New Constitution? What was changed? I thought it was only changed once and that was in 1884 for the worse.

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CONSTITUTIONALLY BULLISH

We are glad that the U.S. Constitution is being read in Congress and debated by the people sworn to uphold it. What's not to like? While one side — the conservatives — claims its policies are supported by a close reading, who's to say liberals couldn't make a similar case?

We're bullish on Constitution talk. And we offer these fun facts from the U.S. National Archives, where the original founding documents are stored, preserved and displayed.

# Deputies to the Constitutional Convention assembled in Philadelphia in May of 1787.

# There were about 55 deputies representing 12 states; Rhode Island did not send a deputy. They came and went; there was never a vote of more than 11 states.

# Benjamin Franklin was 81 but the average age of the delegates was 44.

# George Washington presided, James Madison was regarded as a pre-eminent author and Thomas Jefferson was serving as Minster to France.

# The Constitution was drafted in fewer than 100 working days.

# It contains 4,654 words, counting signatures.

# It became binding upon the states upon ratification by New Hampshire — the ninth state to ratify — on June 21, 1788.

# Washington was inaugurated as the first president under the new Constitution on April 30, 1789.

# Our constitution is considered "rigid" because it cannot be changed as easily as an ordinary law, as can the constitution of Great Britain.

# W.E. Gladstone, 19th century British prime minister, called the U.S. Constitution "the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.''

# The United States government possesses only such powers as are granted to it by the Constitution.

# Only one amendment — the 18th, which prohibited the manufacture, sale and transportation of "intoxicating liquors'' — has been repealed.