History of the United States Constitution History of the United States Constitution The United States Constitution was written in 1787 during the Philadelphia Convention. The old Congress set the rules the new government followed in terms of writing and ratifying the new constitution. After ratification in eleven states, in 1789 its elected officers of government assembled in New York City, replacing the Articles of Confederation government. The original Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times. The meaning of the Constitution is interpreted and extended by judicial review in the federal courts. The original parchment copies are on display at the National Archives Building. Two alternative plans were
Article 15 of the Constitution of Singapore courts have deferred to the Government as to the necessity for the restrictive legislation. The terms "public health" and "morality" in Article 15(4) have yet to be judicially interpreted. Article 15 of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is entitled "Freedom of religion" and reads as follows: In "Nappalli Peter Williams v. Institute of Technical Education" (1999), the Court of Appeal affirmed that the Constitution generally adopts what is known as accommodative secularism by "removing restrictions to one's choice of religious belief". Article 15(1) is "in pari materia" with Article 11(1) of the Constitution of Malaysia, from which it