Structure Models

Constitutional Source Record

Constitution clauses can be represented as source, citation, provenance, and as-of records. Honesty note: simplified US federal structure model; jurisdictions and doctrine vary; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice.

highlighted = computed this step

Structure model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified US federal structure model; jurisdictions and doctrine vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; code encodes a process and label model, not the law itself.

structure model as of June24,2026\text{structure model as of }June 24, 2026

Start with source coordinates

The stated process stores constitutional materials as citation, source, jurisdiction, as-of, and provenance fields. The record is a source pointer.

citation plus provenance\text{citation plus provenance}

Example source packet

The toy packet includes Necessary and Proper, Supremacy, and amendment-path source labels. US Const. art. VI cl. 2 is treated as a pinned source label.

pinned source=USConst.art.VIcl.2\text{pinned source}=US Const. art. VI cl. 2

The table recomputes support

The retrieval table recomputes 3 records and 3 token-supported rows from the authored source fields.

records=3,support=3\text{records}=3,\quad \text{support}=3

Diagram note

The diagram is a source-record table. It does not rank sources or resolve any power or rights question.

source table only\text{source table only}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes a process and label model, not the law itself.

Simplified Constitution source recordsrowfieldvaluequerytokensconstitution,clause,source,provenancequerycount4supportcount3supportabstainFalsescopejurisdictionUS federal classroom modelscopesource_typeconstitution_sourcelookupcitationUS Const. art. VI cl. 2lookupstatusfoundlookuprecordsupremacyrecord necessary_properrank2record necessary_propermatch4 of 4record necessary_properfilterpassrecord necessary_properciteUS Const. art. I sec. 8 cl. 18record necessary_propersnippetConstitution clause source provenance necessary proper label.record supremacyrank3record supremacymatch4 of 4record supremacyfilterpassrecord supremacyciteUS Const. art. VI cl. 2record supremacysnippetConstitution clause source provenance supremacy label.record article_vrank1record article_vmatch4 of 4record article_vfilterpassrecord article_vciteUS Const. art. Vrecord article_vsnippetConstitution clause source provenance amendment label.

Summary

Constitutional-structure data starts by pinning source coordinates before any actor, power, standard, or fact packet is reviewed.

source before review\text{source before review}