CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OF 1787 AND AMENDMENTS

Preamble

ARTICLE I

Sec.

1 . Vestment of Legislative Power.

2 . House of Representatives -- Qualifications of Electors. Qualifications of Representatives. Apportionment of Representatives and Taxes. Vacancies in Representation -- How Filled. Speaker -- Officers -- Impeachment.

3 . Two Senators from Each State -- How Chosen. Classification of Senators -- Vacancies. Qualification of Senators. President of Senate. Officers of Senate, How Chosen. Senate to Try Impeachments. Extent of Judgment in Impeachment.

4 . Election of Senators and Representatives. Congress Shall Assemble Annually.

5 . Membership -- Quorum. Rules -- Punishment -- Expulsion. Keep Journal -- Yeas and Nays. Adjournment.

6 . Compensation -- Privileges. Members Precluded from Holding Office.

7 . Revenue Bills. Bills Presented to President -- Veto -- Return. Orders -- Resolutions -- Presented to President.

8 . Powers of Congress.

9 . Slave Trade. Habeas Corpus. Attainder -- Ex Post Facto Laws. Capitation Tax. Export Duties -- Preference to Ports. Appropriations -- Statement and Account. Nobility -- Presents from Foreign Powers.

10 . Powers Denied Individual States. Powers Denied Individual States Except by Consent of Congress.

ARTICLE II

Sec.

1 . President and Vice-President. Electors. Vote of Electors. Election Day. Qualification of President. Vacancy in Office of President -- Succession. Compensation of President. Oath of President. Form of Oath.

2 . Powers of President. Treaties -- Appointments. President to Fill Vacancies.

3 . Duties of President.

4 . Impeachment.

ARTICLE III

Sec.

1 . Judiciary -- Tenure -- Compensation.

2 . Jurisdiction. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court. Trial by Jury -- Venue.

3 . Treason. Punishment for Treason.

ARTICLE IV

Sec.

1 . Public Acts, Records and Proceedings of States.

2 . Equality of Privileges. Fugitives from Justice. Fugitives from Service.

3 . Admission of New States. Power of Congress Over Territories.

4 . Republican Form of Government -- Protection of States.

ARTICLE V

Amendments to Constitution.

ARTICLE VI

Debts Prior to Constitution. Supremacy of Constitution, Treaties and Laws. Oath to Support Constitution.

ARTICLE VII

Ratification.


AMENDMENTS

ARTICLE I

Freedom of Religion, Speech and Press -- Right of Petition.

ARTICLE II

Right of Arms.

ARTICLE III

Quartering of Troops.

ARTICLE IV

Searches and Seizures Regulated.

ARTICLE V

Grand Jury -- Indictment -- Jeopardy -- Process of Law -- Taking Property for Public Use.

ARTICLE VI

Rights of Accused.

ARTICLE VII

Jury Trial in Civil Actions.

ARTICLE VIII

Excessive Bail, Fines or Punishments.

ARTICLE IX

Reserved Rights.

ARTICLE X

Reserved Powers.

ARTICLE XI

States May Not Be Sued by Individual.

ARTICLE XII

Mode of Electing President and Vice-President.

ARTICLE XIII

Sec.

1. Slavery Prohibited.

2. Enforcement of Article.

ARTICLE XIV

Sec.

1. Citizenship Defined -- Privileges of Citizens.

2. Apportionment of Representatives Among States.

3. Disability to Hold Office in Certain Cases.

4. Validity of Public Debt.

5. Enforcement of Article.

ARTICLE XV

Sec.

1. Right of Suffrage.

2. Enforcement of Article.

ARTICLE XVI

Income Tax.

ARTICLE XVII

Election of Senators by People. Filling of Vacancies. Existing Terms Not Affected.

ARTICLE XVIII

Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors. (Repealed by Art. XXI.)

ARTICLE XIX

Sec.

1. Extending Right of Suffrage to Women.

2. Enforcement of Article.

ARTICLE XX

Sec.

1. Beginning of Terms of President, Vice-President, Senators and Representatives.

2. Assembly of Congress.

3. Death of President.

4. Death of Persons from Whom Successor Chosen.

5. Effective Date.

6. Ratification.

ARTICLE XXI

Sec.

1. Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment.

2. Transportation in Violation of State Laws Prohibited.

3. Ratification.

ARTICLE XXII

Sec.

1. Limitation upon Terms of President.

2. Ratification.

ARTICLE XXIII

Representation in Electoral College to District of Columbia.

ARTICLE XXIV

Qualifications of Electors; Poll Tax.

ARTICLE XXV

Succession to Presidency and Vice Presidency; Disability of President.

ARTICLE XXVI

Right to Vote; Citizens Eighteen Years of Age or Older.

ARTICLE XXVII

Effective Date for Variance in the Compensation of Senators and Representatives.