S * Bailyn, Bernard, ed. ''The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the S
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• Massachusetts (U.S. state)/External Links
  *[http://www.law.cornell.edu/states/massachusetts.html Massachusetts Constitution and Laws]
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• Ecuador
  While the [[Constitution of Ecuador (2008)|2008 constitution]] establishes [[Spanish language|Spanish]] as the official language of Ecua
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• Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg/Definition
  ...in von Schwanenfeld]]; worked with [[Peter Yorck von Wartenburg]] on a new constitution after [[Kristallnacht]]; member of [[Kreisau Circle]]; in the inner circle
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• Charles A. Beard/Bibliography
  *Beard, Charles. ''An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States'' (1913). ...e Constitution: A Critical Analysis of ''An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution''. (1954).
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• Thomas E. Mann/Definition
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• Vice President of the United States of America
  ...he [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution|25th Amendment to the Constitution]].
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• Fugitive Slave Law
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• Dalit
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• Ayurveda
  ...s therapy for a particular ailment, the practitioner will assess the basic constitution of the person in this regard. The treatment will be tailored to the individ ...d other factors. The particular ratio of the doshas in a person's natural constitution is associated with determining their mind-body type, including various char
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• Venezuela
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• Federalist Papers/Bibliography
  ...eprint : how Madison and Hamilton wrote the Federalist papers, defined the constitution, and made democracy safe for the world
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  ...International Affairs, Harvard University, Harvard University ; Reporter, Constitution Project, Recommendations for the Use of Military Commissions; only Arab-Ame
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• Forrest McDonald/Bibliography
  * ''We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution'' (University of Chicago Press, 1958; new ed. Transaction, 1992) ...perback ed., 1987) [http://www.amazon.com/Novus-Ordo-Seclorum-Intellectual-Constitution/dp/0700603115/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198642807&sr=8-13 excerpt a
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• Labour Party (UK)/Addendum
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  * Constitution Committee ([http://www.parliament.uk/documents/lords-information-office/hof
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• Harry Barnes/Definition
  ...amo"; [[National Committee on North Korea]]; Council on Foreign Relations; Constitution Project death penalty initiative; [[American Academy of Diplomacy]]; [[Amer
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• Pierce Butler (Founding Father)
  ...convention, however, he did not attend the state meeting to ratify the new Constitution of the United States. With the implementation of the new Constitution, he was elected to the United States Senate in 1789. From 1789 to 1791 he w
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• Antigua and Barbuda/External Links
  ...du/Constitutions/Antigua/antigua-barbuda.html Georgetown University] - the Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda
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• Kamehameha III
  ...itutions in [[1840 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii|1840]] and [[1852 Constitution of the Kingdom of Hawaii|1852]]. He was the [[longest reigning monarch]] i
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• Edinburgh Phrenological Society
  ...s, led by David Welsh, were upset by Combe's phrenological manifesto ''The Constitution of Man'' which they saw as an attempt to undermine the revealed morality of ...ewtfSUAg&ct=result&id=_JdHAAAAYAAJ&ots=ly84Bh5WEP&output=text&pg=PA3 ''The Constitution of Man - considered in relation to external objects''] William Pearson New
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• Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan
  Established by the Afghan Constitution, the '''Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC)''' states its ...tionally-prescribed body would be a violation of their oath to respect the Constitution.
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• Sparta
  ==Constitution and culture== ...as growing steadily although the kings remained the major component in the constitution until c.550 BC. The dual monarchy was hereditary and one king always led th
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• Barbara McClintock/Works
  *McClintock B, Kato TA, Blumenschein A. (1981) ''Chromosome constitution of races of maize. Its significance in the interpretation of relationships
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• Country/Related Articles
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• Lawrence v. Texas
  ...that intimate consensual sexual conduct is a liberty protected by the U.S. Constitution in the Fourteenth Amendment.
