Miscellany talk:Mentions of the word "no" in the United States Constitution

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My economics professor, Thomas Carl Rustici, said something to the effect of, People say that the Constitution is subject to interpretation, but look how many times the simple word "no" is used.

I counted 32 in the seven articles and first ten amendments. A lot of times, words like "not," "only," "excluding," etc. are used instead of "no". However, the more such words I count, the more double negatives I have to take into consideration. Nathan Larson (talk) 00:09, 21 November 2013 (MSK)