Read Your Constitution


"The Constitution ... must be read and reread by freedom loving people everywhere." Alan Dershowitz

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Here you can do three things:
1. READ the text of the Constitution of the United States of America as originally adopted or as currently amended. 2. SEARCH the text of the Constitution of the United States of America as originally adopted or as currently amended. 3. SEARCH the text of various commentaries on the Constitution of the United States of America's articles and amendments, and/or their sections, clauses, sentences and phrases.
	* originally adopted or as currently amended.
	Note: Scattered throughout the text are notes explaining how various parts of the original document have been superseded, modified, restricted, or replaced by amendment. The amendments have reciprocal notes explaining which parts of the original version each effects. Both type of notes are links. For example Article I, section 3, clause 1, has a note explaining that certain words in it are "superseded" by the first clause of the 17th Amendment. Note: At any time while reading the Constitution, you can click on links ( Heritage Beeman ) to commentary from "The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution" by Richard Beeman or The Heritage Foundation's "Guide to the Constitution".
	Note: The text of the Constitution utilized herein is the transcript of the Constitution published by The National Archives. (Please report any discrepancies to editor@ReadYourConstitution.us)
* Click to SEARCH the text of the Constitution originally adopted or as currently amended.
	Note: At any time while searching the Constitution, you can click on links ( Heritage Beeman ) to commentary from "The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution" by Richard Beeman or The Heritage Foundation's "Guide to the Constitution". Note: The text of the Constitution utilized herein is the transcript of the Constitution published by The National Archives. (Please report any discrepancies to editor@ReadYourConstitution.us)
* Click to SEARCH the text of various commentaries on the Constitution's articles and amendments, and/or their sections, clauses, sentences and phrases provided by the aforementioned sources.
	Note: Currently these consist of: 1. The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution written by Richard Beeman and available on Amazon. (Please report any discrepancies to editor@ReadYourConstitution.us) 2. The Heritage Guide to the Constitution authored by a number of individuals and available in book form on Amazon and online at Heritage.org (Please report any discrepancies to editor@ReadYourConstitution.us) Invitation to participate: Individuals or groups interested in providing additional commentary are encouraged to contact editor@readyourconstitution.us .