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Pot magazine limits dropped in Colorado
A Colorado law to require marijuana magazines to be sold behind the counter like pornography is being abandoned before it takes effect. State lawyers indi...
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Ark. Gov. Beebe vetoes 12-week abortion ban
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Search Results for "United States Constitution"
| United States Constitution | |
 Page one of the original copy of the Constitution
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| Created | September 17, 1787 |
| Ratified | June 21, 1788 |
| Location | National Archives, Washington, D.C. |
| Author(s) | Philadelphia Convention |
| Signatories | 39 of the 55 delegates |
| Purpose | To replace the Articles of Confederation (1777) |
| Read online | United States Constitution at Wikisource |
