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
- Obtaining Witnesses in an Impeachment Trial: Compulsion, Executive Privilege, and the Courts
- Presidential Pardons: Overview and Selected Legal Issues
- Recent U.S. Airstrikes: Legal Authorities and Questions
- Resources about Impeachment
- Impeachment and the Constitution
- Congressional Access to Information in an Impeachment Investigation
- Impeachment Investigations: Law and Process
- The Emoluments Clauses and the Presidency: Background and Recent Developments
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U.S. Constitution at the Library of Congress
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Constitution Annotated Resources
- Constitution of the United States
- Introduction
- 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