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2000 News Archive – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
2000 News Archive This page is an archive of articles presented on the Current News page of the USConstitution.net site. On this page are articles that were posted in 2000. 12/28/00 2000 census figures released The U.S. Census has released state population totals from the 2000 enumeration. Eight states gained representatives in the House under…
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Nations of the World – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Nations of the World The following table is a compilation of data gathered from different sources, but primarily from the data found in the Information Please online databases. See the notes at the bottom of the page for some details about each column. Country Capital Adjective Languages Off? Religions Off? Government Pop Afghanistan Kabul Afghan…
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The Miranda Warning – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Miranda Warning Advertisement The Constitution reserves many rights for those suspected of crime. One of the fears of the Framers was that the government could act however it wished by simply saying an individual was a suspected criminal. Many of the rights in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, such as habeas corpus,…
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The Mayflower Compact – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Mayflower Compact stories of survival, of relations with American Indians, of the first Thanksgiving, and of religious freedom found, are the stuff of American legend. One of the cornerstones of the Pilgrim ethos is the Mayflower Compact. The Pilgrims were a small group of people bound by common religious beliefs. They did not believe…
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The Massachusetts Government Act – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Massachusetts Government Act When Massachusetts was first chartered, a council of inhabitants was formed, the 28 members of which were to be chosen annually by the people of the colony. This bit of democratic representation was unique among the many colonies, and it was a right the people took seriously and enjoyed, given the…
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Site Map – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Site Map Advertisement This is a site map of the USConstitution.net site. Index Index Page Constitution Pages Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América Constitution Explained, The Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Dictionary, The Data on the Framers of the Constitution Events Affecting the Constitution Failed Amendments, The Framers of the Constitution, The Misspellings in the U.S.…
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The Magna Carta – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Magna Carta Advertisement Of all the documents that make up the ancestry of the Constitution, one of the oldest is the Magna Carta (also known as the Magna Charta or the Great Charter). It was created in 1215 in England. It was an agreement between King John and the nobility of the day. The…
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Madison’s Introduction of the Bill of Rights – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Madison’s Introduction of the Bill of Rights James Madison, is considered by many to be the father of the Constitution, and not without good reason. What is perhaps less well known is his role in the Bill of Rights, too. During the Convention, the delegates were mostly set against the inclusion of a bill of…
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The Lemon Test – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Lemon Test Advertisement In 1971, the Supreme Court heard the case of Lemon v Kurtzman (403 US 602). In the case, the Court decided that a Rhode Island law that paid some of the salary of some parochial school teachers was unconstitutional. The case is discussed in more detail on the Constitution and Religion…
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Richard Henry Lee’s Independence Resolution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Richard Henry Lee’s Independence Resolution In the spring and early summer of 1776, war with Britain looked more and more likely. There had already been battles, but many of the leaders of the colonies felt that reconciliation with the Crown was still possible. But things deteriorated rapidly. King George sent Hessian troops to America, a…