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The Constitution of the United States - the basic law of the United States, which has the highest legal force. This document regulates the basic laws of the state and protects the rights of American citizens.

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The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and subsequently ratified by all thirteen then existing US. It is considered the first constitution in the world in the modern sense. Consists of seven articles.

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The Basic Laws of the State of Connecticut, adopted in 1639, and the constitution of Virginia and Pennsylvania ratified in 1776, were taken as the basis for writing the Constitution of the United States. Some principles were borrowed from the British Magna Carta of 1215 and some other British laws.

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The preamble to the US Constitution contains a single sentence. The preamble itself is not a source of direct action, but only explains the basic purpose of the constitution. The preamble, especially the first words (“We, the people”), is one of the frequently cited sections of the constitution.
The preamble contains an extremely important provision that the Constitution is adopted by the people of the United States as a whole. In the US Constitution there is no separate chapter on the rights and freedoms of citizens, which is found in most modern constitutions, since the founders of the Constitution believed that the fundamental rights are indicated in the preamble.

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The Constitution is based on the principles of separation of powers (legislative, executive and judicial powers), “checks and balances” (each of the 3 branches of government has leverage on 2 others), federalism (federal jurisdiction over state jurisdiction), judicial constitutional review, republican rule.

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Constitutional control is exercised by the general courts, and the final decision on federal acts is taken by the US Supreme Court, by state acts - usually by the state supreme courts, but in the latter case the party’s complaint (if this complaint passes the necessary judicial instances), the US Supreme Court can make the final decision.

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There are five goals of the Constitution:
Providing Better Interstate Cooperation;
Guarantee of justice and public order;
Providing protection from external enemies;
Ensuring the prosperity of the population;
Protection of freedoms in the present and in the future.

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The US Constitution, one of the oldest bourgeois constitutions currently in force, and one of the most “tough”: for 200 years, only 26 amendments were made to it, 10 of them were made in 1791, the so-called Bill of Rights.