Article VII establishes the procedure subsequently used by the 13 States to ratify it. Article IV, Article V, and Article VI embody concepts of federalism, describing the rights and responsibilities of state governments, the states in relationship to the federal government, and the shared process of constitutional amendment. Its first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, whereby the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress ( Article I) the executive, consisting of the president and subordinate officers ( Article II) and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal courts ( Article III). Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the national frame of government.
It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. The Constitution of the United States of America, As Amended (PDF), July 25, 2007 Ĭonstitutional presidential federal republic
A print run of 500 copies of the final version preceded this copy. Page one of the officially engrossed copy of the Constitution signed by delegates.
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