Posted on 09/17/2009 7:04:46 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
Constitution Day is an American federal observance that recognizes the ratification of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens. It is observed on September 17, the day the Philadelphia Convention (AKA U.S. Constitutional Convention) signed the US Constitution in 1787.
On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met for the last time to sign the document they had created, it was the second American Revolution. The Convention was formed to revise the "Articles of Confederation." What it did instead was to overthrow the existing United States government and create a system unmatched in its fairness and protection of liberty.
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It seems that the USA is no longer governed by Constitutional Law, but rather by czars, technocrats, bureaucracy and executive orders. And the press is compliant with the new modus operandi.
It’s also my hubbys 50th birthday!
What is on the POTUS’ schedule for today? Anything to do with matches?
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