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• Gideon v. Wainwright
  ...e right to counsel protected by the Sixth Amendment of the [[United States Constitution]]. The Court ruled, 9-0, that if a [[felony]] defendant is too poor to hire Prior to this case, there had been several [[United States Constitution|Sixth Amendment]] right-to-counsel decisions: In ''Powell v. Alabama'', 28
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• Reynolds v. United States
  ...the [[Free Exercise]] clause of the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] did not pose a constitutional barrier to the enforcement ...re is a distinction between a person's beliefs and his actions, with the [[Constitution]] protecting the former but not the latter and that as stated in the Syllab
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• Government of the United States of America/Related Articles
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• The Hague
  ...ot the official capital of the Netherlands, which according to the [[Dutch constitution]] is [[Amsterdam]]. The Dutch parliament is [[bicameral]] and both the ''E
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• Maine (U.S. state)/External Links
  * [https://www.maine.gov/legis/const/ Constitution of the State of Maine]
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• Essex Junto
  ...g national government. By the 1790s, after the ratification of the [[U.S. Constitution]] the term fell into disuse as those men joined the [[Federalist Party]] an
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• Roe v. Wade
  ...ve resulted in reversals in court judgments, effectively amendments to the Constitution, numbering more than five times the 27 official amendments ([https://sgp.fa
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• Delaware (U.S. state)
  Delaware ratified the [[U.S. Constitution]] on December 7, 1787 making it "The First State"<ref name=Delaware.gov>[ht
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• Washington (U.S. state)/External Links
  * [https://leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/Pages/WAConstitution.aspx Washington State Constitution] - provided by the State Legislature
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• Political party
  ...ical parties have emerged in virtually every country that has a democratic constitution. ...the votes of party members in [[primary election]]s, and the United States constitution has other features, too complex to summarise, that affect party conduct.
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• Meiji Restoration
  ==Constitution== A major accomplishment of the Meiji era was the promulgation of a formal [[Constitution]], granted by the Emperor in 1889, and drafted by [[Hirabumi Ito]]. Senior
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• Connecticut (U.S. state)/Related Articles
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• Bahrain
  ...pendence in 1971. A National Assembly, elected under the terms of the 1973 constitution, never served its four year term as the [[Amir]] of Bahrain, [[Sheikh Isa b
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• Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
  ...without actually saying so, he makes clear his preference for the British constitution, which at the time was a mix of [[monarchy]], [[aristocracy]] and limited [
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• Tsuyoshi Inukai
  ...moto cabinet]]. In 1922, he organized the Kakushin Club and formed the pro-constitution three-sect cabinet with Takaaki Kato, etc., becoming minister of posts and
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• Dictator
  ...lected assembly]] such as a [[legislature]], and with no restraints by a [[Constitution]] using a system of [[checks and balances]].
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• Law of the United States
  .... These form the basis for [[federal law]]s under the [[federation|federal constitution]] in the United States, circumscribing the boundaries of the jurisdiction o ...tion]]. For example, if Congress passes a statute that conflicts with the constitution, the [[Supreme Court]] may find that law [[unconstitutional]], and strike i
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• Montana (U.S. state)/External Links
  * [https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0000/chapters_index.html Constitution of the State of Montana]
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• Maryland (U.S. state)/Related Articles
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• Culture wars
  ...[American Revolution]] and the writing of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]]. ...the theory that such ratification or consideration would override the U.S. Constitution. They strongly opposed the nomination of [[Harold Koh]] as Legal Adviser to
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• American Liberty League
  The League stated that it would work to "defend and uphold the Constitution" and to "foster the right to work, earn, save and acquire property." In its
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• Virginia Thomas
  ...t mean that an individual loses her [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]] rights, but Justices traditionally recuse themselves from cases where a f
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• Abstention doctrine
  ...inates the constitutional problem or to rule it void under the state's own constitution. ...illegal, and in violation of their [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]] rights, that person may have a [[cause of action]] to su
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• U.S. Courts of Appeals
  ...court system emerged due to Article III, section 1, of the [[United States Constitution,]] which addresses the [[judicial power]] of the United States and places i
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• Charles Evans Hughes/Bibliography
  * White, G. Edward. ''The Constitution and the New Deal'' (2000)
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• George III/Bibliography
  ...while the Whig historians claim that the king fomented turmoil against the constitution.
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• Dar al-Hijrah
  ...North America (ISNA) and North American Islamic Trust (NAIT). <ref name=Constitution>{{citation | url =http://www.hijrah.org/mosque/aboutus/Constitution
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• Revenue Cutter Service
  ...t continuous seagoing service and has fought in almost every war since the Constitution became the law of the land in 1789.
