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U.S Constitutional Resources in Print

United States Code by United States Government Printing Office
Call Number: Law Library First Floor

The Constitution, along with the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 are in volume 1, Titles 1-4.

The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, 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."

Preamble of the US Constitution, printed by Dunlap and Claypoole, September 17, 1787. (Gilder Lehrman Collection)

United States Code Annotated by West Group
Call Number: Law Library First Floor

The U.S. Constitution, including cross-references, annotations, and other information, can be found in the set's first 28 volumes. Also available online on Westlaw (available only to NCCU Law School students, staff, and faculty).
United States Code Service by LexisNexis
Call Number: Law Library First Floor

The U.S. Constitution, along with cross-references, annotations, and other information can be found in the set's first eleven volumes. Also available online on Lexis Advance (available only to NCCU Law School students, staff, and faculty).

Online Resources

Constitution Annotated
The Constitution Annotated provides a comprehensive overview of how the Constitution has been interpreted over time and is now available on this new site with upgraded search capabilities. The online Constitution Annotated includes discussions of the Supreme Court’s latest opinions. In the coming months, we will be making broader changes to further modernize the Constitution Annotated.
Govingo.gov: The Constitution of the United States Analysis and Interpretation
Published by the Government Printing Office, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, popularly known as the Constitution Annotated, encompasses the U.S. Constitution and analysis and interpretation of the U.S. Constitution with in-text annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. FDsys provides access to Constitution Annotated editions and supplements from 1992 forward.
Library of Congress: United States Constitution
The Library of Congress webpage for a variety of online information about the U.S. Constitution, including text, analysis, commentaries, and judicial decisions.
LII: CRS Annotated Constitution
The content of the CRS Annotated Constitution was prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) at the Library of Congress, and published electronically in plaintext and PDF by the Government Printing Office. This edition is a hypertext interpretation of the CRS text. It links to Supreme Court opinions, the U.S. Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations, as well as enhancing navigation through linked footnotes and tables of contents.
FindLaw: U.S. Constitution
FindLaw is a free online resource that provides access to the U.S. Constitution prepared by the Congressional Research Service. FindLawhas divided the document up into smaller sections for the Web and added hyperlinks between the sections, as well as links to Supreme court cases cited in the annotations.
Lexis+ United States Constitution (U.S.C.S.)
Requires a username and password. The U.S. Constitution file contains the federal constitution from the United States Code Service.
Westlaw: Constitution of the United States
Requires username and password. This full-text online version of the U.S. Constitution is found in the United States Code Annotated. You can search the Constitution as a document or through the Table of Contents (TOC).

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