The Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands is the governing document of that United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and was drafted and approved between 1976 and 1978. Being the constitution of a Federal territory the United States Congress reserves the right to alter, abolish or mandate amendments to it.
Famous quotes containing the words northern, islands, commonwealth and/or constitution:
“You’ll wait a long, long time for anything much
To happen in heaven beyond the floats of cloud
And the Northern Lights that run like tingling nerves.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“we are so many
and many within themselves
travel to far islands but no one
asks for their story....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)
“A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.”
—Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)