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• 36th United States Congress/Representatives
  *7: [[John G. Davis]] ''([[Lecompton Constitution|ALD]])'' *3: [[Garnett Adrain|Garnett B. Adrain]] ''([[Lecompton Constitution|ALD]])''
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• Ireland (state)/Related Articles
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• Francis Boyle
  ...specializing in [[international law]], the relationship between the [[U.S. Constitution]] and [[U.S. foreign policy]], [[international humanitarian law]], and [[bi ...ciety]] lawyers have done here, is a coup d'etat against the United States Constitution. There is no question about it. <ref>{{citation
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• Due process
  While '''due process''' is most often associated with the [[U.S. Constitution]], the concept is English: "due process of law should be observed. Most U.
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• Juneteenth
  ...reas until December 6, 1865, when the [[Thirteenth Amendment]] to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, abolishing slavery throughout the country, except for some of
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• Warship (sail)
  ...umber of guns, not gun type or caliber. A ship might be described as ''USS Constitution (44)'', indicating 44 guns of all types, although some specifications omitt
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• Chad
  After independence from France, drafted a democratic constitution, and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebell
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• Portugal
  ...). Also, it's recognized [[Portuguese sign language]] (Portuguese Republic Constitution, 1997 revision, 74th Article, 2.h subset). <br> ²Without the ter
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• National Rifle Association/Related Articles
  {{r|Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution}}
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• Wade-Davis Bill
  ...concepts of federalism and [[Republicanism, U.S.|republicanism]], for the Constitution gave the national government power to guarantee a "republican form of gover #The new constitution must abolish slavery, punish Confederate leaders by distributing their prop
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• Politics/Timelines
  ....html] - statement of civil rights and fundamental document of the English constitution. ...hts (United States)|Bill of Rights]]'''''. The first ten amendments to the constitution, the first of which guarantees, against the federal government but not indi
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• Saxony
  Due to the [[constitution]] of Saxony (1992-05-27) the legislative power is with the [[Landtag]], a k
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• Vice President of the United States of America/Catalogs/List of Vice Presidents
  ...]] || First VP elected under provisions of [[Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution|12th Amendment]]; died in office ...| First VP appointed (by Nixon) under [[Twenty-fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution|25th Amendment]]; succeeded on resignation of Nixon
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• Member of Parliament (UK)/Addendum
  * minor legislative provisions listed by the Parliament and Constitution Centre <ref>Oonagh Gay ''Disqualification for membership of the House of Co
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• Torres Strait Islander
  ...e as indigenous to Australia as Aborigines, they were not mentioned in the Constitution. Legislatively, the definition of a Torres Strait Islander has been problem
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• Solon
  ...[Athens|Athenian]] hinterland) and provided his countrymen with a balanced constitution and humane system of laws. Solon was also Athens’ first poet; as the medi Solon’s new constitution abolished the monopoly of aristocratic office holding. He instituted a cens
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• Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem
  *[http://www.templars.org.uk/public/docs/Constitution.pdf Constitution of the Grand Priory in England and Wales] Official Repository
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• Free State Project
  ...advocate leaving the United States, something for which the New Hampshire constitution allows.
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• Social conservatism
  ...o move away from the Republican party - towards the Libertarian Party, the Constitution Party and more niche-interest presidential candidates like Mike Huckabee an
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• Habeas corpus
  ...144 (Circuit Court, Dist. Maryland, 1861).</ref> The issue is whether the Constitution gives the President, or exclusively the Congress, authority to suspend ''ha ...'habeas corpus'' protects is a federal civil right, guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, a person convicted of a state crime in a state court, and held in a state
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• Minority government/Bibliography
  | journal = Constitution Unit and Institute for Government
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• Seychelles
  ...the 20th century; in 1948 a Legislative Council was created; in 1970 a new constitution was adopted; and in 1975 the first self-government was created, with James ...ate, with the FPPS (Seychelles People's Progressive Front) in power. A new constitution was created and free elections held in 1993. In 2004 René, in power since
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• Republic
  Antifederalist arguments were posed in opposition to the proposed [[U.S. Constitution]], suggesting that expanding the powers of the [[federal government]] was i
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• Supreme Court of the United States
  Article Three of the [[U.S. Constitution]] defines the original and appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, whi The Supreme Court is the only court that is provided for specifically in the Constitution, which, in Article III section 1, vests the United States government's judi
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• Kokuhonsha
  ...son holding fascistic ideas", effectively meaning Hiranuma, who wanted the Constitution changed. Hirohito appears to have interpreted "fascism" in terms of Italy,
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• John Seigenthaler
  ...ich he chairs. He is a member of the Liberty and Security Committee of the Constitution Project.
