Richard C. Schroeder

PAKTI: THE CONSTTTUTION"... A CONSTITUTION INTENDEDTO ENDUREFORAGES TO COME, AND CONSEQU ENTLY, TO BEADAPTEDTOtHE VAROUS CRISES OF HUMÁN AFFAIRS." JOHN MARSHALL Chief JusUce of the Supreme Court McCulloch v.Maryland, 1819 THEBASIS OFTHE AMERICAN REPIBLIC The Constitution of the United States is...

THE BASIS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICThe Constitution of the United States is the basic instru-ment of American government and the supreme law of theland. For two centuries, it has guided the evolution of gov-ernmental institutions and has provided the basis for politi-cal stability, economic growth...