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Constitutional FAQ Answer #109 | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q109. “Why did Rhode Island not send delegates to the Constitutional Convention?” A. Rhode Island was afraid that any new system proposed by the convention would be detrimental to its...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 9 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

Constitutional FAQ (Constitution Order) Advertisement The U.S. Constitution On-Line has been online in one form or another since 1995. In that time, I have have had a lot of questions asked of me about the Constitution. This page, and the ones it links to, are a compilation of the best of those...

Constitutional FAQ Answer #1 Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q1. “…a friend of mine, another college student at a different university, is a political science major. He was told by several ‘reliable sources’ that voters under the age of 21 do not...

Constitutional FAQ Answer #10 | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q10. “I need to know how many articles and amendments are related to economics in the Constitution?” A. Depends on what you mean by economics. The Constitution doesn’t say, for example,...

Constitutional FAQ Answer #100 | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q100. “Recently, I read in my Constitutional Law textbook, that two framers of the Constitution served as Supreme Court chief justices. However, my professor and I could only recall one, John...

Constitutional FAQ Answer #101 | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q101. “Exactly where in the Constitution does it say that the President and Vice President cannot be from the same state? In the 12th amendment the wording leads me to think that the electors...

Constitutional FAQ Answer #102 | Question Index | Subject Index | Constitutional Index | Next Question>> Q102. “Much controversy is being made over the First Amendment and religion especially in recent years. Were all the men who wrote and signed the Constitution and the Bill of Rights...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 2 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 3 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 4 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 5 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 6 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 7 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

Answers From the FAQ, Page 8 This page is one of the answer pages for the USConstitution.net’s Constitutional FAQ. There have been so many questions and answers over the years, that it was best to split them among several files. If you’re looking for the question list, you can find it in three...

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...

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Current News This page will attempt to distill all current news and issues about the Constitution into a quick, easy-to-read format. Note that because the Court and the Congress meet in cycles, there will be periods of activity and inactivity on this page. If you are aware of any important news...

The U.S. Constitution FAQ Advertisement The U.S. Constitution On-Line has been online in one form or another since 1995. In that time, I have have had a lot of questions asked of me about the Constitution. This page, and the ones it links to, are a compilation of the best of those questions. This...