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The U.S. Constitutionis one of the most important documents in history and serves as the founding principle for the United State of America. USConstitution.com is the web's home for the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Supreme Court cases and other founding and influential documents in United States history.

The Bill of Rights and other amendments - The only changes to America's founding document, the Bill of Rights and the other constitutional amendments have changed the text of the Constitution into the document that America lives by today.

Speeches - USConstitution.com is the home on the web for some of the greatest speeches from America's most important citizens - from George Washington to Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King, Jr.

Supreme Court Cases – The Supreme Court has been charged with interpreting the Constitution as the supreme law of the land since America’s founding, and every one of these cases is crucial to America’s understanding of its greatest document.


How many words?

The U.S. Constitution has 4,400 words. It is the oldest and shortest written Constitution of any major government in the world.”