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Wikipedia:
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of
the United States of America. The Constitution, originally
comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of
government. Its first three articles entrench 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 Courtand other federal courts.
Articles Four, Five and Six entrench
concepts of federalism, describing the rights and
responsibilities of state governments and of the states in
relationship to the federal government. Article Sevenestablishes
the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen States to ratify it.
Since the Constitution came
into force in 1789, it has been amended twenty-seven
times. In general, 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. The majority of the seventeen later amendments expand
individual civil rights protections. Others address issues related to
federal authority or modify government processes and procedures.
Amendments to the United States Constitution, unlike ones made to
many constitutions world-wide, are appended to the end of the
document. At seven articles and twenty-seven amendments, it is the
shortest written constitution in force. All five pages of the
original U.S. Constitution are written on parchment.
The
Constitution is interpreted, supplemented, and implemented by a large
body of constitutional law. The Constitution of the United
States is the first constitution of its kind, adopted by the people’s
representatives for an expansive nation; and it has influenced the
constitutions of other nations.
