The United States Constitution

The Constitution of the United States opens with a sweeping promise: to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty. From that foundation, it builds the federal government's core structure, creating a bicameral Congress of the House of Representatives and the Senate and defining how members are chosen, how long they serve, and how power is balanced between the states and the nation. The text then details Congress at work: impeachment trials in the Senate, election rules, annual meetings, and each chamber's authority over its own proceedings, records, and membership. It explains how laws are made through passage, presidential approval, veto, and override, while also setting special rules for revenue measures. Finally, it lays out Congress's broad powers over taxation, commerce, war, money, and courts, alongside constitutional limits that protect liberty and restrain both federal and state authority. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.