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Constitution of the United States of America: September 17, 1787 (as Amended to May 7, 1992) (United States [us])

OUP reference:
OCW CD 800 (US)
Content type:
National legislation, Current constitutions
Product:
Oxford Constitutions of the World [OCW] — US Constitutional Law [USC]
Jurisdiction:
United States [us]
Originating from:
United States [us]
Date amended:
07 May 1992
Date adopted:
17 September 1787
Date in force:
04 March 1789
Date ratified:
21 June 1788
Date signed:
17 September 1787
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From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 30 September 2023

WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. 1 The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by...
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