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When people are way too smug about their wrong answer.

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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 33 points 3 years ago (5 children)

The constitution is about 19 pages long. Here's a pdf

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[–] raynorsadjutant@reddthat.com 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Did you read the entire thing?

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[–] Disgusted_Tadpole@lemmy.ml 24 points 3 years ago

I doubt that, but OK.

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago

Yeps. One of my electives at uni was the history of the US constitution law for non-legal majors. I had to take 2 history classes for my degree and I thought it would be an interesting subject. Not only read it also had it read to me by my professor. He was a retired JAG officer and militant ACLU supporter.

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[–] CuriousLibrarian@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I guess we need to know what people consider long. The full document is longer than the Declaration of Independence , which I know a lot better. I can’t remember having to read the Constitution in school, just the preamble and a couple of amendments. This doesn’t excuse my ignorance though. Thanks for providing the whole document.

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[–] FRCLYE@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Compared to most constitutions on the planet, it’s considered a short one.

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[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 years ago

I just looked it up and it seems that the German constitution has more than 350 pages. But the first 20 sections contain the most important and almost unchangeable foundaries.

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[–] substill@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago

My five year old’s Fancy Nancy books are more than 19 pages.

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[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago

For a book, remarkably short.
For a news article, quite long.
For a legal document, who reads those anyways?

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[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Damn, that is pretty short. I'm not American but I had always just automatically assumed it would have to be hundreds of pages. No clue why, of course, just some subconscious bias.

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[–] pottedmeat7910@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

19 pages isn't really a lot, , but this guy doesn't strike me as much of a reader.

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[–] uphillbothways@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Reading it and going over the contents is also a part of standard US high school curriculum. It's a graduation requirement. At least, it was when I graduated high school in California in the 90's.

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[–] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah I kind of doubt that was a real requirement then and not something your social studies teacher mandated. It’s definitely not the case now or anywhere outside of the state afaik

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