The Constitution of the [[United States]] is a [[constitution]], the founding document of the nation. It describes how the government should work and how it should relate to its citizens.
It is often seen as a kind of [[contract]] between the citizens and the government.
It enshrines basic rights of its citizens, including the right to free speech and free association.
Some would say that its a living document, however it’s clear that even by the 1820s the Constitution’s faults were showing. Even today, the Constitution makes the United States government absolutely rigid and slow to change. Some would say that [[this is the point]].