The United States Constitution

The US ConstitutionThe United States Constitution

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 [Continental Congress]

First Ten Amendments [Bill of Rights]
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 (1791)]

Amendments [After 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)]