The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States and is originally composed of 7 articles.
The first 3 articles explain the government division into 3 branches:
- Article 1: Describes the role of Congress (House of Representatives and Senate)
- Article 2: Describes the role of the Executive (The President)
- Article 3: Describes the Judicial Branch (Court system)
The next 3 articles explain the concepts of federalism:
- Article 4: Describes the relationship among existing states and between these states and the federal government.
- Article 5: Describes the process for placing amendments on the Constitution.
- Article 6: Establishes the Constitution, all Federal laws and treaties as the supreme law of the United States.
Finally, article 7 establishes and describes the procedure that would be used by the states to ratify the Constitution.