Congress of the Confederation procedures until the later part of American Revolutionary War. The membership of the Second Continental Congress automatically carried over to the Congress of the Confederation when the latter was created by the ratification of the Articles of Confederation. It had the same secretary as the Second Continental Congress, namely Charles Thomson. The Congress of the Confederation was succeeded by the Congress of the United States as provided for in the new Constitution of the United States, proposed September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia and ratified by the states through 1787 to 1788 and even into 1789 and 1790. The Congress of
Article 14 of the Constitution of Singapore simply by enacting legislation, and that the courts are not entitled to assess if the restrictions are appropriate. Article 14(2) of the Constitution states that "Parliament may by law impose" restrictions on the rights referred to in Article 14(1). This is arguably in line with Singapore's adoption of the Westminster system of government that rests upon parliamentary supremacy, the rule of law and common law principles. The terms "law" and "written law" are defined in Article 2(1) of the Constitution as follows: One reading of Article 14(2) is that in order to restrict the rights to freedom of speech, assembly