Explore the 7 basic principles of the US Constitution: popular sovereignty, limited government, checks & balances, judicial ...

Two days before the end of the Constitutional Convention, just before the final vote on the completed document, three delegates voiced objections to the new Constitution.

Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution on Dec. 7, 1787. After it was ratified by New Hampshire – the ninth state – on June 22, 1788, the Constitution was made official.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Do you know the meaning behind Constitution Day? It was September 17, 1787, when the U.S. Constitution was signed and would later become the law of ...