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2 days ago · The United States Constitution has served as the supreme law of the United States since taking effect in 1789. The document was written at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention and was ratified through a series of state conventions held in 1787 and 1788.
1 day ago · The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the national frame and constrains the powers of the federal government.
- September 17, 1787
- June 21, 1788
- March 4, 1789, (234 years ago)
- United States of America
1 day ago · The First Amendment ( Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.
3 days ago · Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen.
5 days ago · U.S. state, first-order administrative unit of the United States, one of the 50 constituent political entities (four of which are formally called commonwealths) that share their sovereignty with the U.S. federal government. Origin of the U.S. states.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 days ago · US Grant Attacking the Head of KKK 1871. Following the Civil War as part of the Reconstruction period, various Civil Rights Acts (sometimes called Enforcement Acts) were passed to extend rights of emancipated slaves, prohibit discrimination, and fight violence directed at the newly freed populations.
3 days ago · Virginia. Code of Virginia, 1950 With Provisions for Subsequent Pocket Parts. Annotated. (Charlottesville, 1950 – ). KFV2430 1950.A2. Virginia Law Books: Essays and Bibliographies. (Philadelphia, 2000). KFV2401.V567 2000. Includes a list of major Virginia statutory publications (official revisions and private compilations) from 1619 to the present.
