The Constitution

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  • Preamble We the People
  • Article 1 Legislative Branch
  • Article 2 Executive Branch
  • Article 3 Judicial Branch
  • Article 4 States, Citizenship, New States
  • Article 5 Amendment Process
  • Article 6 Debts, Supremacy, Oaths, Religious Tests
  • Article 7 Ratification
• Amendments Select an Amendment
  • 1 Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
  • 2 Right to Bear Arms
  • 3 Quartering of Soldiers
  • 4 Search and Seizure
  • 5 Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process, Takings
  • 6 Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel
  • 7 Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits
  • 8 Excessive Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  • 9 Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People
  • 10 Rights Reserved to States or People
  • 11 Suits Against States
  • 12 Election of President and Vice President
  • 13 Abolition of Slavery
  • 14 Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt
  • 15 Right to Vote Not Denied by Race
  • 16 Income Tax
  • 17 Popular Election of Senators
  • 18 Prohibition of Liquor
  • 19 Women’s Right to Vote
  • 20 Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress
  • 21 Repeal of Prohibition
  • 22 Two-Term Limit on Presidency
  • 23 Presidential Vote for D.C.
  • 24 Abolition of Poll Taxes
  • 25 Presidential Disability and Succession
  • 26 Right to Vote at Age 18
  • 27 Congressional Compensation
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