In the city of Philadelphia, 223 years ago in 1787, the
Constitutional Convention adopted the Constitution of the United
States of America, the supreme law of the land. Wikipedia
describes it as “the framework for the organization of the
United States government and for the relationship of the federal
government with the states, citizens, and all people within the
United States.” The Preamble to the Constitution set out the
goals and purposes of the fledgling government: We the People of
the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,
establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the
Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain
and establish this Constitution for the United States of
America. After signing, the Constitution was ratified by each
U.S. state in the name of “The People”, and the government began
operations on March 4, 1791, as set forth in the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights (i.e., the first