Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2018)]

[Presidential Documents]

[Pages 47545-47546]

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[FR Doc No: 2018-20570]

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Proclamation 9788 of September 14, 2018

Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and

Constitution Week, 2018

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

On this day and during this week, we celebrate the

signing of our Constitution, which has proved that

Government established by the people through reflection

and deliberate choice can thrive and endure, rather

than devolve into chaos and upheaval. Our Nation began

with the ``honorable determination,'' as James Madison

put it, ``to rest all our political experiments on the

capacity of mankind for self-government.'' We recognize

the Constitution's role in securing for our country the

blessings of liberty; we salute the service members,

statesmen, and citizens who have defended it; and we

commit ourselves to the active citizenship that self-

government requires.

on the

capacity of mankind for self-government.'' We recognize

the Constitution's role in securing for our country the

blessings of liberty; we salute the service members,

statesmen, and citizens who have defended it; and we

commit ourselves to the active citizenship that self-

government requires.

The Framers established a strong Federal Government

able to provide the energy and stability its people

require while simultaneously limiting its reach and

reserving all powers not expressly assigned to the

Federal Government to the States and the people. When

the Federal Government acts, it must do so with

accountability. We are a Nation of laws, and laws must

be enacted by the people's elected representatives. The

Constitution ensures that the Government acts only with

the consent of the governed, as expressed by the

representatives responsible to them. That vital

safeguard is lost when obscure and unaccountable

regulators impose unforeseen mandates on the American

people or twist the plain meaning of statutes to

regulate without authority from the Congress. Our

constitutional system will be ``of little avail to the

people,'' Madison said, when the law ``is little known,

and less fixed.''

nd unaccountable

regulators impose unforeseen mandates on the American

people or twist the plain meaning of statutes to

regulate without authority from the Congress. Our

constitutional system will be ``of little avail to the

people,'' Madison said, when the law ``is little known,

and less fixed.''

In my Inaugural Address, I promised to return power to

the American people. As President, I have instructed my

Cabinet and all agency officials to regulate only when,

and how, authorized by duly enacted statute. I have

also instructed agencies to eliminate regulations that

are ineffective, that fail to address real-world

problems, that are needlessly burdensome, and that

prevent Americans from designing their own innovative

solutions. I call on Federal agencies to make room for

States and local communities, for religious and civic

organizations, and for individual Americans to address

problems with the ingenuity and determination that make

our country great.

On this day and during this week, I once again call on

all citizens to reflect on the original public meaning

of our Constitution. And I call on Government officials

to be mindful that laws must be clear and intelligible,

and enacted through an open, constitutional process so

that the American people can hold their Government

accountable.

gain call on

all citizens to reflect on the original public meaning

of our Constitution. And I call on Government officials

to be mindful that laws must be clear and intelligible,

and enacted through an open, constitutional process so

that the American people can hold their Government

accountable.

The Congress, by joint resolution of February 29, 1952

(36 U.S.C. 106), designated September 17 as

``Constitution Day and Citizenship Day,'' and by joint

resolution of August 2, 1956 (36 U.S.C. 108), requested

that the President proclaim the week beginning

September 17 and ending September 23 of each year as

``Constitution Week.''

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the

United States of America, by virtue of the authority

vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the

United States, do hereby proclaim September 17, 2018,

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as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and September

17, 2018, through September 23, 2018, as Constitution

Week. On this day and during this week, we celebrate

the citizens and the Constitution that have made

America the greatest Nation this world has ever known.

In doing so, we recommit ourselves to the enduring

principles of the Constitution and thereby ``secure the

Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.''

k. On this day and during this week, we celebrate

the citizens and the Constitution that have made

America the greatest Nation this world has ever known.

In doing so, we recommit ourselves to the enduring

principles of the Constitution and thereby ``secure the

Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.''

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this

fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord

two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the

United States of America the two hundred and forty-

third.

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