We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect ... Committee of Style actually drafted the near-final text of the Constitution, composed it at the last moment.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by ... Hamilton observed of the unamended constitutional text in The Federalist No. 84: “Here, in strictness ...

Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in ...

While the Fourth of July may mark the birth of our nation, September 17, the date of the signing of the U.S. Constitution that occurred right here in Philadelphia, is the birthday of our government.

The new Tenth Amendment stated: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” ...

On Thursday, before the House members could begin reading the Constitution aloud, Democrats raised a question about which text Republicans wanted read, and asked whether it would include the three ...