U.S. Constitution

The Constitution of the United States of America

• Preamble [“We the people”]
• Article I [The Legislative Branch]
  • Section 1. [Legislative Power Vested]
  • Section 2. [House of Representatives]
  • Section 3. [Senate]
  • Section 4. [Elections of Senators and Representatives]
  • Section 5. [Rules of House and Senate]
  • Section 6. [Compensation and Privileges of Members]
  • Section 7. [Passage of Bills]
  • Section 8. [Scope of Legislative Power]
  • Section 9. [Limits on Legislative Power]
  • Section 10. [Limits on States]
• Article II [The Presidency]
  • Section 1. [Election, Installation, Removal]
  • Section 2. [Presidential Power]
  • Section 3. [State of the Union, Receive Ambassadors, Laws Faithfully Executed, Commission Officers]
  • Section 4. [Impeachment]
• Article III [The Judiciary]
  • Section 1. [Judicial Power Vested]
  • Section 2. [Scope of Judicial Power]
  • Section 3. [Treason]
• Article IV [The States]
  • Section 1. [Full Faith and Credit]
  • Section 2. [Privileges and Immunities, Extradition, Fugitive Slaves]
  • Section 3. [Admission of States]
  • Section 4. [Guarantees to States]
• Article V [The Amendment Process]
• Article VI [Legal Status of the Constitution]
• Article VII [Ratification]
• Signers
• Amendment I [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)]
• Amendment II [Right to Bear Arms (1791)]
• Amendment III [Quartering of Troops (1791)]
• Amendment IV [Search and Seizure (1791)]
• Amendment V [Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process (1791)
• Amendment VI [Criminal Prosecutions – Jury Trial, Right to Confront and to Counsel (1791)]
• Amendment VII [Common Law Suits – Jury Trial (1791)]
• Amendment VIII [Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment (1791)]
• Amendment IX [Non-Enumerated Rights (1791)]
• Amendment X [Rights Reserved to States or People (1791)]
• Amendment XI [Suits Against a State (1795)]
• Amendment XII [Election of President and Vice-President (1804)]
• Amendment XIII [Abolition of Slavery (1865)]
• Amendment XIV [Privileges and Immunities, Due Process, Equal Protection, Apportionment of Representatives, Civil War Disqualification and Debt (1868)]
• Amendment XV [Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of Race (1870)]
• Amendment XVI [Income Tax (1913)]
• Amendment XVII [Election of Senators (1913)]
• Amendment XVIII [Prohibition (1919)]
• Amendment XIX [Women’s Right to Vote (1920)]
• Amendment XX [Presidential Term and Succession (1933)]
• Amendment XXI [Repeal of Prohibition (1933)]
• Amendment XXII [Two Term Limit on President (1951)]
• Amendment XXIII [Presidential Vote in D.C. (1961)]
• Amendment XXIV [Poll Tax (1964)]
• Amendment XXV [Presidential Succession (1967)]
• Amendment XXVI [Right to Vote at Age 18 (1971)]
• Amendment XXVII [Compensation of Members of Congress (1992)]