Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2019

Vol. 84

Friday,

No. 183

September 20, 2019

Part II

The President

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Proclamation 9929--Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and Constitution
Week, 2019

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 9929 of September 16, 2019

Constitution Day, Citizenship Day, and
Constitution Week, 2019

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Two hundred thirty-two years ago, the Framers of the
Constitution met in Philadelphia and set our country on
a bold course toward forming a more perfect Union. John
Adams called the drafting of the Constitution ``the
greatest single effort of national deliberation that
the world has ever seen,'' and since its ratification,
this exceptional document has remained the bedrock of
the rule of law for our Nation. On this day and during
this week, we celebrate the signing of the Constitution
and the American citizens who have devoted their lives
to implementing the Framers' vision for the world's
grandest and most successful experiment in self-
government.

The Founders understood that a self-governing republic
requires a free and empowered citizenry. We are
therefore grateful that our Constitution is designed,
first and foremost, to secure liberty. Through a system
of limited Government and checks and balances, the
Constitution limits the ability of the State to become
an obstacle to human flourishing, while simultaneously
enabling the State to serve order, protect rights, and
provide public goods.

Since taking office, I have nominated two Justices to
the Supreme Court of the United States who have
exhibited a proven commitment to the Constitution. I
have also nominated and the Senate has confirmed 150
other Federal lower court judges who will faithfully
interpret the Constitution and the laws of our Nation.
With appropriate respect for the genius of the Framers
and in accordance with the rule of law, our Nation's
Federal judges should always strive to interpret our
laws, including our Constitution as written, regardless
of any political or policy preferences they may hold in
their capacity as citizens.

The drafters of our Constitution were committed not to
a king or Government but to a belief in the promise of
America as a free and prosperous society. To fulfill
that promise, they designed a Government and a
Constitution that could withstand the inevitable
demagoguery, passions, and exigencies that would seek
to unmake us as a people. And though the durability of
our Constitution has been tested through crises and
wars, it has endured. Today and throughout this week,
we recognize the magnitude of the Constitution and the
unparalleled success of the system of Government it
helped create.

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, 2019,
as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and September
17, 2019, through September 23, 2019, 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.''

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
sixteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two
thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.