The high ideals of the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” didn’t make it into the Constitution in 1787. It took three-quarters of a century, and a bloody civil war, before the Fourteenth Amendment of 1868 made equality a constitutional right and gave the federal government the power to enforce it.
Consider the systems that have kept the Constitution healthy for more than 225 years.
Examine what most consider the Constitution’s most important feature: the Bill of Rights.
Explore the Constitution’s most striking feature: its resilient brand of federalism.
