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Preamble to the Constitution

Article 1 - The Legislative Branch of Government

 

Section 1 - Legislative Power vested in a Congress

 

Section 2 - The House of Representatives

    Terms | Qualifications | Apportionment | Vacancies | Speaker
 

Section 3 - The Senate

    Terms | Vacancies | Qualifications | President | Officers | Impeachment | Judgments
 

Section 4 - Elections

    Elections | Meetings
 

Section 5 - Membership & rules

    Judging Elections | Rules | Journal | Adjournment
 

Section 6 - Compensation and civil offices

    Compensation | Other Offices
 

Section 7 - Passing Legislation

    Bills of Revenue | Passing Legislation | Presidential Veto
 

Section 8 - Powers of the Congress, Part 1

    Laying Taxes | Borrowing | Commerce | Naturalization | Minting Money | Counterfeiting | Post Office | Copyright | Inferior Courts | Piracy | War | Armies | Navy | Military Law | Insurrections | Militia | Capital | Necessary Laws
 

Section 9 - Powers of the Congress, Part 2

    Importation of Persons | Habeas Corpus | Bill of Attainder | Proportional Taxes | Export Duties | Interstate Duties | Appropriations | Nobility
 

Section 10 - Powers of the Congress, Part 3

    Treaties | Import Duties | Troops

Article 2 - The Executive Branch of Government

 

Section 1 - Election

 

Section 2 -The military and foreign policy

 

Section 3 - State of the Union

 

Section 4 - Impeachment

Article 3 - The Judicial Branch of Government

 

Section 1 - Supreme Court

 

Section 2 - Powers

 

Section 3 - Treason

Article 4 - The States

 

Section 1 - Acts in other states

 

Section 2 - Extradition

 

Section 3 - New states

 

Section 4 - Protection

Article 5 - Amending the Constitution

Article 6 - Supreme authority

Article 7 - Process of Ratifying the Constitution

Articles of Amendment

 

1st Amendment - Freedom of religion, speech, assembly & press

 

2nd Amendment - Maintaining the Militia

 

3rd Amendment - Quartering of troops

 

4th Amendment - Searches and seizures

 

5th Amendment - Incrimination

 

6th Amendment - Trials

 

7th Amendment - Trial by jury

 

8th Amendment - Bail and punishments

 

9th Amendment - Retention of rights

 

10th Amendment - States' rights

 

11th Amendment - Limitation of suits

 

12th Amendment - Presidential elections

 

13th Amendment - Slavery Abolished

 

14th Amendment - Rights of citizens

 

15th Amendment - Right to vote

 

16th Amendment - Income taxes

 

17th Amendment - Direct Election of Senators

 

18th Amendment - Prohibition

 

19th Amendment - Voting rights for women

 

20th Amendment - Terms of office

 

21st Amendment - Repeal of 18th Amendment

 

22nd Amendment - Limitation of Presidential terms

 

23rd Amendment - District of Columbia

 

24th Amendment - Poll taxes

 

25th Amendment - Vice President

 

26th Amendment - Voting rights for 18 year olds

 


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