Our Constitution is composed of words: 4,440 as originally ratified, and 7,591 when including its 27 amendments. Those statistics may seem inconsequential — the answer to a question at a bar’s trivia night. But that the Constitution is made up of words is not insignificant.
Our Constitution, by its own self-definition, is the “supreme law of the land.” It forms the highest manifestation of America’s commitment to the rule of law. Through that rule, we protect our natural rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. By it, we exercise republican self-government.
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