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Message Board Notes and Policies – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Message Board Notes and Policies General Posting Policies Special Notes for Students The forums at the USConstitution.net site are used to allow visitors to communicate with the Webmaster and with each other. The software used by USConstitution.net is YaBB — it has all the features one expects from a Web-based forum including threaded topics, user…
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Pictures of the Documents – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Pictures of the Documents The Constitution The Declaration of Independence The Bill of Rights The Articles of Confederation The Emancipation Proclamation The Gettysburg Address Coloring Pages for Children Presidents Page Important information for Webmasters The Constitution The following links point to photographs of the copy of the United States Constitution stored in a vault in…
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Notes on the U.S. Constitution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Notes on the U.S. Constitution Advertisement This document contains my personal notes about certain portions of the United States Constitution. Areas of the Constitution that I needed clarification upon are included here, with my findings. Where ever necessary and proper, I have included the sources for what I discovered. Where there is no source, it…
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Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution Have you ever heard someone say, “That’s unconstitutional!” or “That’s my constitutional right!” and wondered if they were right? You might be surprised how often people get it wrong. You might also be surprised how often people get it right. Your best defense against misconception is reading…
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Misspellings in the U.S. Constitution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Misspellings in the U.S. Constitution The Constitution was written in 1787 in the manner of the day — in other words, it was written by hand. According to the National Archives, the version we are most familiar with today was penned by Jacob Shallus, a clerk for the Pennsylvania State Assembly. In the document itself…
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The Best of the USConstitution Message Board – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
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 sent in by…
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How to use YaBBC in the Message Boards – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
How to use YaBBC in the Message Boards Advertisement Other pages: Board Policies, Posting Tips The software used by USConstitution.net to support user messages is called YaBB, and it includes a macro system for text mark-up called YABBC. HTML used in messages will NOT survive – if you type “<b>bold</b>” in a message, the “bold”…
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Justices of the Supreme Court – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Justices of the Supreme Court Justices of the Supreme Court are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Because of the lifetime appointment, the position of Justice is seen as a very powerful one. A Justice can sit on the bench through several presidencies and as the Congress changes hands from…
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The Historical USConstitution.net – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
The Historical USConstitution.net Advertisement I started the U.S. Constitution online site in 1995, as part of my effort to learn HTML and to discover more about the World Wide Web and what it could offer, and what I could offer. As a political science major in college, the Constitution itself has always interested me; when…
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Data on the Framers of the Constitution – The U.S. Constitution Online – USConstitution.net
Data on the Framers of the Constitution For short character sketches of each of the Framers, see the Framers Page. This page contains demographical data about each of the framers, including some not sketched on the aforementioned page. A similar data table is available for the Signers of the Declaration of Independence and for the…