On this date in 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed their finished document, the Constitution of the United States of America, which was then sent to the 13
On September 17, 1787, the United States Constitution the oldest written constitution still in effect today was approved and signed in Philadelphia by thirty-nine delegates to the federal convention. The document has been hailed as the most successful work of its kind in modern history. The
In order to ensure the vitality of the fundamental constitutional principle of separation of powers, the Framers gave the President what Madison in Federalist No. 47 called a “partial agency” in the legislative process.
On Sept. 17, 1787, the United States Constitution was signed, paving way for what remains the most significant political document ever created. Read the