Articles by Charlotte Greene

Notes From the Constitutional Convention The Avalon Project , supported and hosted by Yale Law School, is a rich source for electronic copies of historical documents. Avalon includes electronic versions of all of Madison’s published notes from the Constitutional Convention . Rather than reinvent...

Copying USConstitution.net Files Because many of the files at this site are HTML copies of important documents in United States history, direct copying of some of the files to other Web sites is permitted. There are a few steps that Webmasters must take before copying any of the files, however....

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Notes on the Amendments Advertisement Each Amendment to the Constitution came about for a reason — to overrule a Supreme Court decision, to force a societal change, or to revise the details of the Constitution. This page will give an overview of how each Amendment came to be. The process for...

Some Proposed Amendments The Constitution is a living and evolving document. One of the ways that the Constitution is changed is through the amendment process . It can be an arduous process, requiring agreement by many different segments of society and the government, and it does not always work...

Ratification of Constitutional Amendments Article 5 of the Constitution provides for the amendment of the Constitution by various means (see The Amendments Page for details). However an amendment is proposed, it does not become part of the Constitution unless it is ratified by three-quarters of the...

Common Sense Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England, on January 29, 1737. He was raised by a Quaker father and an Anglican mother. He apprenticed as a corset maker, a profession that he drifted in and out of for many years. In 1764, he studied for and was admitted as an excise officer, though...

The United States Constitution

The United States Constitution Today’s special event: March 16, 1751, is President James Madison ‘s birthday. The Constitution is presented in several ways on this site. This page presents the Constitution on one large HTML-enhanced page. Other pages present the Constitution as a series of...

Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América

Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América A common question that I get is where to find a copy of the Constitution in Spanish. There are several translations available on the Internet, but I usually ended up referring the questioner to one site, maintained by the U.S. Department of State . In...

Advertising on USConstitution.net The U.S. Constitution Online site has always been free, and always will be. The site is not run by a big school, business, or municipality. It is run by little ole me . The site costs me an enormous amount of time, and a fair amount of money. I’m not looking for...

Constitutional Amendments Amending the United States Constitution is no small task. This page will detail the amendment procedure as spelled out in the Constitution, and will also list some of the Amendments that have not been passed, as well as give a list of some amendments proposed in Congress...

The Failed Amendments Advertisement Throughout the history of the Constitution, 27 changes have been made through the Amendment process. Amendments are not easy to pass, and several amendments have been proposed over time, but which failed to pass the second hurdle – acceptance by the states....

How to Cite This Site Jump to: Citing the Constitution It is very important when writing a paper for a school project (at any level, from elementary school to graduate school) to properly cite your sources. Where did you find your information? Citations are placed in the text as footnotes or...

Civil Unions News This page is an archive of articles presented on the Current News page of the USConstitution.net site concerning Vermont’s Civil Union Law. 03/06/02 Massachusetts court to take up gay marriage The top court in Massachusetts is taking up the issue of gay marriage in a case...

USConstitution.net Bibliography

USConstitution.net Bibliography This site owes its existence to the thoughts and words of a great many people. This page is a list of some of the books used as references for various facts and events detailed in the site. When a book is of particular use to a page, it is noted on that page. This...

Tariff refunds won't come for weeks, Trump admin tells Clinton-appointed judge

A major fight over President Donald Trump’s now-invalidated “emergency” tariffs has shifted from the Supreme Court to a more practical question: how, exactly, does the government return the money? In a new filing, the Trump administration told the U.S. Court of International Trade that...

Judge Questions Pentagon Reporter Rules: “Asking a Question Is Not Criminal”

A federal courtroom in Washington, D.C. became an unexpectedly plainspoken forum on press freedom Friday, as U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman pressed the Justice Department over new Pentagon rules that would condition journalists’ access on an agreement to avoid reporting information not...

Mark Carney’s Iran comments spark backlash and strain U.S.-Canada ties

Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, is taking heat at home after a fast-moving series of public comments on the escalating U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. In the span of days, his government moved from sounding supportive of U.S. action to warning that the operation bypassed allies and the...

Appeals court declares DC ban on certain gun magazines unconstitutional

The District of Columbia’s long-running limit on certain firearm magazines is on shaky ground after a new decision from the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. In a ruling issued Thursday, a three-judge panel concluded that the District’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds violates...

Mark Carney’s Iran remarks: “mixed messages” and the risk of a U.S. rift

Canada’s political spotlight has swung to Mark Carney, a figure better known internationally for central banking and crisis management than partisan brawls. In commentary and routine political debate, his public remarks touching on Iran have at times been characterized by critics as inconsistent...