January 28, 2025

A document is information that serves as a record, authority, or reference. Documents can be written, printed, electronic, or in any form that facilitates their purpose. A "living document" is one that is meant to be changed or amended as circumstances change and can be interpreted and applied differently under different conditions. For those reasons, it is sometimes called an evergreen or dynamic document. The United States Constitution, with its amendments, is an example. The constitutional amendments add to the document, and all three branches of the government can and have interpreted the Constitution in different ways.