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1996 South Africa's Constitutional Assembly adopts permanent post-apartheid constitution

1992 Constitutional amendment barring mid-term congressional raises passes

1990 Supreme Court rules police check for drunk drivers constitutional

1985 Mauritania's new constitutional charter published

1981 Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional

1970 Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional

1962 Nepal gets constitution/becomes Constitutional Hindu Monarchy

1960 American Samoa sets up a constitutional government

1951 Nep l becomes a constitutional monarchy

1947 Japan forms a constitutional democracy

1936 Floyd Abrams, born in America, attorney, constitutional law expert, argued for famous cases, including the New York Times in the Judith Miller in CIA leak grand jury investigation

1914 French Duynstee, Dutch constitutional lawyer

1906 Iran becomes a constitutional monarchy

1889 Washington state constitutional convention holds 1st meeting

1868 Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin

1868 Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee

1868 North Carolina constitutional convention meets in Raleigh

1868 South Carolina constitutional convention, meets with a black majority

1868 Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock

1868 Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson

1863 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark (childless), dies

1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time in Montgomery, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy

1849 California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey

1849 California Constitutional Convention held in Monterey

1849 Danish National Day-Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy

1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria

1813 Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy

1809 Sweden declares independence, constitutional monarchy established

1808 Frederik VII, 1st constitutional king of Denmark, 1848-63

1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia begans debate

1787 Constitutional convention opens at Philadelphia, George Washington presiding


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