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The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit. 'Constitution of the Free Associated State of Puerto Rico') is the primary organizing law for the unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, describing the duties, powers, structures and functions of the government of Puerto Rico in nine articles.
1820–23 Reinstatement of the Constitution of 1812. 1834 Absolute monarchy. 1837 Constitutional monarchy. 1845 Regency empowerment. 1856 Failed attempt at democracy. 1869 Another failed attempt at democracy. 1873 First Spanish Republic. 1876 Failed attempt to become a federal republic. 1931 Second Spanish Republic.
Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico. On June 8, 1950, the United States government approved Public Law 600, authorizing Puerto Rico to draft its own constitution in 1951. The Constitutional Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Constituyente) or Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico met for a period of several months between 1951 and 1952 in ...
How much is a copy of the original Constitution worth? The starting price for the document is $1 million, but experts expect it will sell for much more. According to the document listing on Brunk ...
Historian Seth Kaller shows off a 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction. AP. It’s one of about 100 copies printed by the secretary of that Congress, Charles Thomson ...
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [ 3 ] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.
Civil liberties in the United States are certain unalienable rights retained by (as opposed to privileges granted to) citizens of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, as interpreted and clarified by the Supreme Court of the United States and lower federal courts. [1] Civil liberties are simply defined as individual ...
The first ten amendments were adopted and ratified simultaneously and are known collectively as the Bill of Rights. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are collectively known as the Reconstruction Amendments. Six amendments adopted by Congress and sent to the states have not been ratified by the required number of states.