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• Dominionism
  ...movement that seeks to replace the secular governance model of the [[U.S. Constitution]], creating a political and judicial system based on Old Testament Law, or ...ensationalists cite support in U.S. political documents such as the [[U.S. Constitution]] and [[U.S. Declaration of Independence]], as well as, at a slight remove,
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• Prohibition (United States)
  ...ibition''' of alcoholic beverages with the [[Eighteenth Amendment]] to the Constitution and [[Volstead Act]] in 1920 under President [[Woodrow Wilson]]. During the ...n.net/constamrat.html Ratification of Constitutional Amendments], The U.S. Constitution Online </ref>
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• War Powers Resolution
  Formally, the Constitution of the United States gives Congress (Article I, section 8) the authority to ...tion intended, <blockquote>... to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgment of both the Co
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• Waad cell
  ...cusations of being members in an illegal organization, working against the Constitution, committing crimes against public order, and using terrorism to realize the
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• Frigate (sail)
  The era of dominance by frigates ended when "big" frigates like the "USS Constitution" appeared in the waters.<ref> Mark Lardas and Tony Bryan, ''''American Hea
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• Louisiana Purchase
  ...ident [[Thomas Jefferson]], who stretched the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] to do so. France was eager to sell it for $15,000,000; Spain had no choic ...g strength in the South and West and relaxed their narrower reading of the Constitution to argue for the purchase, even though it would increase the power of the g
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• New Hampshire (U.S. state)/Related Articles
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• Taiwan
  ...ries exist in a "special relationship" not of two nations, because neither constitution recognises more than one.<ref>''China Post'': '[http://www.chinapost.com.tw
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• Alina Habba
  ...he [[United States Constitution]]'s [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifth Amendment]].
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• The University of Texas at Austin
  The [[Permanent University Fund]] (PUF) was established by the Texas Constitution in 1876. The proceeds from the land (mineral royalties and grazing leases)
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• Rhode Island (U.S. state)/Related Articles
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• Pakistan
  Pakistan has a constitution which defines the country as an Islamic republic with a federal parliamenta
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• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
  ...erly and exclusively confided to the Judicial department. <ref>[http://www.constitution.org/rf/vr_04.htm Counter-Resolutions of Other States]</ref>}}
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• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
  ...Quirin recognized that Congress had simply preserved what power, under the Constitution and the common law of war, the President already had to convene military co ...to convene military commissions in circumstances where justified under the Constitution and laws, including the law of war."
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• North Korea
  ...imes classified as a religion. [[Communism]] was removed from the DPRK's [[constitution]] in 2009. Officially, the state is [[multiparty democracy]] which holds [[
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• Belarus
  ...5, the country has had two official languages: Belarusian and Russian. The Constitution of Belarus does not declare an official religion, although the primary reli
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• European Community Law
  '''The EU Constitution / The EU Treaty''' ...atives of all 27 member states renegotiated<ref>[http://europa.eu/scadplus/constitution/european_council_2007_en.htm ''The Brussels European Council 21-22 June 200
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• B. P. Koirala of Nepal
  ...sion to growing democratic aspirations. King Mahendra responded with a new constitution enabling free parliamentary elections to take place in 1959. Koirala's cong ...nt to jail after a bloodless coup by King Mahendra. The king suspended the constitution, dissolved parliament, dismissed the cabinet, imposed direct rule, and imp
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• Pervez Musharraf
  ...gh a bloodless coup, ousting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and suspended the constitution of Pakistan. After Musharraf announced his intention to combat extremists,
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• Edmund Burke
  ...ere unlikely to fully appreciate the hidden gems of wisdom of the "ancient constitution"; efforts to impose radical changes based on visions rather than experience ...s, Burke said the popular will does not really exist, but that the ancient constitution did, and it should be upheld.
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• Dominion
  ...] (Became a Dominion in 1962 and became a republic in 1963, however, a new constitution was not adopted until 1967).
