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  2. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    No part of the Constitution expressly authorizes judicial review, but the Framers did contemplate the idea, and precedent has since established that the courts could exercise judicial review over the actions of Congress or the executive branch. Two conflicting federal laws are under "pendent" jurisdiction if one presents a strict constitutional ...

  3. Separation of powers under the United States Constitution

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    The other explains that Congress has the implied powers to implement the express powers written in the Constitution to create a functional national government. All three branches of the US government have certain powers and those powers relate to the other branches of government. One of these powers is called the express powers.

  4. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Each state has its own written constitution, government and code of laws. The Constitution stipulates only that each state must have, "a Republican Government". Therefore, there are often great differences in law and procedure between individual states, concerning issues such as property, crime, health and education, amongst others.

  5. History of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Since the beginning of federal operations under the Constitution in 1789 through the beginning of 2013, approximately 11,539 proposals to amend the Constitution have been introduced in the United States Congress. [126] Of these, thirty-three have been approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. Twenty-seven of these amendments ...

  6. 10 things you didn't know about the Constitution - AOL

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    Since 1789, over 11,600 amendments to the Constitution have been introduced to Congress. Including the Bill of Rights, only 27 amendments have received the necessary approval from the states to be ...

  7. List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States

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    Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those, having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution.

  8. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...

  9. How Many People Actually Signed the Constitution? - AOL

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    You probably think this number would be much higher, considering the magnitude of the Constitution then and now, but the answer to the question “how many people signed the Constitution” is 39.