Why isn’t “Constitution Day” a holiday?

Moreover, why do we celebrate “Labor Day” instead of Constitution Day? We propose the following: Instead of celebrating Labor Day on the first Monday of September, why not abolish this meaningless holiday and celebrate Constitution Day every Sept. 17 instead? (On that day in 1787, most (but not all) of the delegates attending the secret Philadelphia Convention signed the first draft of the U.S. Constitution, which was later submitted to local State conventions for formal ratification.)

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When I’m not blogging, I am a business law professor at the University of Central Florida.
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4 Responses to Why isn’t “Constitution Day” a holiday?

  1. What wxactly is Labor Day? We should definitely have Constitution Day, since it is living and breathing and because it is fundamental to our Country. Happy National Cheeseburger Day!

  2. Bobby's avatar Bobby says:

    Perhaps, it might be in an effort (at least historically) to not promote civil disobedience and congress essentially committing treason as they did during the convention?

  3. Bob Ur Dumb's avatar Bob Ur Dumb says:

    You realize, right, that civil disobedience is a good thing and fundamentally supported by the United States Constitution? Especially in the name of freedom and liberty… The United States is founded on freedom, liberty, truth and the rights of man given by God.

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