How does the Constitution define us as a people?
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it doesnt, its a contract restriciting the power of those we 'trust' with it.\nhttp://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html
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People... We enter into a social contract and make government to protect our rights.  We're willing to give up some rights to protect others. - John Locke in a nutshell.
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we are  called a nation not tribe and beliefs about what?
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Come from Constitution
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Yes, they have a constitution, however I do not believe it is like ours.
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Most US states have their own constitutions, just like the American Constitution.  The Constitution defines the state or country as an entity and is the foundation of the laws of the country or state.  They usually define the basic rights of the citizens and the workings of the government.
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A human being or homo sapien is a species of mammal found on Earth.  It is a primate-like biped with less fur than other primates.\n\nIf by this question you mean 'how do we define a person?' this is a much more complex issue.  Some have suggested that a person is defined by their intelligence but this creates an ethical issues for those born without a brain or with learning difficulties, are these people?  Of course they are.  Others talk of the soul, but where do we find the soul and what exactly is it?  What would  a person be like if they had no soul?  Is it the body, brain or the electrical impulses produced by the brain commonly called the mind that make a person a person?\n\nIt seems as this is a philosophical question, there is no right or wrong answer but it is important to be aware of every angle.
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A constitution is the blueprint of a society. It defines our structure, our essential rules and beliefs. It enshrines our culture and who and what we think we are. Therefore, the structure of a society is always determined by the strength of its constitution.\n   \nNo matter how many good people exist in America, no matter how many honourably intended acts of kindness are provided, poorly constructed constitutions will inevitably lead to poorly constructed societies and to sadness and evil.\n\nRead the Declaration of Independence. You will see that founders carefully placed a "future clause" calling upon generations to rise up and revolt if ever government became oppressive. That is why future amendments have since tried to stop this clause been effected by calling any call for social change and revolution "treason".
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The U.S. Constitution is the basis for all law in the U.S.  It describes the how the government of the Unitied States operates.  It also grants people certain rights.\n\nOf course, the present administration has great contempt for the Constitution.
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For a technical historical answer, contact Jon Roland of the Constitution Society http://www.constitution.org\n\nTraditionally, the Bill of Rights defines specific rights of citizens that were not spelled out in the Constitution, in an attempt to reinforce these as reserved to the people where government could not infringe: (1) free exercise of religion, freedom of speech or of the press, right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government (2) right to bear arms with respect to militia (3) freedom from quartering of soldiers (4) right to security and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures (5) freedom from self-incrimination (6 and 7) right to speedy public trial, legal defense and other due process procedures, and right to trial by jury and freedom from double jeopardy (8) freedom from cruel or unusual punishment or excessive fines or bails (9 and 10) protection of rights regardless of enumeration and reservation of rights to States or the people not otherwise delegated or prohibited under the Constitution.\n\nHowever, if the existence of these laws in writing were enough to reinforce equal checks and balances, there would not have been a need to add the Fourteenth Amendment about "equal protection under the law." I find this concept of "equal protection" necessary to apply the Bill of Rights fairly to respect the consent of all the governed parties, instead of favoring some interests over others in violation of the Code of Ethics for Government Service (see Public Law 96-303, 1980).\n\nIn practice, I find that only the educated practice and agreed enforcement of Constitutional rights guarantees these to anyone. The First Amendment especially reflects natural laws that govern all humanity -- every human being desires free exercise to act, free speech and press to communicate, and the right peaceably to assemble and to petition as part of due process. Collectively, our individual rights become the three functions of government -- from establishing and interpreting laws and contracts by written and spoken word, to exercising individual freedom and authority, and assembling in protest or petition to represent and defend our interests whether in courts or Congress, or school, churches or other institutions.\n\nAs individuals learn to balance our natural rights with those of others, and between the level of the individual to the collective level of government, that is when we will realize the checks and balances intended between the three branches of government, as well as the levels of government of local, state, and federal. \n\nhttp://www.houstonprogressive.org/isocracy.html
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The original text of Article 1, Section 2, of the Constitution tied the allocation of representatives in Congress to population counts; the weight applied to each person differed by civil status. Specifically, for the purpose of reapportionment, each free person was to count as a whole person, each slave was to count as three-fifths of a person, and Indians not taxed were to be excluded.\n\nThat souonds like they thought of slaves as less than a person, and justified their participation in the institution of slavery.
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We have the greatest document ever written as our constitution and the greatest form of goverment on earth.  We might do better with a cross section of the population as our elected Federal Officials, rather than nothing but the rich running everyhing for us.  But our constitution stands the sands of time pretty well.
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The country runs on people. \n\nCorp...Mutli Nat Corps may be protected as people under the 15 amendment....but it is ultimatley run by people.\n\nPeople choose their governments. The good way or the bad.\n\nMoney is accumlated by people, but these people can be regulated, taxed, legislated, sued, arrested, and  brought down by the people.\n\nPeople always had the power to vote their leaders out, or armed in revolt. Money can only influece the weak minded.
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The US is a democratic-republic.  Our power as the electorate is limited to our vote, primarily, although we can form groups and try to lobby for change, as well.\n\nThe idea that the individual has power is not part of the makeup of our form of government, aside from the rights enumerated in the Constitution, legislated, or interpreted by the Supreme Court.
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The constitution is the basis for all law in the United States
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How are our immigration laws unconstitutional? The Constitution applies to AMERICAN CITIZENS.
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read the constitution and ammendments