Constitution: Home
Find information on the US Constitution and Constitutional Amendments.
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- For constitutional amendments: Best results are from spelling out the number "Fourteenth Amendment"
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Reliable Web Sites
- U.S. ConstitutionOfficial version, from the National Archives. Includes amendments.
- AmendmentsEasy to read and download version for the Government Printing Office.
- Legal Information InstituteText of Constitution with amendments, plus explanations of the meaning and history of each section. From the Cornell University Law School.
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