We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
The Constitution of the United States of America (see annotations)
Preamble ["We the people"] (see annotations)
Article I [The Legislative Branch] (see annotations)
Section 1. [Legislative Power Vested] (see annotations)
Section 2. [House of Representatives] (see annotations)
Section 3. [Senate] (see annotations)
Section 4. [Elections of Senators and Representatives] (see annotations)
Section 5. [Rules of House and Senate] (see annotations)
Section 6. [Compensation and Privileges of Members] (see annotations)
Section 7. [Passage of Bills] (see annotations)
Section 8. [Scope of Legislative Power] (see annotations)
Section 9. [Limits on Legislative Power] (see annotations)
Section 10. [Limits on States] (see annotations)
Article II [The Presidency] (see annotations)
Section 1. [Election, Installation, Removal] (see annotations)
Section 2. [Presidential Power] (see annotations)
Section 3. [State of the Union, Receive Ambassadors, Laws Faithfully Executed, Commission Officers]
Section 4. [Impeachment] (see annotations)
Article III [The Judiciary] (see annotations)
Section 1. [Judicial Power Vested] (see annotations)
Section 2. [Scope of Judicial Power] (see annotations)
Section 3. [Treason] (see annotations)
Article IV [The States] (see annotations)
Section 1. [Full Faith and Credit] (see annotations)
Section 2. [Privileges and Immunities, Extradiction, Fugitive Slaves] (see annotations)
Section 3. [Admission of States] (see annotations)
Section 4. [Guarantees to States] (see annotations)
Article V [The Amendment Process] (see annotations)
Article VI [Legal Status of the Constitution] (see annotations)
Article VII [Ratification] (see annotations)
Amendment I [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment II [Right to Bear Arms (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment III [Quartering of Troops (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment IV [Search and Seizure (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment V [Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination, Due Process (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment VI [Criminal Prosecutions - Jury Trial, Right to Confront and to Counsel (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment VII [Common Law Suits - Jury Trial (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment VIII [Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment IX [Non-Enumerated Rights (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment X [Rights Reserved to States (1791)] (see annotations)
Amendment XI [Suits Against a State (1795)] (see annotations)
Amendment XII [Election of President and Vice-President (1804)] (see annotations)
Amendment XIII [Abolition of Slavery (1865)] (see annotations)
Amendment XIV [Privileges and Immunities, Due Process, Equal Protection, Apportionment of Representatives, Civil War Disqualification and Debt (1868)] (see annotations)
Amendment XV [Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of Race (1870)] (see annotations)
Amendment XVI [Income Tax (1913)] (see annotations)
Amendment XVII [Election of Senators (1913)] (see annotations)
Amendment XVIII [Prohibition (1919)] (see annotations)
Amendment XIX [Women's Right to Vote (1920)] (see annotations)
Amendment XX [Presidential Term and Succession (1933)] (see annotations)
Amendment XXI [Repeal of Prohibition (1933)] (see annotations)
Amendment XXII [Two Term Limit on President (1951)] (see annotations)
Amendment XXIII [Presidential Vote in D.C. (1961)] (see annotations)
Amendment XXIV [Poll Tax (1964)] (see annotations)
Amendment XXV [Presidential Succession (1967)] (see annotations)
Amendment XXVI [Right to Vote at Age 18 (1971)] (see annotations)
Amendment XXVII [Compensation of Members of Congress (1992)] (see annotations)