Constitution of the United States

Sections/Chapters

• Preamble - The Preamble, with its famous statement “We the people”, serves as an introduction to the Constitution.
• Article One - Article One of the Constitution creates the legislative branch of the federal government.
• Article Two - Article Two of the Constitution creates the executive branch of the federal government.
• Article Three - Article Three of the Constitution creates the judicial branch of the federal government.
• Article Four - Article Four of the Constitution covers the relationship between the states.
• Article Five - Article Five of the Constitution creates an amendment process for making changes.
• Article Six - Article Six of the Constitution covers debt, the supremacy of the Constitution, oaths and religious tests.
• Article Seven - Article Seven of the Constitution sets the threshold for ratification at nine states.
• 1st Amendment - The 1st Amendment protects the freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and petition.
• 2nd Amendment - The 2nd Amendment protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
• 3rd Amendment - The 3rd Amendment protects against the quartering of soldiers in private homes.
• 4th Amendment - The 4th Amendment prohibits unreasonable search and seizure, and requires a warrant for probable cause.
• 5th Amendment - The 5th Amendment protects criminal defendants from being forced to testify against themselves.
• 6th Amendment - The 6th Amendment protects the right to a speedy criminal trial, by jury, and to cross-examine and procure witness.
• 7th Amendment - The 7th Amendment protects the right to a jury trial in civil cases.
• 8th Amendment - The 8th Amendment protects against the imposition of cruel and unusual punishment on a convicted criminal.
• 9th Amendment - The 9th Amendment clarifies that the Constitution's enumeration certain individual rights, does not deny other rights to the people.
• 10th Amendment - The 10th Amendment reserves additional rights to the states and people.
• 11th Amendment - The 11th Amendment protects a state from being sued by citizens of a different state or country.
• 12th Amendment - The 12th Amendment modifies the Electoral College process to reduce the likelihood of a tie.
• 13th Amendment - The 13th Amendment outlaws slavery in the United States.
• 14th Amendment - The 14th Amendment applies many of the individual protections of the Constitution to the laws of each state, among other reforms.
• 15th Amendment - The 15th Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying the vote based on race.
• 16th Amendment - The 16th Amendment allows the Congress to pass a federal income tax.
• 17th Amendment - The 17th Amendment requires the direct election of U.S. Senators.
• 18th Amendment - The 18th Amendment to the Constitution established the prohibition on the manufacture and sale of alcohol, until its repeal.
• 19th Amendment - The 19th Amendment prohibits any state from denying the vote based on sex.
• 20th Amendment - The 20th Amendment changes the start of the Presidential term to January 20, and changes the date on which Congress assembles to January 3.
• 21st Amendment - The 21st Amendment repeals the 18th Amendment and ends the prohibition of alcohol.
• 22nd Amendment - The 22nd Amendment limits the amount of time that one person may serve as President.
• 23rd Amendment - The 23rd Amendment grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College.
• 24th Amendment - The 24th Amendment abolishes the use of a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting.
• 25th Amendment - The 25th Amendment modifies and clarifies the process of Presidential sucession.
• 26th Amendment - The 26th Amendment lowers the minimum voting age to 18 years.
• 27th Amendment - The 27th Amendment prohibits any law which increases or decreases the salary of Congress from taking effect until the next term.