U.S. Const.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Const.
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
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gptkbp:adoptedBy 1787
gptkbp:amendmentProcess gptkb:Article_V
gptkbp:category gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:historical_documents
Founding document
Legal text
gptkbp:citation gptkb:U.S._Const.
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:draftedBy gptkb:Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:business_executive
gptkb:judge
gptkb:legislative_body
gptkbp:firstTenAmendments gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:governs gptkb:federal_government_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:highestCourt gptkb:United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Const.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkb:Magna_Carta
gptkb:English_Bill_of_Rights
Enlightenment philosophy
gptkbp:interpretedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:nickname Supreme Law of the Land
gptkbp:numberOfAmendments 27
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 7
gptkbp:originalCopyLocation gptkb:National_Archives,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
gptkbp:principalAuthors gptkb:Alexander_Hamilton
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:James_Madison
gptkb:Gouverneur_Morris
gptkb:John_Jay
gptkbp:purpose establishes the framework of the federal government
gptkbp:ratifiedBy 13 original states
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bill_of_Rights
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Federalist_Papers
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Articles_of_Confederation
gptkbp:signedBy September 17, 1787
gptkbp:startDate March 4, 1789
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Federalist_Papers
gptkb:Anti-Federalist_Papers
gptkbp:supremacyClause gptkb:Article_VI
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States_of_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5