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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Presumably what the other commenter was referring to is the US having the oldest codified constitution

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Which is honestly meaningless but very convenient for US narrations. There were also older de facto constitutions, which are usually forgotten like the Henrician Articles of P-L Commonwealth. US constitution is famous because it was the one which was loudly proclaimed and imitated later.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago