From: kadie@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
Newsgroups: misc.legal
Subject: Re: American Constitution
Date: 14 Oct 92 21:39:40 GMT
Article-I.D.: m.1992Oct14.213940.3367
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL

lsg001@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Graham Wilson) writes:

>Does anyone have a copy of the American Constitution on their
>computer system ?  I would be grateful if they could either post it
>to the net or directly to myself.
[...]

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README
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* Civics Archive

Directory of general documents related to government. It includes the
U.S. Constitution and (part of the) Canadian constitution and mailing
addresses for U.S.  Senators and Representatives.

If you have gopher, the archive is browsable with the command:
  gopher -p academic/civics gopher.eff.org

The archive is accessible via anonymous ftp and email. Ftp to
ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4). It is in directory "pub/academic/civics".
For email access, send email to archive-server@eff.org. Include the
line:

send civics <filenames>

where <filenames> is a list of the files that you want. File README is
a detailed description of the items in the directory.

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administration.address
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Addresses for writing to the President, the Vice-President, and
cabinet members.

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charter.can
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* Constitution -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- Full Text

From the Canadian Constitution Act 1982

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congress.address
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A list of U.S. Senators and Representatives. The list includes
name, party, hometown, DC telephone, and committee assignments.

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constitution.az.us
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* Constitution -- Arizona -- U.S. (excerpts)

Article II, Section 12 of the Constitution of the State of Arizona
relating to liberty of conscience; appropriations for religious
purposes prohibited; religious freedom.

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constitution.us
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The Constitution of the United States

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dec_of_ind
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The Declaration of Independence

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fcc
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* FCC

Address, names, and fax number for the Federal Communications Commission

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foia
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* Freedom of Information Act

yes
The file is for individuals or organizations who wish to make an
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) application to a federal agency.

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gov.contact
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Tells how to call a representive or senator, how to call the White House
(comment line, fax, general), how to write Congress or the White House.
Also, gives names of key leaders of congress.

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house-of-reps.tel-and-fax
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House of Representatives faxes and phones

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judiciary.fax
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The fax numbers of the members of the Senate judiciary committee.

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media.fax
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Fax numbers for major media.

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senate.label-ready
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Mailing labels for U.S. Senators

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sens+reps-detail
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Detailed information about the U.S. Congress
(from info.uwm.edu:info/Government/US)

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umd.edu
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* Information about the UMD Campagin '92 archive

Information about the University of Marylands civics collection, including
campaign '92 speeches.

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Last update
Fri Oct  9 17:10:22 EDT 1992
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Carl Kadie -- kadie@cs.uiuc.edu -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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