Read About the Constitution in Plain English
The Constitution Annotated provides a comprehensive overview of how the Constitution has been interpreted over time and is now available on this new site with upgraded search capabilities. The online Constitution Annotated includes discussions of the Supreme Court’s latest opinions. In the coming months, we will be making broader changes to further modernize the Constitution Annotated.
Browse the Constitution AnnotatedFeatured Items
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Featured Issues
- Congress and Police Reform: Current Law and Recent Proposals
- Reforming Patterns of Unconstitutional Policing: Enforcement of 34 U.S.C. § 12601
- Congress’s Power Over Appropriations: Constitutional and Statutory Provisions
- Expanding the Selective Service: Legal Issues Surrounding Women and the Draft
- Federal Police Oversight: Criminal Civil Rights Violations Under 18 U.S.C. § 242
- Policing the Police: Qualified Immunity and Considerations for Congress
- Congress and Law Enforcement Reform: Constitutional Authority
- Constitutional Authority Statements
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U.S. Constitution at the Library of Congress
- Constitution of the United States: Primary Documents in American History
- Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774 to 1789
- Creating the United States Constitution
- Creating the Bill of Rights
- George Washington Papers
- The Federalist Papers
- U.S. Reports Collection
- Legal Research Guides
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Constitution Annotated Resources
- Constitution of the United States
- Historical Note on Formation of the Constitution
- Table of Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decisions
- Table of Laws Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court
- Table of Supreme Court Justices
- Beyond the Constitution Annotated: Table of Additional Resources
- Methodologies for the Tables
- About the Constitution Annotated