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• Richard Hildreth/Bibliography
  ...overy of the Continent to the Organization of Government under the Federal Constitution, 1497-1788.'' 3 vols. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1849. ...History of the United States of America, from the Adoption of the Federal Constitution to the End of the Sixteenth Congress, 1788-1821.'' 3 vols. New York: Harper
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• Birther Movement
  Article II, Section 1 of the [[United States Constitution]] states the requirements for the presidency ...this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."<ref>U.S. Constitution, Article II Section 1</ref></blockquote>
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• James K. Polk/Bibliography
  ...31-1847'']. Vol. 4 of ''History of the United States of America: Under the Constitution''. 1917.
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• Jenny Beth Martin
  | publisher = Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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• Edmund Burke/Bibliography
  * Pocock, J.G.A. "Burke and the Ancient Constitution", ''Historical Journal,'' 3 (1960), 125-43; shows Burke's debt to the Commo
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• Joshua Clayton
  ...ident]] until January 15, 1793. Under the provisions of the new [[Delaware Constitution of 1792]], he became the first popularly elected [[Governor of Delaware]], ====A New Constitution====
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• Takaaki Kato
  ...nister for the so-called "Goken Sanpa Naikaku" (Cabinet based on three pro-Constitution factions). In the following year, he had the Universal Manhood Suffrage Law
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• Queensland
  Under its constitution, Queensland is a unicameral parliamentary democracy (it used to be bicamera
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• Louisiana Purchase/Documents
  ...d admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens
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• House of Lords
  ...ess/committees/committees-a-z/lords-select/constitution-committee/ ''Lords Constitution Committee'', www.parliament.gov.uk]</ref>
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• History of Belgium/Bibliography
  * Pirenne, Henri. "The Formation and Constitution of the Burgundian State (Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries)." ''The America
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• Freedom of religion/Timelines
  *1791 [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]] "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or p *1824 [http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/text/AT1S1.html Mexican constitution] bans religions other than Catholic
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• Diamond (gemstone)
  ...ay be present and affect the outcome and strength of the composition. The constitution of these trace elements also determines their color, which is proportional
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• Daniel Webster/Bibliography
  * Brown, Norman D. "Webster-Jackson Movement for a Constitution and Union Party in 1833.'' Mid-America 46 (July 1964): 147-71. * Simpson, Brooks D. "Daniel Webster and the Cult of the Constitution.'' Journal of American Culture 15 (Spring 1992): 15-23. online in [[Blackwe
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• CZ Talk:Law Workgroup
  ...t (a civil matter), and prohibiting that was one of the innovations of the Constitution; and (2) that isn't even the distinction in the U.S. -- exceeding the speed ...ndment TO the Constitution?) and [[Twenty-seventh Amendment]] (with no "US Constitution" in the title).
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• Stephen Abraham
  ...was a cosigner of the "Beyond Guantanamo", from Human Rights First and the Constitution Project, supporting prosecution in the Federal courts and opposing indefini | publisher = Human Rights First and the Constitution Project
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• Taoiseach
  ...njoy the confidence of the Dáil. The position was created under the 1937 [[Constitution of Ireland]], replacing the [[President of the Executive Council]].
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• Louis D. Brandeis/Bibliography
  * Purcell, Jr., Edward A. ''Brandeis and the Progressive Constitution: Erie, the Judicial Power, and the Politics of Federal Courts in Twentieth-
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• John Derrick
  Derrick's deposition is preserved in the "Constitution Book" of Guildford. On Monday, 17 January 1597 (a Julian date which convert
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• Republicanism, U.S./Bibliography
  ..._1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195534851&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]; ''The Constitution in Congress: The Jeffersonians, 1801-1829,'' (2001) ...kove, Jack N. ''Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution'' (1997), Pulitzer Prize
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• Manuel Azaña y Díaz
  ...force behind its anti-clerical provisions during the discussion of the new constitution. When, as a result of these articles, [[Niceto Alcalá Zamora]] resigned as
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• George Read (senator)
  ...ge of the [[Thomas McKean]] -drafted document, which became the [[Delaware Constitution of 1776]]. ...the rights of the small states were not specifically guaranteed in the new Constitution."</blockquote> Once those rights were assured, he led the ratification move
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• U.S. judicial system
  ...federal judicial system was created by Article III of the [[United States Constitution]] as a branch of government separate from and co-equal to the President and
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• Edmund Randolph
  In 1775 Randolph helped write the new Virginia state constitution and served as the state's attorney general. He went on to serve as mayor of ...th converting the Virginia Plan's 15 resolutions into a first draft of the Constitution. Unexpectedly Randolph refused to sign the final document, believing it ne
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• Afrikaans language
  ...s distinct from Dutch, as one of the official languages in the country's [[constitution]].
