Index
challenges faced by, 595–600
changing of, 551–60
common law and, 1, 35, 52
English origins of, 1, 6, 22–26
as evolutionary doctrine, 1
intent of, 463
lack of equal rights provision, 135,
136
lack of mention of political parties,
xviii, 3
as limited government, 353
means of change, 552–56
Preamble, 3, 243–44, 394, 402
principle of constitutional
supremacy, 24, 349
ratification, 9, 10, 13, 381, 383, 406,
407
and revenue bills, 27
separation of powers, 302–6,
353–54
signing of, 271–72
on slavery, 242
strict versus loose construction, 464,
495–500
text of (1787), 2