宪法

• The constitution of a state is the collection of rules and principles according to which a state is governed .
  一国的宪法，是据以治理国家的法规和原则的汇集。
• The ratification of the conventions of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution .
  本宪法经过九个州的大会批准后，即开始生效。
• Many americans tended to judge the government we were defending by our own constitutional practices .
  许多美国人倾向于按我们自己的宪法程序来判断我们所维护的政府。
• Following are texts of several important amendments of particular interest to students and others .
  以下是几个重要宪法修正案的原文，学生和其他人士会特别有兴趣一读。
• According to the constitution, their vote amounts to a mere expression of preference, a public-opinion poll .
  依照宪法，他们的票仅仅等于表示他们的所好，等于民意测验。
• To make war, for instance, is an exercise of sovereignty; but the constitution declares that no state shall make war .
  举例而言，宣战是主权的使用，但宪法却规定州不能宣战。