Index of the Constitution

Preamble [We the People...]
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]
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]
 
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]
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]
 
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]
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]
Article VII [Ratification]
Signers of the Constitution
Letter from the Convention
The Bill of Rights
Preamble
Proposed First Article [Representative Proportionality]
Proposed Second Article [Congressional Compensation]
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]
 
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
Clause 1
[Vice President and Cabinet (or other body specified by Congress) may remove President; Vice President shall be Acting President]
Clause 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]
 
Contested, Unratified, and Inoperative Amendments
Contested Amendment of 1810 [Acceptance of a title, or any benefit, from any foreign power, destroys one's Citizenship and renders one ineligible for any office in the US or any State]
Unratified Amendment of 1861 [Would make impossible any Federal interference with any State, including any institution of slavery or involuntary servitude]
Unratified Amendment of 1926
Section 1 [Would empower Congress to regulate or prohibit child labor]
Section 2 [Would suspend State laws to the extent Congress empowered]
Inoperative Amendment of 1972
Section 1 [Would have guaranteed equal rights to men and women]
Section 2 [Would have empowered Congress to enforce]
Inoperative Amendment of 1978
Section 1 [Would have made DC equal to a State for elections, representation and amendment ratification]
Section 2 [Would have empowered people of DC and Congress]
Section 3 [Would have repealed provision for DC electors]
Section 4 [Expiration clause -- Effective]
 

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