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Articles of Confederation (FindLaw)
  • Full text of the first Constitution, effective 1781
Constitution of the United States Annotated
  • Constitution and Amendments annotated with references to Supreme Court cases as of 1996
  • Senate and Government Printing Office project
  • Treason is covered by Article 3, Section 3
  • Provides text of Constitution and historical notes
Constitution of the United States Annotated

  • Official text of Constitution and Amendments annotated with references to Supreme Court cases as of 1992
  • Senate and Government Printing Office project
  • Only 33 amendments were approved by Congress and 27 ratified by the states
  • Text of Unratified Amendments
Constitution via Cornell Law School
  • Original text of Constitution with hyperlinks to amendments
  • No annotations
Constitution via Cornell Law School
  • Original text of Constitution with hyperlinks to amendments
  • Impeachment is covered by Article II, Section IV
  • No annotations
 
Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution (Elliot)
  • Debates and background materials on the adoption of the Federal Constitution in the State Conventions
  • Searchable and browsable by state
Difference Between Federal Laws and Regulations
ConstitutionPassed by Congress and state legislatures or state referendaLawsRegulationsPassed by Congress; signed by PresidentPromulgated by Executive Branch agencies or PresidentPublic LawsPL 107-56<
Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights: Slavery (Univ. of South Carolina)
  • Text of the slavery debate during the ratification of the Constitution
  • Primarily newspaper excerpts from the period
  • This content is no longer available at its original address. The link above is to the archive version(s) at the Internet Archive
Federalist Papers
  • Eighty-five articles written for New Yorkers in 1787 and 1788 urging ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  • Approval and rejection of constitutional provisions of all three branches of government
  • Describes theory behind the separation of powers in the constitution
  • Impeachment covered under the powers of the Senate
  • Used widely for interpretation of the constitution
  • Written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison
  • Text from Project Gutenberg and the Library of Congress
FindLaw Constitution Law Center
  • Detailed annotations on legal cases interpreting each article and amendment to the Constitution
  • Articles of Confederation and biographies of Founding Fathers
 
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