The Constitution, Annotated
May 26, 2006
Do you ever get the late-night urge to learn more about a constitutional provision? Of course you do, which is why you need to bookmark the "Annotated Constitution."
The content of the CRS Annotated Constitution was prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) at the Library of Congress, and published electronically in plaintext and PDF by the Government Printing Office. Dating back to 1964, the initial online annotations were published in 1992, and supplements were released in 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000. This edition is a hypertext interpretation of the CRS text. It links to Supreme Court opinions, the U.S. Code, and the Code of Federal Regulations, as well as enhancing navigation through linked footnotes and tables of contents.
It would be wonderful if Cornell's version of the Annotated Constitution were made into a wiki. This would allow the Constitution to be annotated in real-time, and would keep it current in light of recent Supreme Court opinions. Is there already some sort of plan to do this? If not, why not?