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	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : United States Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America.
		The U.S. Constitution styles itself the "supreme law of the land." Courts have interpreted this phrase to mean that when laws (including state constitutions) that have been passed by state legislatures, or by the (national) U.S. Congress, are found to conflict with the federal constitution, these laws are ultra vires and have no effect.
		The United States is a common law country, and courts are obliged to follow the precedents established in prior cases.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /United_States_Constitution (5274 words)

	Unratified Amendment Twelve to the United States Constitution
		This amendment to the United States Constitution was one of twelve originally proposed in 1789.
		One became lost for many years, but was eventually ratified as the Twenty-seventh Amendment.
		The amendment seeks to make certain that seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned according to population, but given the current population of the United States, the algorithm it sets forth would now place very few restrictions on the size of the House.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/un/unratified_amendment_twelve_to_the_united_states_constit.html (206 words)

	United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It also provides for the office of Vice President of the United States, and specifies that the Vice President succeeds to the presidency if the President is incapacitated, dies, or resigns, although whether this succession was on an acting or permanent basis was unclear until the passage of the 25th Amendment.
		The United States is a common law country, and courts follow the precedents established in prior cases.
		The Corwin amendment, proposed by the 36th Congress on March 2, 1861, would have forbidden any attempt to subsequently amend the Constitution to empower the Federal government to "abolish or interfere" with the "domestic institutions" of the states (a delicate way of referring to slavery).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Constitution (6270 words)

	United States Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America and is the oldest written national constitution still in force.
		The United States has states so this means that the 13 states (representing as little as 4% of national population) could block an amendment desired the remaining 37 states (representing as much 96% of the national population).
		Amendments to the Constitution subsequent to the of Rights cover a wide range of The majority of the seventeen later amendments from continued efforts to expand individual civil political liberties while a few are concerned modifying the basic governmental structure drafted in in 1787.
	www.freeglossary.com /United_States_Constitution (3405 words)

	United States Constitution
		States took it so lightly that their representatives were often absent, and the national legislature was blocked pending appearance of a quorum.
		The U.S. Constitution styles itself the "supreme law of the land." Courts have interpreted this phrase to mean that when laws (including state constitutions) that have been passed by state legislatures, or by the (national) Congress, are found to conflict with the federal Constitution, these laws are null and have no effect.
		The United States has 50 states, so this means that the 13 smallest states (representing as little as 4% of the national population) could block an amendment desired by the remaining 37 states (representing as much as 96% of the national population).
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/u/un/united_states_constitution.html (3555 words)

	United States Constitution
		States took it so lightly that their representatives were often absent, and the national legislature was very frequently blocked from doing anything, even ineffectual things, pending appearance of a quorum.
		It also provides for the office of Vice President of the United States, a figure whose official role is to step in if the President is incapacitated or resigns, and to serve as the presiding officer for debate in the Senate, with a vote in cases of tie.
		Of the thirty-three amendments that have been proposed by Congress, six have failed ratification by the required three-quarters of the state legislatures — and four of those six are still technically pending before state lawmakers.
	www.4lawschool.com /constitution/allaboutuscon.htm (3764 words)

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		Article the ninth [Amendment VII] In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
		This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
		For purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and article V of this Constitution, the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall be treated as though it were a State.
	www.constitution.org /cons/constitu.txt (4009 words)

	Unratified Amendment Twelve to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Originally proposed in 1789, this amendment to the United States Constitution failed to pass.
		The amendment seeks to make certain that seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned according to population, but the algorithm it sets forth is now impractical.
		Were this amendment to pass today, the House of Representatives would contain more than five thousand members.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /un/United_States_Constitution___Unratified_Amendment_Twelve.html (103 words)

	United States Constitution
		The states could say, as had the federal superintendent of finance, that "our public credit is gone." To compound their problems, these newly independent states, having separated violently from England, no longer received favored treatment at British ports.
		Of these four states the vote for ratification was unanimous in the three least populous states (ie excluding Pennsylanvia).
		Ingenious though the constitutional arrangement was, the controversy over states' rights continued to fester until, three-quarters of a century later, in 1861, a four-year war broke out between the states of the North and those of the South.
	www.informationslurp.com /United_states_constitut.html (6311 words)

	Constitution for the United States of America
		The conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added.
		The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
		The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
	www.constitution.org /cons/constitu.htm (4802 words)

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		United States Constitution: Unratified Amendment Twelve to the United States Constitution
		A rule of conduct or procedure established by custom, agreement, or authority.
		A set of rules or principles dealing with a specific area of a legal system: tax law; criminal law.
	www.morelawinfo.com /United_States_Constitution/Unratified_Amendment.shtml (207 words)

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