Just a few months ago, we celebrated the 249th anniversary of our Founders signing the Declaration of Independence . In signing this statement, the Founders “brought forth a new nation, conceived in liberty.” But later events showed that the Declaration’s principles – without a strong and unified central government – were not enough to keep that young nation afloat. After reflection and passionate debate, the Founders settled on a new solution: the Constitution. It is that document, which Abraham Lincoln called the “picture of silver” around the Declaration’s “apple of gold,” that we celebrate today.

Over two centuries later, the Constitution remains our country’s supreme reflection of political wisdom. Based on a marriage of ancient political principles and a “ new science of governme

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