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 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,septemb] #ae1        
#bjbb,mrs4 ,blackburn submitt$ ! foll[+ 
resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee
 on ! ,judici>y  ,,resolution           
,commemorat+ ,septemb] #ag1 #bjbb1 z    
,con/itution ,day & celebrat+ ! sign+ ( 
! ,con/itution4  ,:]eas ! ,con/itution (
 ! ,unit$ ,/ates 7ref]r$ to 9 ?is       
preamble z ! ,con/itution7 is ! supreme 
law ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas !         
,con/itution en%r9es ! fre$om ( ! p ( ! 
,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas ! ,con/itution =ms
 a m p]fect ,union2 ,:]eas ! fundam5tal 
pr9ciples ( ! ,con/itution are limit$   
gov]nm5t1 sep>ation ( p[]s1 individual  
lib]ty1 & rule ( law2 ,:]eas !          
,con/itution e/abli%es ju/ice1 ensures  
dome/ic tranquility1 provides = ! common
 def5se1 promotes ! g5]al welf>e1 &     
secures ! bless+s ( lib]ty1 n[ & =      
future g5]ations2 ,:]eas ! ,con/itution 
gu>antees t no "o c be depriv$ ( life1  
lib]ty1 or prop]ty )\t due process (    

law1 includ+ unborn *ildr52 ,:]eas !    
,con/itution protects ! rights (        
consci5ce aga9/ ! ent]prises ( ! civil  
au?ority2 ,:]eas ! ,con/itution affirms 
t ! ,gov]nm5t ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates exi/s to
 s]ve its citiz5s2 ,:]eas ! ,con/itution
 grants p[] to a national1 ,f$]al       
,gov]nm5t :ile pres]v+ fundam5tal1      
individual rights2 ,:]eas ! ,con/itution
 sep>ates ! p[] ( ! ,f$]al ,gov]nm5t    
into #c bran*es3 executive1 judicial1 & 
legislative2 ,:]eas ! p[]s ( ea* bran* (
 ! ,f$]al ,gov]nm5t are delegat$ 9 !    
,con/itution1 ) p[]s n assign$ to !     
bran*es res]v$ to ! ,/ates2 ,:]eas !    
,con/itution grants ! executive p[] to !
 ,presid5t2 ,:]eas ! ,con/itution does n
 all[ ! ,presid5t to enact national     
policies 9 areas t are res]v$ solely to 
,congress "u ! ,con/itution2 ,:]eas !   
,con/itution grants judicial p[] to !   
,supreme ,c\rt & inf]ior c\rts t        
,congress may orda9 & e/abli%2 ,:]eas   
ju/ices & judges h con/itutional limits 
on _! p[]2 ,:]eas an activi/ judici>y t 

usurps p[]s res]v$ to ! p ?r\gh o!r     
bran*es ( gov]nm5t is a ?reat to !      
,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas ! judici>y %\ld   
int]pret laws z writt5 by ,congress r   
?an all[+ executive ag5cies to rewrite  
^? laws to suit a political ag5da2      
,:]eas ! ,con/itution grants all        
legislative p[]s to ,congress1 :i*      
consi/s ( a ,s5ate & a ,h\se (          
,repres5tatives2 ,:]eas ! ,con/itution  
assigns to ,congress ! responsibility = 
organiz+ ! executive & judicial bran*es1
 rais+ rev5ue1 decl>+ w>1 & mak+ all    
laws necess>y = execut+ ^! p[]s2 ,:]eas 
x is a brea* ( tru/ = ,congress to      
delegate excessive legislative au?ority 
to executive dep>tm5ts1 ag5cies1 &      
commissions1 ?us emp[]+ ! adm9i/rative  
/ate in/ead ( ! elect$ repres5tatives ( 
! p ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas !         
,con/itution protects ! democracy ( !   
,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas elections are a   
vital compon5t ( democracy2 ,:]eas !    
,con/itution /ates t ! times1 places1 & 
mann] ( hold+ elections = ,s5ators &    

,repres5tatives %all be prescrib$ 9 ea* 
,/ate by ! legislature ( t ,/ate2 ,:]eas
 article ,i1 section #e ( !             
,con/itution-- 7#a7 provides t ,ea*     
,h\se ( ,congress may det]m9e ! ,rules (
 its ,proce$+s2 &  7#b7 au?orizes !     
,s5ate to make proc$ural rules1 includ+ 
! l5g? ( debate2 ,:]eas no "o may       
unilat]ally rewrite or o!rwise impugn ! 
validity ( ! text ( ! ,con/itution2     
,:]eas ! ,con/itution c only be *ang$ by
 am5dm5t2 ,:]eas an am5dm5t to !        
,con/itution may be propos$ by a #b_/c  
vote ( bo? ,h\ses ( ,congress1 or1 if   
#b_/c ( ! ,/ates reque/ an am5dm5t1 by a
 conv5tion call$ = t purpose2 ,:]eas an 
am5dm5t to ! ,con/itution mu/ be ratifi$
 by #c_/d ( ! ,/ate legislatures or     
#c_/d ( conv5tions call$ 9 ea* ,/ate =  
ratification2 ,:]eas1 accord+ to ! ,fir/
 ,am5dm5t to ! ,con/itution-- 7#a7      
,congress %all make no law respect+ an  
e/abli%m5t ( religion or prohibit+ free 
ex]cise ( religion2 &  7#b7 ,congress   
%all make no law abridg+ ! fre$om (     

spee* or ( ! press2 ,:]eas1 accord+ to !
 ,second ,am5dm5t to ! ,con/itution1 !  
"r ( ! p to keep & be> arms %all n be   
infr+$2 ,:]eas ,congress may n pass laws
 t d5y or abridge any con/itutional     
rights2 ,:]eas x is uncon/itutional = ! 
,f$]al ,gov]nm5t to wield its au?ority  
beyond ! scope ( p[] delegat$ to x or to
 use t au?ority z a political weapon    
aga9/ ! rights ( ,/ates to pass vot]    
id5tification laws1 ov]see ! heal? c>e (
 _! citiz5s1 draft curricula1 & craft   
o!r laws & policies consi/5t ) !        
,con/itution2 ,:]eas con/itutional      
rights are n negotiable2 ,:]eas all     
legislation1 regulations1 & (ficial     
actions %\ld con=m to ! orig9al mean+ ( 
! ,con/itution z und]/ood at ! "t !     
language 0 adopt$2 ,:]eas ! ,con/itution
 0 writt5 dur+ ! ,philadelphia          
,conv5tion1 n[ kn[n z ! ,con/itutional  
,conv5tion1 :i* conv5$ f ,may #be to    
,septemb] #ag1 #aghg2 & ,:]eas          
,con/itution ,day commemorates ! =mation
 & sign+ ( ! ,con/itution by #ci        

c\rage\s m5 on ,septemb] #ag1 #aghg1 9  
,philadelphia1 ,p5nsylvania3 ,n[1 !re=e1
 be x ,t ! ,s5ate-- 7#a7 celebrates !   
sign+ ( ! ,con/itution ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 by recogniz+ ,con/itution ,day on      
,septemb] #ag1 #bjbb2 &  7#b7 affirms t 
! ,con/itution ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates is n a 
flexible docum5t1 b an endur+ cov5ant4