Since the Bill of Rights—the first ten amendments to the Constitution—was adopted in 1791, Congress has passed an additional twenty-three amendments, of which the states have ratified only seventeen. ... Instead of the state legislatures, amendments can be ratified by conventions in three-quarters of the states
While the function of judicial review is not explicitly provided in the Constitution, it had been ... people, as expressed in their Constitution, would be supreme over the will of a ... terms leaving it open to future elaboration to meet changing conditions.
ORFEO Objection!That's a loaded question!Dafne (1598) was the first known work of the genre we call opera.The liberetto was by Corsi and the music by Peri.
