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" The first principle is not to change the essence of the constitution , " he said , during a speech in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha , news agencies reported . One devastating force that endangers our whole constitution is jealousy . The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that the " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . The whole point of constitutions is that the rules remain the same when convenient and inconvenient , which is why justices like Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia often rule contrary to their political preferences . " The Constitution establishes the Supreme Court , and defines its jurisdiction . Constitution , federal laws and treaties control state constitutions and laws ; oath of federal and state officers to support constitution ; religious tests as qualification to office or trust . In New York the commission expires at the age of sixty years ; in Connecticut at seventy years ; and thus their constitutions seem to intend to impose laws on nature itself , or to drive from their own service men in whom may still reside the most useful faculties , improved by time and experience . R / R but to be of various constitutions ( A / A , A / a , a / a ) at the A locus and homozygous recessive c / c at the C locus . The Constitution is to be considered a fact beyond human control , except through proper amendment , to be interpreted correctly or not , by judges or other officials or by ordinary citizens .