United States Constitution

Versions of
United States Constitution
the Federal Convention of 1787

The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress; the executive, consisting of the President; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts. Articles Four, Five and Six embody concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments and of the states in relationship to the federal government. Article Seven establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified constitution in force of the world.

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Versions of United States Constitution include:

Constitution of the United States of America, the original version
United States Constitution, broadside printed by John Carter (1745–1814) of Providence, Rhode Island
Constitution of the United States, in the United States Statutes at Large
Constitution of the United States as prefixed to the Statutes of California, 1850.
“Constitution of the United States,” in the American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge (1841), by Thomas Curtis Clarke