U.S. Constitution: Subject Guide: Text

Maintained by John Joseph Wallis, NBER/University of Maryland State Constitution Project. This source provides access to searchable and indexed texts to approximately 150 state constitutions made available since 1776.

2013 Edition.

Georgia has had twelve ruling documents, from the colonial charter issued in 1732, to the current state constitution, adopted in 1983. The text of all twelve can be accessed here.

Article from the New Georgia Encyclopedia website.

Text of the Constitution plus images of the original and links to additional information. Once at the site, click on "Read Transcript" to access as an HTML document.

"The original text of each clause of the Constitution with an accompanying explanation of its meaning and how that meaning has changed over time."

Analysis from the Congressional Research Service, via the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Also available via Congress.gov in a slightly different format.

Same document as above, but as a single PDF. The analysis begins on page 53.

Annotated version of the Constitution from the website of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP).

From the website of the U.S. Senate, providing the original text of each clause of the Constitution with an accompanying explanation of its meaning and how that meaning has changed over time. Also available as a PDF

From Cornell University Law School

From Justia.com, a legal information company, "focused on making primary legal materials and community resources free and easy to find on the Internet."

A report for Congress from the Congressional Research Service.