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The United States Constitution is the United States, and because of this regime's actions against the Constitution, they have revealed themselves as the enemy of the real United States of America ... the Constitution.
"Those Who Fund or Harbor Terrorists are as Guilty as the Terrorists Themselves." 2007
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"every person may freely speak, write, and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right," the United States Constitution is another matter altogether.
PERRspectives 2009
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Today there is nearly universal consensus that Prohibition—the period from 1919 to 1933, during which the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol for consumption were banned nationally as mandated in the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution—was a puritanical disaster.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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This much is for certain: What many people consider this nation's greatest contribution to the world -- religious freedom as defined in the United States Constitution -- Mr. Gingrich considers a problem that he wants corrected.
Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: Newt Gingrich Stands Up For 'Our Religions' Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy 2012
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This much is for certain: What many people consider this nation's greatest contribution to the world -- religious freedom as defined in the United States Constitution -- Mr. Gingrich considers a problem that he wants corrected.
Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: Newt Gingrich Stands Up For 'Our Religions' Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy 2012
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This much is for certain: What many people consider this nation's greatest contribution to the world -- religious freedom as defined in the United States Constitution -- Mr. Gingrich considers a problem that he wants corrected.
Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy: Newt Gingrich Stands Up For 'Our Religions' Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy 2012
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This is about whether or not the Congress, using the commerce clause of the United States Constitution, can force a citizen of Virginia or of the United State to buy a product or a service, in this case, health insurance, and if you don't, have a monetary fine.
McDonnell talks health care, immigration, liquor on FOX, MSNBC, FOX Business 2010
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Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution authorizes the president to appoint, "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate," all federal judges.
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On August 4, 2010, United States District Court Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker held in a 136-page opinion that "Plaintiffs have demonstrated by overwhelming evidence that Proposition 8 violates their due process and equal protection rights" under the United States Constitution and struck down that law.
Judith S. Kaye: Judging the Judge: A Matter of Rights and Wrongs 2010
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The United States Constitution is premised on the notion of majority rule, but with a very important caveat.
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