Editing Constitution of the United States

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| image             = US constitution.png
| publication       = 1789
| image_size        = 200
| preceded_by       = [[Articles of Confederation]]
| authors           = [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[James Madison]]
}}

The current '''Constitution of the United States''' was adopted on March 4, 1789, replacing the [[Articles of Confederation]]. It increased the centralized power of the state and created a national army to fight against indigenous nations, [[Slavery|slave]] rebellions, and the [[Proletariat|working class]]. The Constitution legalized slavery and required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Crystal Kim|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Of, by, and for the elite: The class character of the U.S. Constitution|date=2022-10-19|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/class-character-of-the-u-s-constitution/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101071009/https://www.liberationschool.org/class-character-of-the-u-s-constitution/|archive-date=2022-11-01|retrieved=2022-11-24}}</ref> Both writers of the Constitution, [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]], owned slaves.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=What Is Liberalism?|page=12|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref>

The three-fifths clause of the Constitution partially counted slaves to determine seats in Congress. Since these slaves could not vote, the clause overrepresented the votes of southern slave owners and led to the creation of the [[Virginia dynasty]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=Were Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century England and America Liberal?|page=96|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref>

Out of over 11,000 attempts to amend the Constitution, only 27 have succeeded. Amendments need a two-thirds vote from both houses of [[United States Congress|Congress]] and approval from three-quarters of the states.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Chad Pearson|newspaper=[[MR Online]]|title=Sober Up Liberals: The U.S. Constitution Sucks|date=2023-07-12|url=https://mronline.org/2023/07/12/sober-up-liberals-the-u-s-constitution-sucks/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712132453/https://mronline.org/2023/07/12/sober-up-liberals-the-u-s-constitution-sucks/|archive-date=2023-07-12}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[United States Declaration of Independence]]

== References ==
[[Category:Constitutions]]
[[Category:Government of the United States of America]]