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2. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Reading of the United States Constitution of 1787. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.

3. Constitutional law of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Early in its history, in Marbury v.Madison (1803) and Fletcher v. Peck (1810), the Supreme Court of the United States declared that the judicial power granted to it by Article III of the United States Constitution included the power of judicial review, to consider challenges to the constitutionality of a State or Federal law.

4. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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   Establishes the direct election of United States senators by popular vote. May 13, 1912 April 8, 1913 330 days 18th: Prohibits the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States. (Repealed on December 5, 1933 by the 21st Amendment.) December 18, 1917 January 16, 1919 1 year, 29 days 19th: Grants women the right to vote. June 4, 1919

5. 'Rare and significant': Copy of US Constitution found in old ...

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   Only a fraction of the 100 copies of the Constitution were signed by then-Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson in 1787. The one found in North Carolina is one of them.

6. History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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   Congress overshadowed state power regulating interstate commerce; the United States would be the "largest area of free trade in the world." [ 83 ] The most undefined grant of power was the power to "make laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution" the Constitution's enumerated powers.

7. Rare copy of US Constitution to be auctioned off in Asheville ...

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   Only eight ratified copies of the United States Constitution exist — and one of them is set to be auctioned off in Asheville this month. Homeowners in Edenton, North Carolina, found the ...

8. Freedom of movement under United States law - Wikipedia

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   In essence, Free Speech Zones prevent a person from having complete mobility as a consequence of their exercising their right to speak freely. Courts have accepted time, place, and manner restrictions on free speech in the United States, but such restrictions must be narrowly tailored, and free speech zones have been the subject of lawsuits.

9. Civil liberties in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The text of Amendment XV to the United States Constitution, ratified February 3, 1870, states that: "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." [8] —