DENVER – The United States Constitution, which turned 225 years old last summer, is a remarkable document: the provisions of a text written in the eighteenth century continue to guide twenty-first-century governance. We will be reminded of the implications of that in the coming weeks, as President Barack Obama fills senior positions in his second-term administration.
丹佛—去年迎来225岁生日的美国宪法是一份举世瞩目的文件：这份写于18世纪的文档在21世纪仍在指导治国。在未来几周，我们将再次听到它的影响——奥巴马将任命其第二任期的政府官员。在很多方面，这一过程不会漂亮。