All of the following are principles upon which the United States Constitution was founded EXCEPT:

a. Every state is equal and the national government cannot give special rights to an individual state.
b. There should be three branches of government to make, execute, and interpret the nation's laws.
c. All men are equal before the law regardless of social standing.
d. The best government is a government by laws not by men.
e. All citizens should have the right to keep and bear arms.


Answer: e. All citizens should have the right to keep and bear arms.

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