LB, which came first, the nation (I think you mean Republic) or the Constitution?
Before the Constitution, there was a confederation of States organized as a Republic, cooperative with each other, but much more individually sovereign. After, there was a more perfect Union, a Nation in truth.
222 posted on 08/14/2003 10:13:18 AM PDT by LexBaird
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