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Across the country, universities and colleges will celebrate Constitution Day, an annual commemoration of the signing of the U. S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, by the 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Here, 91制片厂 scholars of American history and politics, and their students, share their own tweet-sized reflections on the Constitution and its lasting effect on the human story.听Share your reflections using the hashtag #ConstitutionDay.

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The Constitution was an imperfect document at the beginning. But after the Civil War, it inched nearer to perfection with the addition of the 13th, 14th听and 15th Amendments 鈥� which still stand as great safeguards of the rights of minorities.

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One hundred years ago, the U.S. government used a treaty to do something otherwise unconstitutional, via the Migratory Bird Treaty and Missouri v. Holland.

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In honor of Constitution Day, stop tweeting and read today.

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Hard to believe but true: The U.S. Constitution, timeless and glorious document that it is, was written by a committee.

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Pondering how best to honor the First Amendment: by speaking aggressively or by speaking responsibly?

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"Ensuring domestic tranquility鈥� was central to the framers鈥� aims, and it is not exactly coincidental that 鈥渢he right to keep and bear arms鈥� was perceived as necessary in a new nation where one-fifth of the population was enslaved.

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Can anyone doubt that the U.S. Constitution, a document written in the听18th century, remains a living, breathing force in American democracy today? Today, in 2015, political debate on immigration turns around the 14th Amendment and the meaning of 鈥渂irthright citizenship.鈥� 颅

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The U.S. Constitution shows us the worst as well as possibilities for the best the U.S. can be. Let鈥檚 face the worst honestly and work for the best.

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In Jacobson vs. Massachusetts, the Supreme Court said that the Constitution permitted compulsory vaccination. What if it hadn鈥檛? 听

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Americans were too busy fighting over the Panic of 1837鈥檚 effects to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Constitutional Convention鈥檚 end.

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鈥淚 know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves." (鈥擳homas Jefferson)听

鈥擵irginia Grinch, student in History of Early American Republic course

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The Constitution: Let's face it, the Articles of Confederation were going nowhere fast.

鈥擪halid Antar,听student in History of Early American Republic course

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Can we talk about how Federalists pushed for centralized government when we fought the revolution to be free?

鈥擡lisabeth Iacono,听student in History of Early American Republic course

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Fun facts explaining why George Washington didn鈥檛 smile .

鈥擩en King,听student in History of Early American Republic course

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The Founding Fathers wanted to create the Constitution to create equality for all people ... except Native Americans and slaves.

鈥擲avannah Harris,听student in History of Early American Republic course

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We actually have those opposed to the Constitution to thank for the Bill of Rights.

鈥擜aron Chin,听student in History of Early American Republic course

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The Constitution doesn't include the principle of judicial review 鈥斕齭ome early Americans thought that power should rest with the states' legislatures.

鈥擝raedon Stacey ,听student in History of Early American Republic course听

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Share your reflections. Use #ConstitutionDay @UofNH

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