Question: What Is The Date The Constitution Written?

[Dinger]

Was it in July? I'm asking for a reason.

[DrDebug]

1. Completed on September 17, 1787

They started writing in May.

[enlightenment]

6. But not ratified until December 15, 1791 --

that pesky bill o' rights . . .

[DrDebug]

8. And Bush is about to overrule that pesky bill again... n/t

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Here:

Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.signers.html

p.s. this is also the only direct reference to a diety in the entire document, and arguably it is not really part of the document.

[Dinger]

4. Thanks, I'll Keep My Little Theory To Myself nt

[DrDebug]

7. C'mon. I'm curious why you said July

Because most of the document has probably been written or assembled during June/July. And fine tuned during August/September.

[evlbstrd]

3. There is no one date on which it was written.

Here's a timeline:
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttime.html

[Dinger]

5. Nice Link Thanks (nt)

[AGENDA21]

10. Great link...Thanks.

[evlbstrd]

11. Welcome to DU!

[newyawker99]

12. Hi AGENDA21!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Kansas Wyatt]

9. Constitution: 'It's just a fucking piece of paper,' allegedly spewed

By george w. bush, with a jack daniels belch in tow. Evidence supports this statement, by the way george w. bush has wiped his ass with the Constitution of the United States on multiple occasions and has promised to continue wiping his ass with it.