The Constitution Society was founded on April 1, 1994, in San Antonio, Texas, to promote public education on constitutional history, law, and government. This website, located at https://constitution.org, went live on September 15, 1995, and has been growing in content and number of visitors ever since. It is an effort to make available in one place everything one might need to decide any constitutional issue.
The founder, president, and original webmaster was Jon Roland.
Constitution and Bylaws of the Constitution Society:
Minutes from the Society's earliest official trustee meetings:
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Jon Roland, the original creator of the Constitution.org website, passed away on January 4, 2020. Custody of the original site has been transferred to the Constitution Society’s Board of Trustees.
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