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“What is the Constitution?” Most people struggle with the answer. The short answer is that it is the Supreme
Law of the Land, and the document that established our current governmental
system as a federal republic. The U.S.
Constitution is the oldest written constitution in the world at 235 years
old. The average age of other
constitutions around the world is 17 years.
Ours was written in 1787, and went into operation in 1789, which means
the United States has been governed by a single framework of government for
over two centuries. France, during that
same time frame, has endured five republics, two empires, a monarchy, and two
dictatorships. El Salvador has gone
through 36 constitutions since 1824. The
U.S. Constitution serves as an influence on all of the world’s constitutions in
that they spell out the rights of the people, have a form of a separation of
powers, a bicameral legislature, and an executive branch similar to ours. However, none of them are a federal republic
as ours is, paying careful attention to natural rights, providing numerous checks
and balances, and including an enumeration of powers for the central
government, while providing a level of autonomy to sovereign states who have
joined voluntarily in the union we know as The United States of America. From the resurrection of the term “citizen,”
which means the government serves the people, rather than subjects who serve
their government, to our bill of rights which lists certain God-given rights
and provides that government shall not make any law interfering with those
rights, the United States Constitution has served as a model for the world to
follow, and a standard to emulate.
America is, because of its Constitution, a shining beacon on a hill
guiding the world on a journey toward freedom, while seeking a world where the
rights of the people are more important than the tyrannical desires of those
who seek to control with despotism. The
United States Constitution is Hope, Liberty, and a promise of stability and
freedom for future generations.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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