United States constitutional law

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body of law constitutional law public law

United States constitutional law is the body of law that interprets and applies the U.S. Constitution, defining the structure of the federal government, the separation of powers, and the fundamental rights and liberties of individuals.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. constitutional law	2
American constitutional law	1
Constitutional law of the United States	1
First Amendment law	1
United States constitutional law (separation of powers)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	body of law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ public law ⓘ
appliesTo	United States Constitution ⓘ
defines	structure of the federal government of the United States ⓘ
developedThrough	landmark Supreme Court decisions ⓘ
governs	federalism in the United States ⓘ relationship between federal government and the states ⓘ separation of powers in the United States ⓘ
historicalFoundation	Bill of Rights ratified in 1791 ⓘ ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788 ⓘ
includes	constitutional amendments ⓘ doctrines developed by the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ judicial interpretation of the United States Constitution ⓘ
includesArea	United States constitutional law self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Amendment law criminal procedure under the Constitution ⓘ due process law ⓘ equal protection law ⓘ separation of church and state ⓘ voting rights under the Constitution ⓘ
includesDoctrine	checks and balances ⓘ commerce clause doctrine ⓘ Commerce Clause ⓘ surface form: dormant commerce clause equal protection ⓘ federalism ⓘ incorporation doctrine ⓘ judicial review ⓘ mootness ⓘ Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ surface form: necessary and proper clause doctrine political question doctrine ⓘ preemption ⓘ procedural due process ⓘ ripeness ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ sovereign immunity ⓘ standing ⓘ state action doctrine ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ lower federal courts of the United States ⓘ state courts in the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
protects	fundamental rights and liberties of individuals ⓘ
regulates	limits on state power under the United States Constitution ⓘ powers of the President of the United States ⓘ powers of the United States Congress ⓘ powers of the federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
relatedField	administrative law of the United States ⓘ civil rights law in the United States ⓘ
source	United States Constitution ⓘ
studiedIn	American law schools ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guarantee of Republican Government → category → United States constitutional law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional law of the United States

Petition Clause → category → United States constitutional law ⓘ

Public Law 94-412 → category → United States constitutional law ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States constitutional law (separation of powers)

Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation → hasImpactOn → United States constitutional law ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. constitutional law

Virginia Declaration of Rights → hasInfluenceOn → United States constitutional law ⓘ

this entity surface form: American constitutional law

John Bingham → hasInfluenced → United States constitutional law ⓘ

United States constitutional law → includesArea → United States constitutional law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Amendment law

Nullus liber homo capiatur clause → influenced → United States constitutional law ⓘ

Article II – Bill of Rights → legalSystem → United States constitutional law ⓘ

Equal Protection Clause → legalSystem → United States constitutional law ⓘ

Oaths Clause → legalSystem → United States constitutional law ⓘ

Tenure of Office Act → notableCaseStudyIn → United States constitutional law ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. constitutional law

Wallace → subjectArea → United States constitutional law ⓘ