| rdfs:comment | - In one alternate Crosstime Traffice did business in, the 1787 Constitutional Convention did not adopt an agreement regarding each state's representation in the national government, and the project was abandoned without generating a Constitution. Over the next decades, the Union continued to slog along under the weak, inefficient Articles of Confederation. By the early 19th century, the United States had ceased to exist, and was split into several different countries (still called "states").
- The Constitution was originally written in 1787 after the government provided for in the first governing document, known as the Articles of Confederation proved to be too weak to be truly effective. The Bill of Rights, a series of amendments to the Constitution was considered especially important. An enduring document, the Constitution was considered one of the most important documents in human history, along with other documents such as the Magna Carta. (TOS episode: "Court Martial")
- The Constitution of the United States was written at a time in our history when men wore wigs. And not the William Shatner kind; these wigs were white and had curls. The Constitution was supposed to be a bunch of laws everyone was supposed to agree on (like Wikipedia) but someone came up with the 10th Commandment which gave individual states the right to ignore whichever laws they wanted, so that was good. Our greatest president, George W. Bush was right (as always) to say that the Constitution is an antiquated document and a suicide pact.. The Constitution has four basic parts:
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| abstract | - The Constitution was originally written in 1787 after the government provided for in the first governing document, known as the Articles of Confederation proved to be too weak to be truly effective. The Bill of Rights, a series of amendments to the Constitution was considered especially important. An enduring document, the Constitution was considered one of the most important documents in human history, along with other documents such as the Magna Carta. (TOS episode: "Court Martial") The Constitution's First Amendment included protections for the rights to freedom of speech and of the press. In 2020, Alice Fontana told Zoe Querez to stick her First Amendment rights. (TOS novel: The Rings of Time) The United States Constitution would later influence the United Earth Constitution and the Articles of the Federation. The Fifth Amendment's protections against self-incrimination influenced the Articles' Seventh Guarantee, and the First Amendment influenced the U.E. Constitution's freedom of the press provisions. (TNG episode: "The Drumhead"; ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
- The Constitution of the United States was written at a time in our history when men wore wigs. And not the William Shatner kind; these wigs were white and had curls. The Constitution was supposed to be a bunch of laws everyone was supposed to agree on (like Wikipedia) but someone came up with the 10th Commandment which gave individual states the right to ignore whichever laws they wanted, so that was good. People who interpret the Consitution fall into two camps: those who interpret the text literally, and pinko commies who want judges to legislate from the bench. Rembember, if something is not written in the Constitution, it's Un-American. That's because our founding fathers were infalliable, just like Stephen, The greatest President Ever, and the Pope. This means the Constitution is a great way to check whether something is Constitutional. Here are some examples: 1.
* The Consitution doesn't mention the Internets, so any use of it is Unconstitutional. If the founding fathers knew about pornography they surely would have authored it differently. 2.
* The Constitution says that blacks are 3/5 of a person, but only until about 1865 when they suddenly morphed from hobbits to humans, sort of like the bad guy in Terminator 2. 3.
* The Constitution doesn't talk at all about abortion, homosexuals, schools, highways, or food, so naturally they are all Unconstitutional. So, of course, are bears. Our greatest president, George W. Bush was right (as always) to say that the Constitution is an antiquated document and a suicide pact.. The Constitution has four basic parts:
* the Preamble
* the Articles
* the Commandments
* the Back Side What follows is the United States Constitution as it was written in 1776.
- In one alternate Crosstime Traffice did business in, the 1787 Constitutional Convention did not adopt an agreement regarding each state's representation in the national government, and the project was abandoned without generating a Constitution. Over the next decades, the Union continued to slog along under the weak, inefficient Articles of Confederation. By the early 19th century, the United States had ceased to exist, and was split into several different countries (still called "states").
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