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A constitution provides the basic law of a body politic. The constitution defines the government, describes how it is organized and how the people who make it up are to be chosen and specifies what powers the government can and can not exercise.

Michael Montagne Additionally, the Constitution of the United States, which was completed after the Declaration of Independence in the late 1770's, contains a group of special freedoms called the Bill of Rights. These special freedoms were enshrined in the Constitution by the founders of the country in order that they always form a back-bone of liberty for America's citizens.

Included are (not in any special order) freedom of speech, assembly, peaceful use of firearms in a state militia, press freedom, freedom from unlawful search and seizure, freedom from having military troops bedding in your home (a common breach with the British back then).

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