But it is difficult if not impossible to understand without a thorough knowledge of its unwritten counterpart-one that perhaps outsiders such as myself are better placed to grasp than Americans raised with a sweetly innocent civics-class understanding of how the system works. Highlighting what now? Does the United States not have a written Constitution, unlike the United Kingdom? Do Cato Institute interns not walk around with physical copies, while even insurrectionists claim to adhere strictly to its text? Sure, the United States has a written Constitution as well. One of the rules went well beyond simple etiquette, highlighting a provision of America’s unwritten Constitution: “If someone has ever been elected or appointed to anything, ever, they are to be addressed by that title going forward-a requirement that does not expire at death.” Politico Magazine recently published a guide to etiquette for life in the District of Columbia.
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