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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.…
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Answers From the FAQ, Page 1 – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Answers From the FAQ, Page 1 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.…
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The U.S. Constitution FAQ – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
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…
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Current News – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
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…
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Copying USConstitution.net Files – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
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…
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Notes From the Constitutional Convention – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
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Convention The Avalon Project, supported and hosted by Yale Law School, is a rich source for electronic copies of historical documents.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…
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Comparing the Articles and the Constitution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
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…
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Committees at the Constitutional Convention – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Committees at the Constitutional Convention Advertisement Several notable committees met during the creation of the Constitution. These committees are referred to in the Convention Topic Page and the Convention Timeline. This page used James Madison’s notes from the convention as…
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USConstitution.net Message Boards – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
USConstitution.net Message Boards Advertisement Since 1997, the USConstitution.net site has had forums which allow users to talk to the Webmaster and to each other. Most messages posted to the forums still exist on the site, allowing users to review past…
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Ratification of Constitutional Amendments – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
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…