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the Supreme Court [sju:'pri:m ko:t] – Верховный суд
Executive Branch [ig'zekjutiv] – исполнительная власть
Legislative ['led isletiv] – законодательный
Judicial [d u:'di∫əl] – судебный
Bill of Rights – «Билль о правах»
Commander-in-Chief [kə'ma:ndərint∫i:f] – главнокомандующий
The U.S. Constitution, proclaimed in 1787, is the supreme law of the country, which protects the rights of all the people living in the United States. The Constitution is based on three main principles. The first one guarantees basic rights – freedom of speech and religion. The second principle tells about a government by the people. The third principle tells about the three branches of the U.S. government: legislative, executive and judicial that have different powers.
The U.S. Constitution includes the Preamble, seven articles and 26 amendments, which help to make some changes or add some new things. The first ten amendments are called Bill of Rights. They were added in a group in 1791.
Preamble
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
