The planet’s oldest and shortest written constitution, still in force, was signed on Wednesday — 237 years ago. The U.S. Constitution, formally adopted in 1789, sits at about 4,400 words for its original seven articles. The 27 amendments to the original Constitution add only another 3,000 words. The English text of the EU Constitution, by contrast, […] The post Does the Constitution Still Matter? appeared first on TomKlingenstein.com.
