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A publisher had access to it in 1846 for a book on the Constitution. In 1883 historian J. Franklin Jameson found the parchment folded in a small tin box on the floor of a closet at the State, War and Navy Building. In 1894 the State Department sealed the Declaration and Constitution between two glass plates and kept them in a safe. [151]
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 [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation , the nation's first constitution , on March 4, 1789.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 .
Changes the dates on which the terms of the president and vice president, and of members of Congress, begin and end, to January 20 and January 3 respectively. States that if the president-elect dies before taking office, the vice president–elect is to be inaugurated as president. March 2, 1932 January 23, 1933 327 days 21st [22]
308 U.S. 62 (1939) Black 8-0[a] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (4th Cir.) reversed Treinies v. Sunshine Mining Company: 308 U.S. 66 (1939) Reed 8-0[a] none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) affirmed Palmer v. Massachusetts: 308 U.S. 79 (1939 ...
New York becomes the eleventh state to ratify the Constitution (30–27). [38] [39] In addition to ratifying the constitution, New York issues a circular letter requesting that 33 alterations be made to it, and also that the new United States Congress take positive action on all amendments demanded by other state ratifying conventions. [59]
Created: September 17, 1787 [1] Presented: September 28, 1787 [2] Ratified: June 21, 1788 [3] Date effective: March 4, 1789 [4]. The bibliography of the United States Constitution is a comprehensive selection of books, journal articles and various primary sources about and primarily related to the Constitution of the United States that have been published since its ratification in 1788.
"9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America" comes just in time as the country prepares to select the 45th U.S. president. Hopefully whoever's elected doesn't end up being number 10 on McClanahan's ...
January 8 – Charles Eastman, Native American author, physician, reformer, helped found the Boy Scouts of America (born 1858) January 13 – Arthur Barker , son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang (born 1899 )