The
____________________
of
the
____________________
is
the
____________________
of
the
United
States
of
____________________
.
The
Constitution
,
originally
comprising
seven
articles
,
delineates
the
national
frame
of
____________________
.
Its
first
three
articles
embody
the
doctrine
of
the
____________________
,
whereby
the
federal
government
is
divided
into
three
branches
:
the
legislative
,
consisting
of
the
bicameral
Congress
;
the
executive
,
consisting
of
the
President
;
and
the
judicial
,
consisting
of
____________________
and
other
federal
courts
.
Articles
Four
,
Five
and
Six
embody
concepts
of
____________________
,
describing
the
rights
and
responsibilities
of
state
governments
,
the
states
in
relationship
to
the
federal
government
,
and
the
shared
process
of
constitutional
amendment
.
Article
Seven
establishes
the
procedure
subsequently
used
by
the
thirteen
States
to
ratify
it
.
Since
the
Constitution
came
into
force
in
1789
,
it
has
been
amended
27
times
,
including
____________________
that
repealed
a
previous
one
,
in
order
to
meet
the
needs
of
a
nation
that
has
profoundly
changed
since
the
eighteenth
century
.
In
general
,
the
first
ten
____________________
,
known
collectively
as
the
____________________
,
offer
specific
protections
of
____________________
and
____________________
and
place
restrictions
on
the
powers
of
government
.
The
majority
of
the
seventeen
later
amendments
expand
individual
____________________
protections
.
Others
address
issues
related
to
____________________
or
modify
____________________
and
____________________
.
Amendments
to
the
United
States
Constitution
,
unlike
ones
made
to
many
constitutions
worldwide
,
are
appended
to
the
end
of
the
document
.
At
seven
articles
and
twenty
-
seven
amendments
,
it
is
the
shortest
written
constitution
in
force
.
All
five
pages
of
the
original
U
.
S
.
Constitution
are
written
on
parchment
.
According
to
the
United
States
Senate
:
"
The
Constitution's
first
three
words
?
We
the
People
?
affirm
that
the
government
of
the
United
States
exists
to
serve
its
citizens
.
For
over
two
centuries
the
Constitution
has
remained
in
force
because
its
framers
wisely
separated
and
balanced
governmental
powers
to
safeguard
____________________
of
majority
rule
and
minority
rights
,
of
liberty
and
equality
,
and
of
the
federal
and
state
governments
.
"
