Delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document that would become the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. We mark that historic event as Constitution Day each year on the anniversary.
It took most of a year to get 9 states to ratify the document putting it into effect. One wonders how long the delegates or Founders expected the charter to last. 231 years is quite a season in the politics of national governments. It is now the longest existing charter of a republic based on democratic principles in the world.
Perhaps its genius lies in a handful of key principles:
- “We the People” created the government with limited powers.
- Those powers were divided among 3 branches with checks and balances on each other
- The States also served as a check on the expansion of the national government
- The amendment process requires time and great consensus
- the subsequent Bill of Rights
Working together, these…
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