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United States Constitution

noun

The constitution written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and subsequently ratified by the original thirteen states. Synonyms: Constitution, Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution, US Constitution.

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... attainder have been passed by the introduction of the word "male" into all the State constitutions, denying to women the right of suffrage, and thereby making sex a crime—an exercise of power clearly forbidden in article I, sections 9, 10, of the United States constitution. ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various

... fought, and the report of the Hartford Convention would not have been published. The Hartford Convention was composed of Federalist delegates from the New England states, [24] met in December, 1814, and held its sessions in secret. But its report proposed some amendments to the United States Constitution, state armies to defend New England, and the retention of a part of the federal taxes to pay the cost. Congress was to be asked to agree to this, arid if it declined, the state legislatures were to send delegates to another convention to meet in June, 1815. [25] When the commissioners to ...

— A Brief History of the United States • John Bach McMaster

Words linked to "United States Constitution" : law, Bill of Rights, organic law, jurisprudence, Nineteenth Amendment, advice and consent, fundamental law, Eighteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment