- Preamble
[We the People...]
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- Article I [Legislative
Branch]
- Section 1 [Legislative Power
Vested]
- Section 2 [House of
Representatives]
- Paragraph 1 [Composition of House; Term of
Office; Qualifications of Electors]
Paragraph 2 [Qualifications of Members]
Paragraph 3 [Apportionment of Representatives and
Direct Taxes]
Paragraph 4 [Vacancies]
- Paragraph 5 [Officers]
- Section 3 [Senate]
- Paragraph 1 [Composition of Senate; Term
of Office]
Paragraph 2 [Division of Seats; Vacancies]
Paragraph 3 [Qualifications of Members]
Paragraph 4 [Vice President as President of
Senate]
Paragraph 5 [Officers]
Paragraph 6 [Power of Impeachment]
Paragraph 7 [Judgment of Impeachment]
- Section 4 [Elections and Assembly]
- Paragraph 1 [Regulation of Elections]
Paragraph 2 [Requirement of Assembly]
- Section 5 [Rules of House and
Senate]
- Paragraph 1 [Members; Quorum; Compelled
Attendance]
Paragraph 2 [Rules of Proceedings; Punishment]
Paragraph 3 [Congressional Journal]
Paragraph 4 [Adjournment Restricted]
- Section 6 [Privileges and
Restrictions of Members]
- Paragraph 1 [Compensation and Privileges]
Paragraph 2 [Prohibition of Civil Office]
- Section 7 [Passage of Bills]
- Paragraph 1 [Bills of Revenue Originate in
House]
Paragraph 2 [Presidential Veto of Bills;
Override]
Paragraph 3 [Presidential Veto of Votes other
than Adjournment; Override]
- Section 8 [Enumerated Powers of
Congress]
- Paragraph 1 [Power of Taxation; Uniformity
Required]
Paragraph 2 [Authorization of Debt]
Paragraph 3 [International and Interstate
Commerce]
Paragraph 4 [Naturalization and Bankruptcy]
Paragraph 5 [Coinage; Weights and Measures]
Paragraph 6 [Punishment for Counterfeiting]
Paragraph 7 [Post Office]
Paragraph 8 [Copyright and Patent]
Paragraph 9 [Creation of Federal Courts]
Paragraph 10 [Admiralty, Mercantile, and
International Law]
Paragraph 11 [Declaration of War; Privateering
and Prize Law]
Paragraph 12 [Army]
Paragraph 13 [Navy]
Paragraph 14 [Regulation of Armed Services]
Paragraph 15 [Calling forth Militia]
Paragraph 16 [Organization of Militia]
Paragraph 17 [Federal Jurisdiction of DC and
Enclaves]
Paragraph 18 [Legislation for Execution of
Powers]
- Section 9 [Limits on Legislative
Power]
- Paragraph 1 [No Prohibition of Slave Trade
before 1808; Limited Taxability]
Paragraph 2 [Habeas Corpus Protected; Exceptions]
Paragraph 3 [No Condemnation of Rights; No
Retroactive Laws]
Paragraph 4 [Direct Taxes Proportioned to Census]
Paragraph 5 [No Tariffs on States]
Paragraph 6 [No Preferential Trade between
States]
Paragraph 7 [Finances must be Appropriated and
Accounted]
Paragraph 8 [No US Nobility; Limit on Officials
accepting foreign Favors]
- Section 10 [Limits on States]
- Paragraph 1 [States bound to Single
Union; Privateering and Coinage reserved to Congress; No Condemnation of Rights or
Retroactive Laws; Contracts Upheld; No State Nobility]
Paragraph 2 [State Tariffs require Congressional
Approval; Revenue given to US]
Paragraph 3 [Power of War reserved to Congress]
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- Article II [Executive Branch]
- Section 1 [Presidential Procedure]
- Paragraph 1 [Executive Power Vested in
President; Term of Office for President and Vice President]
Paragraph 2 [Electoral College Created]
Paragraph 3 [Procedure for Election of President
and Vice President]
Paragraph 4 [Congress Specifies Election Day]
Paragraph 5 [Qualifications of President]
Paragraph 6 [Procedure for Replacement of
President]
Paragraph 7 [Compensation of President]
Paragraph 8 [Presidential Oath of Office]
- Section 2 [Presidential Power]
- Paragraph 1 [Commander in Chief; Pardons]
Paragraph 2 [Treaties and Appointments with
Consent of Senate]
Paragraph 3 [Commissions to fill Vacancies]
- Section 3 [State of the Union;
Convention and Adjournment of Congress; Receive Ambassadors; Laws Faithfully Enacted;
Commission Officers]
- Section 4 [Impeachment]
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- Article III [Judicial Branch]
- Section 1 [Judicial Power Vested;
Term; Compensation]
- Section 2 [Scope of Judicial Power]
- Paragraph 1 [Jurisdiction]
Paragraph 2 [Original and Appellate Jurisdiction;
Exceptions]
Paragraph 3 [Trial by Jury; Location]
- Section 3 [Treason]
- Paragraph 1 [Definition]
Paragraph 2 [Not Heritable]
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- Article IV [Several States]
- Section 1 [Full Faith and Credit]
- Section 2 [Citizens and Slaves]
- Paragraph 1 [Privileges and Immunities]
Paragraph 2 [Extradition]
Paragraph 3 [Fugitive Slaves]
- Section 3 [State and Federal
Jurisdiction]
- Paragraph 1 [Admission of States]
Paragraph 2 [Federal Jurisdiction of Territories]
- Section 4 [Republican Form of
Government; Military and Civil Protection]
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- Article V [Amendments]
- Clause 1 [Amendment Process]
Clause 2 [Before 1808: No Prohibition of Slave
Trade; Limited Taxability; Direct Taxes Proportioned to Census]
Clause 3 [States not deprived of Suffrage in
Senate]
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- Article VI [Legal Status of
the Constitution]
- Paragraph 1 [Obligations of Union
Unimpaired]
Paragraph 2 [Constitution, US Laws and Treaties
prevail over State Constitutions and Laws]
Paragraph 3 [Federal and State Oaths of Office;
No Religious Test]
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- Article VII [Ratification]
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- Signers of the Constitution
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- Letter from the Convention
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- The Bill of Rights
- Preamble
- Amendment I [Freedom of Religion,
Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition]
- Amendment II [Militia; Right to Keep
and Bear Arms]
- Amendment
III [Quartering of Soldiers]
- Amendment
IV [No unreasonable Search and Seizure; Warrants only on Probable Cause, Oath,
Specific Scope]
- Amendment
V [Requirement of Indictment by Grand Jury; No Double Jeopardy; No Compulsory
Self-Incrimination; Due Process of Law Required; No Takings without Compensation]
- Amendment
VI [Criminal Jurisdiction: Speedy and Public Trial by Jury; Informed Defense;
Confrontation of Witnesses; Right of Sub Poena and Counsel]
- Amendment
VII [Civil Jurisdiction: Trial by Jury; Facts tried by Jury not Overridden]
- Amendment
VIII [No Excessive Bail or Fines; No Cruel or Unusual Punishment]
- Amendment
IX [Rights retained by the People]
- Amendment
X [All other Powers reserved to the States and People]
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- Additional Amendments
- Amendment XI [Sovereign Immunity of
States]
- Amendment XII [New Procedure for
Election of President and Vice President]
- Amendment XIII
- Section 1 [Slavery and Involuntary
Servitude abolished within US]
Section 2 [Congress empowered to enforce]
- Amendment XIV
- Section 1 [Creates US citizens with
protected privileges and immunities; States must guarantee due process and equal
protection of law]
Section 2 [Alters apportionment of
Representatives]
Section 3 [Rebels may not hold US office unless
2/3 of both Houses approve]
Section 4 [US debt may not be questioned; CSA debt
repudiated]
Section 5 [Congress empowered to enforce]
- Amendment XV
- Section 1 [US citizens may vote without
regard to race, etc.]
Section 2 [Congress empowered to enforce]
- Amendment XVI [Income derived from
any source subject to indirect tax]
- Amendment XVII
- Section 1 [States deprived suffrage in
Senate; Popular election replaces]
Section 2 [Popular election and Executive
appointment to fill vacancies]
Section 3 [Grandfather clause for sitting
Senators]
- Amendment XVIII
- Section 1 [Alcohol prohibited in US]
Section 2 [Congress and States empowered to
enforce]
Section 3 [Expiration clause -- Void]
- Amendment XIX
- Section 1 [US citizens may vote without
regard to sex]
Section 2 [Congress empowered to enforce]
- Amendment XX
- Section 1 [Terms of President and Vice
President set]
Section 2 [Congress must assemble once a year;
Date set subject to change]
Section 3 [If no President or Vice President
qualifies, Presidential selection determined by Congress]
Section 4 [Congress may provide for death of
persons eligible to replace President or Vice President]
Section 5 [Effective Date]
Section 6 [Expiration clause -- Void]
- Amendment XXI
- Section 1 [US alcohol prohibition repealed]
Section 2 [Alcohol and drugs prohibited in any
State, US territory or federal possession, according to the laws of each]
- Amendment XXII
- Section 1 [President may serve only two
terms; Grandfather clause for sitting President]
Section 2 [Expiration clause -- Void]
- Amendment XXIII
- Section 1 [Creates DC electors for
President and Vice President]
Section 2 [Congress empowered to enforce]
- Amendment XXIV
- Section 1 [US citizens may vote without
regard to having paid taxes]
Section 2 [Congress empowered to enforce]
- Amendment XXV
- Section 1 [Vice President fills vacant
Presidency]
Section 2 [President appoints replacement for
vacant Vice Presidency with confirmation of Congress]
Section 3 [President may remove himself; Vice
President shall be Acting President]
Section 4
- Paragraph 1
- [Vice President and Cabinet (or other body specified by Congress) may remove
President; Vice President shall be Acting President]
- Paragraph 2
- [President may reinstate himself unless re-removed by VP and Cabinet (or other
body), then Congress shall decide the issue]
- Amendment XXVI
- Section 1 [US citizens 18 and older may
vote without regard to age]
Section 2 [Congress empowered to enforce]
- Amendment XXVII [Congressional
compensation unchanged until intervening election]
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