How to Footnote the US Constitution

You do not need to include well-known sources like the Bible, US Constitution, or Declaration of Independence in your bibliography. You only need to reference them via footnotes.

For example, if you are referencing the Second Amendment Section 8, the footnote would only need to provide as seen below: 

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