As Justice Joseph Story put it in his celebrated Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833 ... and were born of more recent history. The states are forbidden, among other ...

The creation of the United States Constitution—John Adams described ... final draft until September 17 (now celebrated as Constitution Day), when delegates signed the Constitution and sent ...

The Judicial power of the United States shall ... effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article. [6.] This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ...

ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress, and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article ...