The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (aka "Constitution Annotated" or "CONAN") provides a legal analysis and interpretation of the United States Constitution based on a comprehensive review of Supreme Court case law and, where relevant, historical practices that have defined the text of the Constitution. This regularly updated resource is written in "plain English" and useful for a wide audience: from constitutional scholars to those just beginning to learn about the nation's most important legal document.
In publication for over 100 years, the Constitution Annotated is a comprehensive, government-sanctioned record of the interpretations of the Constitution. Congress has ordered the Librarian of Congress to compile and periodically update the Constitution Annotated to provide essential information to Congress and the public at large. A bound edition of the Constitution Annotated is published every ten years, with cumulative updates printed as a supplement insert every two years.
For archival PDFs of the Constitution Annotated since 1992, visit the United States Government Printing Office's collection.
Displayed here are the original 1913 edition (125 pages) of CONAN and the 2022 edition (2770 pages). As you can tell by looking at the two volumes, a lot of court cases have been heard by the Supreme Court that interprets the various rights and privileges afforded to us by the U.S. Constitution to warrant the increase in size. Also displayed is the pocket version of the Constitution.
