What is the Constitution?

We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full storyamp;mdash;arguments and allamp;mdash;of how the US Constitution came into being.

Signed on September 17, 1787amp;mdash;four years after the American War for Independenceamp;mdash;the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framersamp;mdash;fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 statesamp;mdash;argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issuesamp;mdash;those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little onesamp;mdash;and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen.