#us constitution
“The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, expression, assembly, and the right to petition. It forbids Congress from both promoting one religion over others and also restricting an individual’s religious practices.”
Abortion bans are Unconstitutional. Pass it along!
Ms. Eubanks is apparently unaware that she is by no means speaking for all Christians.
And even if she were, US law is not based on a set of religious beliefs. Separation of church and state, remember?
GOP candidate for Colorado governor says eliminate one-person, one-vote system
“One of the things that I’m going to do, and I’ve already put this plan together, is, as governor, I’m going to introduce a conversation about doing away with the popular vote for statewide elected officials…“
No, not from The Onion.
I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.
“That which is a sin within a certain set of religious beliefs is to be made a crime for all.”
Excellent article by an excellent writer.
Wonder how many readers are thinking of Nehemiah Scudder…
The end of Prohibition is worth toasting…
On December 5, 1933, the Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, supposedly ending our nation’s failed experiment with alcohol prohibition.
Prohibition brought with it violence, organized crime, unsafe alcohol practices, and denial of basic civil liberties — and it almost killed the cocktail.
Yet, 85 years later, we continue to feel the lingering effects of Prohibition, both in policy and in culture — from blue laws, dry counties, and state-run liquor stores to the selection of alcoholic beverages available and the culture surrounding them.
With the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787, the founding fathers approved for the people of this Nation an effective plan of self-government, which has, with its subsequent amendments – including the Bill of Rights – preserved the principles of the Declaration of Independence. It is the responsibility of the citizens of the United States to uphold, support and defend those ideals.
–President Ford’s Proclamation for Citizenship Day and Constitution Week, 1976
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day commemorates the signing of the Constitution, and encourages people to learn more about their rights and responsibilities as citizens of the United States.
The Constitution is on permanent display year round at the U.S. National Archives in Washington, DC. Read the full transcription of it on the National Archives website. Explore additional resources for learning and teaching about the Constitution from the National Archives Education Updates blog.
Image:President Ford’s Citizenship Day and Constitution Week, 1976, Proclamation
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“Philadelphia is a good city in which to write American history.“
-Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happy Constitution Day! Today’s the day when we celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787!
The Constitution acted like a colossal merger, uniting a group of states with different interests, laws, and cultures. Under America’s first national government, the Articles of Confederation, the states acted together only for specific purposes. The Constitution united its citizens as members of a whole, vesting the power of the union in the people. Without it, the American Experiment might have ended as quickly as it had begun.
The National Archives is home to the Constitution, as well as the Declaration of Independence, and the Bill of Rights. Today is a great day to brush up on your Charters of Freedom history, or to learn something new about America’s founding documents. Head over to Archives.gov for Constitution Day!
Images:Painted plaster model of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Created in 1937 by the Pennsylvania Museum Extension Project (MEP), a branch of the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration (WPA). From the FDR Library; United States Constitution, page 1.
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Some Republican just told me that my opinion about the us constitution is irrelevant when it comes to gun laws yet he was still in my replies trying to argue with me.
Listen, I wipe my ass with the us constitution, 14 children are dead because of your stupid ass constitution
Benjamin Franklin helped to create Impeachment Clause of US Constitution. He realized that if a president were to “render himself obnoxious,” then people would logically consider assassination unless there was a legal way to get rid of the president.
“Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think in such a case to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional, but withal, a great mercy.” —Abraham Lincoln
