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Upon posing the question “Who Wrote the Constitution”, the answer given concerning the authorship of the Constitution will typically include a response reflecting a communal effort of authorship; the primary recipients of this classification of authorship are typically credited to Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, …
Constitution of the United States | |
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Commissioned by | Congress of the Confederation |
Author(s) | Philadelphia Convention |
Signatories | 39 of the 55 delegates |
Media type | Parchment |
On September 17, 1787, a group of men gathered in a closed meeting room to sign the greatest vision of human freedom in history, the U.S. Constitution. And it was Benjamin Franklin who made the motion to sign the document in his last great speech.
Constitution of the Philippines Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas | |
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Author(s) | Constitutional Commission of 1986 |
Signatories | 47 of the 48 commissioners |
Of the 55 Framers, only 39 were signers of the Constitution.
George Washington was the first President of the USA and served in the position between 1789 and 1797. … George Washington played a key role in drafting the Constitution of the United States in the year 1787. As president, he set up protocols in the new government’s executive department.
Only six Founders signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution: George Clymer, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Morris, George Read, James Wilson, and Roger Sherman.
The 1943 Constitution was the constitution of the Japanese-sponsored Second Republic of the Philippines (1943-1945). It was recognized as legitimate and binding only in Japanese-controlled areas of the Philippines but was ignored by the United States government and the Philippine Commonwealth government in-exile.
The Philippine constitutional plebiscite of 1973 ratified the 1973 Constitution of the Philippines. In 1970, delegates were elected to a constitutional convention which began to meet in 1971. … 1102 certifying and proclaiming that the 1973 Constitution had been ratified by the Filipino people and thereby was in effect.
The Preparatory Commission, led by José P. Laurel, presented its draft Constitution on September 4, 1943, and three days later, the KALIBAPI general assembly ratified the draft Constitution.
Though he is one of the most important figures in American history, Abraham Lincoln was not a Founding Father.
The Framers of the Constitution were delegates to the Constitutional Convention and helped draft the Constitution of the United States. … The main Founding Fathers were: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.
After the early days of English-accented Washingtons, his voice began to have a less pronounced English accent in favor of a more modern, American one. In the 1961 film Lafayette, Howard St. John as Washington speaks with a scruff, but higher-pitched, voice than older depictions.
Governor Sri Harichandan said it is befitting to remember the contributions made by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Architect of Indian Constitution and other Founding Fathers, in framing the Indian Constitution and to pay our tributes to them on this occasion, for giving us the best Constitution in the world.
James Madison is generally considered to have written the majority of the Constitution. He may have been the most learned of the four men who was involved in drafting the Constitution.
Article 1 | Right to Equality |
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Article 5 | Freedom from Torture and Degrading Treatment |
Article 6 | Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law |
Article 7 | Right to Equality before the Law |
Article 8 | Right to Remedy by Competent Tribunal |
To them it was clear that when the designers of democracy said all, they meant all people shall receive those natural rights that John Locke cherished so deeply. “a state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another” (Locke II,4).
A democratic country need a Constitution because: → It lays out the important guidelines that govern decision making within the various societies of the country. … → It serves as asset of rules and principles as the basis by which the country has to be governed.
First it creates a national government consisting of a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch, with a system of checks and balances among the three branches. Second, it divides power between the federal government and the states. And third, it protects various individual liberties of American citizens.
Manuel A. Roxas | |
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Vice President | Elpidio Quirino |
Preceded by | Sergio Osmeña |
Succeeded by | Elpidio Quirino |
2nd President of the Senate of the Philippines |
President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 on September 21, 1972, placing the Philippines under Martial Law.