We at the Amsterdam News wanted to take a second to talk about the U.S. Constitution, one of the most influential and “living” legal documents in the world.

Thus the signers ... by which the Constitution is dated: “the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord” 1787, and “of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth.” ...

The Constitution does not mention political parties, yet they play an important role in U.S. government ... Elbridge Gerry, one of the signers of the Constitution, created such an oddly-shaped ...

The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787) were both signed in this building in Philadelphia. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth ...