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Constitutional Topic: The Second Amendment Advertisement The Constitutional Topics pages at the USConstitution.net site are presented to delve deeper into topics than can be provided on the Glossary Page or in the FAQ pages . This Topic Page concerns The Second Amendment. This topic has a home...

Constitutional Topic: Ratification Conventions The Constitutional Topics pages at the USConstitution.net site are presented to delve deeper into topics than can be provided on the Glossary Page or in the FAQ pages . This Topic Page concerns Amendment Ratification Conventions. Article 5 details a...

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The Best of the USConstitution Message Board There have been forums active on this site since August 1997. In that time, many pearls of wisdom have been posted to the forums, by many people, on many subjects. This page is a “Best Of” of sorts. “Nominations” for inclusion on this page are...

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Comparing the Articles and the Constitution The United States has operated under two constitutions. The first, The Articles of Confederation , was in effect from March 1, 1781, when Maryland ratified it. The second, The Constitution , replaced the Articles when it was ratified by New Hampshire on...

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Convention The Avalon Project , supported and hosted by Yale Law School, is a rich source for electronic copies of historical documents.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...

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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....