The original text of the United States Constitution and its Amendments.

The original text of Article II of the Constitution of the United States.

The Constitution Annotated provides a legal analysis and interpretation of the United States Constitution based on a comprehensive review of Supreme Court case law.

The Bill of Rights, comprising the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, protects certain rights against infringement by the federal government. A recurring question throughout U.S. history is …

The original text of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

The Constitution establishes the President’s authority to grant clemency, encompassing not only pardon s of individuals but several other forms of relief from criminal punishment as well. 1 The power, which …

During the course of our history, in addition to the twenty-seven Amendments which have been ratified by the required three-fourths of the states, six other amendments have been submitted to the states …

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A constitution, by its very nature, ideally has an inner unity and reflects certain overarching principles and fundamental decisions to which individual provisions are subordinate. 31 And, indeed, the …

Following the introductory essays, there are three groups of essays, each addressing a separate part of the Constitution (i.e., the Preamble, Articles, and Amendments). Each group of essays generally …