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States ratified the amendments that became the Bill of Rights
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“We must never forget that it is … a Constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and, consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.” -John Marshall
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"The Eighteenth Amendment (1919) prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages, concluding a crusade to abolish the use of liquor that began in the 1830s. The Twenty-first Amendment (1933) repeals the Eighteenth Amendment," (3.3).
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The Nineteenth Amendment guarantees women the right to vote.
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State-ratifying conventions was used for the first, and only, time to create this amendment.
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"Texas v. Johnson (1989), the Supreme Court ruled that flag burning in the context of a political protest is symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment, so the Texas law was unconstitutional," (3.3).
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"More than two centuries later, the Constitution is the basis for governing an advanced nation of more than 300 million people in 50 states with varied geographies, resources, and economies," (3.3)