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• Aberystwyth
  Aberystwyth has a [[pier]] and a fine sea-front which stretches from Constitution Hill at the north end of the Promenade to the mouth of the harbour at the s ...urist centre and a cultural link between the north and south of [[Wales]]. Constitution Hill is scaled by the [[Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway]] giving access
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• Mickey Edwards
  '''Mickey Edwards''' is Director of the Constitution Project, Vice President of the [[Aspen Institute]] teaching a course for el ...urse prohibits searches without a warrant, but nobody cares less about the Constitution than some of today's ersatz conservatives).
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• Pope John Paul II
  ...ET) in his private apartment. All the procedures outlined in the apostolic Constitution '[[Universi Dominici Gregis]]' that was written by John Paul II on Feb. 22,
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• U.S. Declaration of Independence
  ...d version of charges that Jefferson wrote for the preamble of the Virginia constitution of 1776. Relentless in their reiteration, they constitute a statement of th ...tion, and its language overrides that of the [[First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution]].
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• Sovereign state
  ...the theory that such ratification or consideration would override the U.S. Constitution. They strongly opposed the confirmation of [[Harold Koh]] as Legal Adviser ...wever, argued that she "did not mention the [[Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution|Second Amendment]] or U.S. sovereignty. Her silence on those seminal elemen
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• Cathal Brugha
  ...on 25-26 September 1917. He was largely responsible for article two of the constitution, which aimed at securing international recognition of an independent Irish ...ty, even in the army, by securing a republican dimension in the Free State constitution. With this intention he supported the pact on 20 May between de Valera and
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• Ephialtes
  ...writings. In the 6th century BC the Areopagus had been the guardian of the constitution, but the reforms of [[Cleisthenes]] had shifted the balance of power to [[T
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• Commonwealth of Nations/Timelines
  *1997 - Fiji is reinstated after it adopts new constitution more in line with Commonwealth's shared principles.
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• Peisistratus
  :Aristotle, ''Constitution of Athens'', ch. 13-17. :Hignett, C., ''A History of the Athenian Constitution to the End of the Fifth Century BC'', ch. 5 (1952)
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• History of Egypt
  ...pro-democracy protests in Tahrir Square, the Supreme Council suspended the constitution pending a new one and dissolved Parliament.<ref>''BBC News'': '[http://www.
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• Ex parte Quirin
  ...er to inflict merited punishment on some who are guilty. It held that the "Constitution thus invests the President as Commander in Chief with the power to wage war
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• Archive:Monthly Write-a-Thon/December 2, 2009
  ===Charter and constitution=== Please take a look at [[CZ:Charter_drafting|Charter]] and [[CZ:Fundamentals|Constitution]] and help to get them into shape for the drafting period.
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• Walter Berns
  ...Political Science Association to Commemorate the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 1987
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• President's Intelligence Advisory Board
  ...Oversight Board oversees the Intelligence Community’s compliance with the Constitution and all applicable laws, Executive Orders, and Presidential Directives. It
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• Christine O'Donnell
  ...e a Widener Law School audience, she challenged her opponent “Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state?” Coons responded with thes Establ ...trictly speaking, O'Donnell is correct that the words do not appear in the Constitution itself, but in [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s 1 January 1802, letter to the Danbur
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• Iran
  ...of Guardians comprising of six clerics and six jurists who interpreted the constitution and also apply [[sharia]] law to Iran; and the Expediency Council who serve
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• Kansas Nebraska Act/Documents
  ...the same, shall be received into the Union with without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of the admission: Provided, That nothing in this ...heir intention to become such, and shall have taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act: And provided further,
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• History of pre-classical economic thought/Bibliography
  ...inal Contract (1748), Edited and rendered into HTML by Jon Roland, in: www.constitution.org.] ...nstitution.org/dh/hume.htm HUME, David. ''Selected Essays'' (1748).in: www.constitution.org.]
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• Rhode Island (U.S. state)
  ...lso the last of the original thirteen states to ratify the [[United States Constitution]].
