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United States Constitution
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United States Constitution
The
United States Constitution
is the
supreme law
of the
United States of America
. The
Constitution
, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government. Its first three articles entrench the doctrine of the
separation of powers
, whereby the
federal government
is divided into three branches: the
legislative
, consisting of the
bicameral
Congress
; the
executive
, consisting of the
President
; and the
judicial
, consisting of the
Supreme Court
and other federal courts. Articles
Four
,
Five
and
Six
entrench concepts of
federalism
, describing the rights and responsibilities of
state governments
and of the
states
in relationship to the federal government.
Article Seven
establishes the procedure subsequently used by the thirteen
States
to
ratify
it.
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