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An 1787 copy of the U.S. Constitution that will be put up for auction on Sept. 28, 2024, is shown at Brunk Auctions in Asheville, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 5. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) **FILE**

Copy of U.S. Constitution sent to the states for ratification in 1788 up for auction

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden arrives to lay a wreath at The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

What is the State of the Union? A look at some of the history surrounding the annual event

Associated Press

President Joe Biden, with from left, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., pray and listen during the National Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. Johnson has spoken in the past of his belief America was founded as a Christian nation. Biden, while citing his own Catholic faith, has spoken of values shared by people of “any other faith, or no faith at all.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Christian-nation idea fuels U.S. conservative causes, but historians say it misreads intent

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

Guards stand next to the U.S. Constitution in the newly renovated Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington, Sept. 16, 2003, during a media tour. The National Archives building and galleries were evacuated Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 14, 2024, after two protestors dumped red powder on the protective casing around the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Protesters pour red powder on U.S. Constitution enclosure, prompting evacuation of National Archives

By Ashraf Khalil - Associated Press

North Dakota State Elections Specialist Lee Ann Oliver, center, talks with Retire Congress North Dakota Chairman Jared Hendrix, at left, and U.S. Term Limits National Field Director Scott Tillman, at right, on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in the North Dakota Secretary of State's Office at the state Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Hendrix and Tillman submitted petitions for a ballot initiative for a congressional age limit on North Dakota candidates. The office has until March 15 to review the signatures. The measure would be placed on the June ballot for North Dakota voters. (AP Photo/Jack Dura)

Congressional age limit proposed in North Dakota in potential test case for nation

By Jack Dura - Associated Press

Illustration on the Supreme Court restoring balance by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump’s Supreme Court challenge

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Gun owners fire their pistols at an indoor shooting range during a qualification course to renew their carry concealed handgun permits, July 1, 2022, at the Placer Sporting Club in Roseville, Calif. A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places is taking effect on New Year's Day, even as a court case continues to challenge the law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California law banning most firearms in public is taking effect as the legal fight over it continues

Associated Press

Steve Pearce, chair of the Republican Party of New Mexico, from left, House Speaker Javier Martinez, D-Albuquerque, Ann Keith, general counsel for the New Mexico Chief Justice, and Jessica Velasquez, chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, talk after a committee meeting to decide on which candidates for U.S. President should go on the ballot during the New Mexico June 4 primary election, at the New Mexico Supreme Court, in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday Dec. 22, 2023. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico parties certify five GOP candidates for June presidential primary amid challenge to Trump

By Morgan Lee - Associated Press

In this Jan. 26, 2015, file photo, a supporter of open carry gun laws, wears a pistol as he prepares for a rally in support of open carry gun laws at the Capitol, in Austin, Texas. A federal judge on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022 has struck down one of Texas' few remaining firearm restrictions, finding a law that barred adults under the age of 21 from carrying a handgun was unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Federal judge blocks California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places

Associated Press

This Dec. 10, 2019, photo shows a relocated Nativity scene in Centerville, Iowa. Many residents of the small southern Iowa city have been angered by a decision to move a nativity scene from the courthouse lawn to outside a nearby church. (Kyle Ocker/The Daily Iowegian via AP) ** FILE **

Santa saves Iowa nativity scene from removal over constitutional concerns

Associated Press

Judge Sarah B. Wallace presides over the final day of a hearing for a lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump off the state ballot, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Denver. Closing arguments are scheduled in a Colorado lawsuit seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the ballot through the “insurrection” clause of the Constitution. It’s one of two cases that are expected to determine the fate of several lawsuits invoking the 14th Amendment to keep Trump from running again for the White House. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, Pool, File)

Colorado hearing into whether Trump can remain on the state’s primary ballot wraps up

By Nicholas Riccardi - Associated Press

Letter to the editor: Get rid of Tlaib now

The body of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is placed at City Hall where it will lie in state, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in San Francisco. Feinstein, who died Sept. 29, served as San Francisco's mayor. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

President Biden praises Dianne Feinstein as defender of American values at San Francisco memorial

By Janie Har - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks in Clinton Township, Mich., Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Mike Mulholland)

Lawsuit to disqualify Trump under Constitution’s ‘insurrection’ clause is filed in Michigan

By Nicholas Riccardi - Associated Press

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announces an order restricting people from carrying guns in Bernalillo County for 30 days during a news conference in the Governor's Office on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 in Santa Fe, N.M. Grisham said she expects legal challenges but was compelled to act because of recent shootings, including the death of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium this week.(Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

New Mexico governor’s suspension order of right to carry triggers constitutionality questions

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Front pages for the Marion County Record's latest weekly edition are displayed on a window at its offices, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, in Marion, Kansas. Local police raided the newspaper's offices and home of its publisher, bringing the small central Kansas town to international attention. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

A judge told Kansas authorities to destroy electronic copies of newspaper’s files taken during raid

By Josh Funk - Associated Press

Illustration on the death of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

When the First Amendment dies: Raid on Kansas weekly newspaper raises troubling concerns

By Andrew P. Napolitano

The North Dakota House chamber and Capitol tower stand in Bismarck, N.D., June 14, 2023. Supporters of a proposed ballot measure for a congressional age limit in North Dakota have one year to gather enough signatures to prompt a public vote. Secretary of State Michael Howe on Friday, July 21, approved the petition format, kicking off the yearlong timeline for measure supporters to gather at least 31,164 signatures of North Dakota voters. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)

Backers of North Dakota congressional age limits get year to gather ballot signatures

By Jack Dura - Associated Press

The North Dakota House chamber and Capitol tower stand in Bismarck, N.D., June 14, 2023. In 2024, North Dakota voters could decide whether to set an age limit of 80 years old for the state's congressional candidates, under a proposed statewide ballot measure to amend the state constitution. (AP Photo/Jack Dura, File)

Proposed N.D. ballot measure seeks congressional age limit of 80

By Jack Dura - Associated Press

Justice Department in Biden’s pocket