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• James Madison
  ...ed many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution, and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights."<ref>Wood, 20 ==Father of the Constitution==
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• History of political thought/Addendum
  ...simple and incontestable principles, shall tend to the maintenance of the constitution and redound to the happiness of all. Therefore the National Assembly recogn ...ce of the law is not assured, nor the separation of powers defined, has no constitution at all.
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• History of political thought/Timelines
  ....html] - statement of civil rights and fundamental document of the English constitution. ...law, free trade, an extended franchise, rights guaranteed under a written constitution and a government answerable to the people rather than to King or Parliament
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• Federalist Society
  ...t sponsors debates, discussions, and research on issues involving the U.S. Constitution, the legal system, and legal education. These activities involve proponents *"The Federalist Society has missed no opportunity to assert that the Constitution had been stretched way beyond the Founding Fathers' intentions. They taught
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• Jeff Perry
  ...cting the entire Democratic Party, saying at one point it has rejected the Constitution. I imagine that even conservative Democrats listening were not too receptiv
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• Parliament of the United Kingdom/Timelines
  ...l] (1215) - traditionally regarded as the founding document of the English Constitution.
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• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
  ...]] decision<ref>(130 S. Ct. 876)</ref> that [[First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] rights applied to [[corporation]]s as well as biological persons, reversi
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• Archive:Monthly Write-a-Thon/February 3, 2010
  ==== Charter and constitution ==== Please take a look at [[CZ:Charter_drafting|Charter]] and [[CZ:Fundamentals|Constitution]] and help to get them into shape for the drafting period. <small>...said</
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• Egypt
  ...ns as leader]'. 11th February 2011.</ref> which subsequently suspended the constitution and dissolved [[Parliament of Egypt|Parliament]] pending reforms and fresh ...rom 2011 until 2012, a [[junta|military junta]] took power, suspending the constitution pending a new one and dissolving Parliament. The Supreme Council of the Arm
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• Russian Revolution of 1905
  ...he Liberals and issued the [[October Manifesto]]. This document promised a constitution and an elected legislative body (the Duma) ...nges such as the adoption of the Fundamental laws (1906), to function as a constitution, and the creation of the Duma, to foster the development of legal political
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• Korematsu v. United States
  ...kfurter's want, made a stand for [[judicial restraint]]: "To find that the Constitution does not forbid the military measures now complained of does not carry with ...4 did not meet this standard and amounted to a sweeping deprivation of the Constitution's equal protection and due process guarantees. As evidence that the exclusi
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• Civil society/Timelines
  *James Madison drafts the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known collectively as the bill of rights. The document is a legal cornerst
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• Liberalism
  ...erived its name from the ''Liberales'' of [[Spain]] who drew up their 1812 constitution in opposition of the arbitrary powers of the Spanish monarchy. <ref>Norman ...he rights of others. In ''The Subjection of Women'' (1869)<ref>[http://www.constitution.org/jsm/women.htm The Subjection of Women, the essay]</ref> he makes a clea
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• Edwards v. Aguillard
  ...violated the [[Establishment Clause]] of the [[First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution]], and did not, as it claimed, protect [[academic freedom]], but rather "un
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• Commonwealth of Nations
  ==Constitution== ...al of restrictive legislation in 2003 and the restoration of the country’s constitution in 2004. Pakistan was suspended for further six months in 2007, when Musha
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• United States cabinet
  The Constitution makes no mention of a "cabinet", although the 25th Amendment (1965) dealing
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• Christopher Dodd
  ...his campaign, he focused on restoring the rights guaranteed by the [[U.S. Constitution]], particularly in his opposition to [[George W. Bush]]'s abridgment of civ
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• Eugene Fidell
  He is a member of the Liberty and Justice Committee of the [[Constitution Project], and a signatory to the "Beyond Guantanamo" petition.
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• Polygamy
  ...nolds v. United States]]'' declared that polygamy was not protected by the Constitution, based on the longstanding legal principle that "laws are made for the gove
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• Politics/Index
  - [[Amendments to the United States Constitution]] - - [[Constitution]] -
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• Coalition Provisional Authority
  #Establishing an IGC committee to plan the writing of a constitution #Beginning the writing of the constitution
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• Church of Norway
  The Norwegian constitution defines that "the evangelical-Lutheran religion remains the public religion
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• National Rifle Association
  ...ing formed was to “preserve and defend” the Second Amendment to the [[U.S. Constitution]].
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