#constitution

The constitution is for us all to live together, a common life, we need each other. ↗

— Pope Theodoros II

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The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

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Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846. ↗

— Leonard Boswell

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It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights. ↗

— James Bovard

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The traditional religious right's failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States. ↗

— Dana Rohrabacher

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It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy. ↗

— Alfred E. Smith

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If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention. ↗

— Larry J. Sabato

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If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless. ↗

— Antonin Scalia

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The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

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