http://www.tribune-democrat.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 17 Feb 2006 17:15:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_048103928.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_048103928.html Many view July 4, 1776, as the date this country was born. That was indeed an important date, when the great Declaration of Independence publicly severed our ties with England. Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:42:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_055133544.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_055133544.html The U.S. Constitution: It is the law of the land, a document every federal official takes an oath to defend and uphold. Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:46:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_076114634.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_076114634.html Amends. XI-XXVII:Odds and endsEditor’s note: This is the fifth consecutive Sunday in which The Tribune-Demo-crat publishes, unedited, portions of the U.S. Constitution. With today’s installment, we have published the document in its entirety. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_062150202.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_062150202.html Equal rights, privileges, protectionsAfter establishing the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government in the first three articles, the U.S. Constitution’s framers turned to rights of the states and individual citizens in Article IV. Fri, 17 Feb 2006 11:26:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_048104150.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_048104150.html The basic text of the Constitution was drafted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:09:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_055133025.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_055133025.html Article II: The president Section 1The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:03:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_062150625.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_062150625.html Editor’s note: This is the third consecutive Sunday in which The Tribune-Democrat publishes, unedited, portions of the U.S. Constitution. We will continue over the next few Sundays until we have published the document in its entirety.Article IVSection 1 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:43:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_076114513.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_076114513.html ‘Reconstruction Amendments’Foundation laid for civil rightsConstitutional amendments XI through XXVII are important, but for the most part they don’t hold the individual importance of the first 10, the Bill of Rights. Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:12:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_069151329.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_069151329.html The U.S. Constitution is the most important document that Americans possess, and the Bill of Rights - the first 10 amendments - is the most vital part of it to individual citizens. Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:59:00 +0000 http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_069151158.html http://www.tribune-democrat.com/wethepeople/local_story_069151158.html Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.