Constitutional monarchy was a concept that emerged from the political revolutions of the Age of Enlightenment. Why did the kings of Europe usually resist this idea and work to prevent it from affecting their kingdoms? Kings in Europe tended to look for fights wherever they could find them--after all, that's how they became kings. Kings in Europe were afraid that a constitution would require them to give away all of their wealth to support the kingdom's poor. Constitutional monarchies required kings to follow the same laws as others--and most kings felt they were above the laws of the land. Kings in Europe did not care about the problems of merchants or anyone else in their kingdoms--they just liked having power.

In exodus from Lebanon, the well-off find new home in Cyprus: Many well-off Lebanese who escaped their country’s economic tailspin for a new life in the nearby island nation of Cyprus say the transition has been a whirlwind of emotions. #accelerationism

the united states constitution is the supreme law of the united states. the constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. its first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral congress; the executive, consisting of the president; and the judicial, consisting of the supreme court and other federal courts. articles four, five and six embody concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments, the states in relationship to the federal government, and the shared process of constitutional amendment. article seven establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen states to ratify it. it is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force.