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Happy Constitution Day!

A new law requires schools to observe an old holiday in the Constitution's honor. But is Constitution Day constitutional?

The Constitution
By Dave Denison
September 18, 2005

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HOW WAS YOUR Constitution Day? Did you take time to reflect on the establishment clause of the First Amendment? The meaning of ''equal protection of the law" as mentioned in the 14th? Surely, with the John Roberts hearings underway in Washington, you took the time to review the relevant language about the Senate's ''advice and consent" power in Article II, ... (Full article: 851 words)

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