The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally inc
Page one of Jacob Shallus' officially engrossed copy of the Constitution signed in Philadelphia by delegates of the Constitutional Convention in 1787
Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17, 1787, a 1940 portrait by Howard Chandler Christy depicting the signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia
"We the People" in its original edition
The signatures in the closing endorsement section of the United States Constitution
United States Bill of Rights
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The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. It was proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constituti
Constitution of the United States
…the constitution. Since the Constitution became operational in 1789, it has been amended 27 times. The first ten amendments, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, offer specific protections of individual liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers of government within the U.S. states. Amendments…
First page of an original copy of the twelve proposed articles of amendment, as passed by Congress and engrossed by William Lambert
On June 5, 1788, Patrick Henry spoke before Virginia's ratification convention in opposition to the Constitution.
James Madison, primary author and chief advocate for the Bill of Rights in the First Congress
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution on display in the Library of Congress prior to the removal to the National Archives