The nationalism and patriotism of European nations, particularly the Great Powers, were significant factors in the road to World War I.
The United States Bill of Rights: First 10 Amendments to the Constitution. Preamble. Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
Only the Congress or the states can actually CHANGE the Constitution. The only way to actually CHANGE it is via a constitutional amendment. Congress or the states can initiate that, and the amendment has to be ratified by a fixed number of states before it takes effect. We've got 27 amendments, the most recent as of 1992. The Constitution can also be changed at a Constitutional Convention, but none have been done that way since the 1700s. There was a movement in the 1990s to call a Convention to make a Balanced Budget Amendment, but it never succeeded. The Supreme Court can INTERPRET the Constitution, but can't change it.