It is useful, in framing laws, not only to study the past history of one's own country, in order to understand which constitution is desirable for it now, but also to have a knowledge of the constitutions of other nations, and so to learn for what kinds of nation the various kinds of constitution are suited.
Mr. Cheney challenged Mr. Biden's knowledge of the Constitution, saying he could not "keep straight which article of the Constitution provides for the legislature, which provides for the executive".
With the blessing of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution, a youth group is organizing a competition for as many as 24,000 high schools across the country that would test their top students' knowledge of the Constitution, producing a national winner in a final round to be held on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, 1987.
A new survey finds that most Americans lack even basic knowledge of the Constitution.
Republican senators did little more than set up Gorsuch, 49, to display an encyclopedic knowledge of the Constitution and Supreme Court precedent, and to allow him to stress his roots as an outdoorsy Westerner.
But he has not been embraced by all Tea Party organizations in the state, including the Rock River Patriots, some of whose members said they were unimpressed with his knowledge of the Constitution after they held a vetting session with him this summer.
A self-defined Jeffersonian constitutionalist, Mr. Simpson attributes his Republican primary victory in a "David and Goliath-like battle," against Tommy Merritt, a seven-term incumbent, to his encyclopedic knowledge of the Constitution.
Trump, the thin-skinned tough guy, resembles a campus crybaby who has wandered out of his "safe space". It is not news that he has neither respect for nor knowledge of the Constitution, and he probably is unaware that he would have to "open up" many Supreme Court First Amendment rulings in order to achieve his aim.
When Mr. Cooper challenged his knowledge of the constitution, he went on a wild racial rant.
With knowledge of our Constitution, some of these individuals believe it is their right to act as vigilantes.
