The most famous constitutional document in British history, the Magna Carta, will also go on display there for the duration of the conference.

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By the same token, a constitutional reform may be aimed at fixing imperfections in the system of representation or other imperfections that demand amendments from the original constitutional document.

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The U.S. solution to this scenario would be to first return to constitutional governance as laid out in our founding document.

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Even before the INS memo became public, the American Civil Liberties Union released a document setting forth a list of constitutional rights it said that even non-U.S. citizens are entitled to when they face questioning by law enforcement officials, such as the right to an attorney.

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The Cairo meeting did not mention the Geneva document but instead issued a vague set of constitutional principles, along with its own plan for a transitional government.

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But even if new laws are ratified by the mainly male constitutional Loya Jirga (grand assembly) that will consider the document, there is some doubt the measures will be enforced, correspondents say.

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The document's passage sets the stage for the first elections to a fully constitutional Iraqi parliament.

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And indeed, it was 225 years ago today that the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia, and our founders, citizens all, began crafting an extraordinary document.

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