{"id":4373,"date":"2022-08-31T13:54:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T13:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/library\/?p=4373"},"modified":"2022-08-31T13:54:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T13:54:57","slug":"history-of-the-nc-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/library\/history-of-the-nc-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the NC Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/image-1.png 680w, https:\/\/sites.ncleg.gov\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/image-1-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption>Image freely available from Pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We, the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for the preservation of the American Union and the existence of our civil, political and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those blessings to us and our posterity, do, for the more certain security thereof and for the better government of this State, ordain and establish this Constitution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s the preamble to the North Carolina Constitution, which, in its current form, was written in 1971. 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