constitution
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In 2024, the city of Los Angeles formed a commission to find ways to improve services and amend its charter, which essentially serves as the city’s constitution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Beneath the rotunda, Trump also showed Xi the US constitution, the document that set out the principles of the country's democratic government two and a half centuries ago.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
And that brings us to an age old area that could prove tricky for the next leader: the constitution.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Sara Duterte is a frontrunner to replace Marcos in the 2028 elections, where the incumbent is ineligible under the constitution to stand for a second term.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
We had brought a copy of the draft constitution and manifesto with us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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For centuries the finest medical minds harped on attuning a balance among the four humors—sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic—in tender young constitutions by adjusting the proportions of hot-cold and moist-dry elements in the diet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Now, there is a question of whether that law violates the Kentucky Constitution, the United States Constitution, or both constitutions.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
It also runs counter to a long history of immigration in Argentina, which has one of the world's most lenient constitutions in this regard, according to sociologist Ivan Schuliaquer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
States have a “wide degree of discretion” to design their tax systems — including how they define income — so long as they do not violate their constitutions, Jurow Kleiman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
These “cat treats” were an abomination, but they had clearly been engineered to appeal to the weak constitutions of Earth felines.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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The Bill of Rights
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