FACT CHECK · US POLITICS
Claim: The Constitution is based on the Ten Commandments
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
The Constitution never cites them. In 1797 the Senate unanimously ratified the Treaty of Tripoli: the US government 'is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion'. Faith shaped many founders.
SOURCE
Treaty of Tripoli, art. 11 (1797); Wikipedia
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