USCS Constitution Set

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES


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 Preamble

 Article I. Legislative Department

 Section 1. Legislative powers vested in Congress

 Section 2, Clause 1. House of Representatives—Composition—Electors

 Clause 2. Qualifications of Representatives

 Clause 3. Apportionment of Representatives and direct taxes

 Clause 4. Vacancies

 Clause 5. Officers and impeachment

 Section 3, Clause 1. Senate—Composition

 Clause 2. Classification of Senators

 Clause 3. Qualifications of Senators

 Clause 4. President of the Senate

 Clause 5. Officers of the Senate

 Clause 6. Trial of impeachments

 Clause 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment

 Section 4, Clause 1. Elections

 Clause 2. Meeting

 Section 5, Clause 1. Organization of Congress
 Clause 2. Rules of proceedings—Punishment of members

 Clause 3. Journal of proceedings

 Clause 4. Adjournment

 Section 6, Clause 1. Compensation and privileges of members

 Clause 2. Holding other offices

 Section 7, Clause 1. Bills and Resolutions—Revenue bills

 Clause 2. Approval or veto of bills—Passage over veto

 Clause 3. Approval or veto of Resolutions, orders, or votes—Passage over veto

 Section 8, Clause 1. Powers of Congress—Taxation

 Clause 2. Powers of Congress to borrow money

 Clause 3. Powers of Congress to regulate commerce

 Clause 4. Naturalization—Bankruptcy

 Clause 5. Coinage, weights and measures

 Clause 6. Counterfeiting

 Clause 7. Post offices and post roads

 Clause 8. Patents and copyrights

 Clause 9. Inferior tribunals

 Clause 10. Offenses

 Clause 11. Declare War

 Clause 12. Raise and support armies

 Clause 13. Navy

 Clause 14. Government and regulation of land and and naval forces

 Clause 15. Calling forth militia

 Clause 16. Organizing militia

 Clause 17. Authority over places purchased or ceded

 Clause 18. All necessary and proper laws

 Section 9, Clause 1. Prohibited powers—Migration or importation of persons

 Clause 2. Habeas corpus

 Clause 3. Bill of attainder—Ex post facto laws

 Clause 4. Capitation or direct taxes

 Clause 5. Tax on exports from state

 Clause 6. Preference of ports

 Clause 7. Expenditures of public money

 Clause 8. Titles of nobility—Presents from foreign state

 Section 10, Clause 1. Powers denied states—Treaties—Money—Ex post facto laws—Obligation of contracts

 Clause 2. Imposts or duties

 Clause 3. Tonnage—State compacts—War

 Article II. Executive power

 Section 1, Clause 1. President—tenure

 Clause 2. Presidential electors

 Clause 3. Election of President and Vice President

 Clause 4. Election day

 Clause 5. Eligibility for office of President

 Clause 6. Succession to office of President

 Clause 7. Compensation of President

 Clause 8. Oath of office

 Section 2, Clause 1. Commander in Chief—Opinions of department heads—Reprieves and pardons

 Clause 2. Treaties—Appointment of officers

 Clause 3. Appointments during recess of Senate

 Section 3. Recommendations to Congress—Convene and adjourn

 Congress—Receive ambassadors—Execute laws—Commission officers

 Section 4. Removal from office

 Article III. Judicial power

 Section 1. Supreme Court and inferior courts—Judges and compensation

 Section 2, Clause 1. Subjects of jurisdiction

 Clause 2. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court

 Clause 3. Trial by jury

 Section 3, Clause 1. Treason

 Clause 2. Punishment of treason

 Article IV. Relations between States

 Section 1. Full Faith and Credit

 Section 2, Clause 1. Privileges and immunities of citizens

 Clause 2. Delivery of fugitives

 Clause 3. Runaway slaves

 Section 3, Clause 1. Admission of new states

 Clause 2. Territory or property of United States

 Section 4. Form of State governments—Protection

 Article V. Amendment of Constitution

 Article VI. Miscellaneous Provisions

 Clause 1. Prior debts valid under Constitution

 Clause 2. Supreme law

 Clause 3. Oath of office

 Article VII. Ratification

 Amendments

 Amendment 1. Religious and political freedom

 Amendment 2. Right to bear arms

 Amendment 3. Quartering soldiers

 Amendment 4. Unreasonable searches and seizures

 Amendment 5. Criminal actions—Provisions concerning—Due process of law and just compensation clauses

 Amendment 6. Rights of accused

 Amendment 7. Trial by jury in civil cases

 Amendment 8. Bail—Punishment

 Amendment 9. Rights retained by people

 Amendment 10. Powers reserved to states or people

 Amendment 11. Suits against states—Restriction of judicial power

 Amendment 12. Election of President and Vice-President

 Amendment 13, Section 1. Slavery prohibited

 Section 2. Power to enforce amendment

 Amendment 14, Section 1. Citizens of the United States

 Section 2. Representatives—Power to reduce apportionment

 Section 3. Disqualification to hold office

 Section 4. Public debt not to be questioned—Debts of the Confederacy and claims not to be paid. 

 Section 5. Power to enforce amendment

 Amendment 15, Section 1. Right of citizens to vote—Race or color not to disqualify

 Section 2. Power to enforce amendment

 Amendment 16. Income tax

 Amendment 17. Election of Senators

 Amendment 18, Section 1. National prohibition—Intoxicating liquors

 Section 2. Concurrent power to enforce amendment

 Section 3. Time limit for adoption

 Amendment 19, Section 1. Woman suffrage

 Section 2. Power to enforce amendment

 Amendment 20, Section 1. Executive and legislative departments—Terms of elective officers

 Section 2. Annual meeting of Congress—Date

 Section 3. Succession to office of President or Vice-President

 Section 4. Death of President or Vice-President—Selection of successor—Choice devolving on either house. 

 Section 5. Effective date of amendment

 Section 6. Time for ratification

 Amendment 21, Section 1. Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment

 Section 2. Intoxicating liquors, shipment into dry territory prohibited

 Section 3. Ratification, time limit

 Amendment 22, Section 1. Terms of Office of the President

 Section 2. Ratification

 Amendment 23, Section 1. Representation in the electoral college to the District of Columbia

 Section 2. Enforcement

 Amendment 24, Section 1. Qualification of electors

 Section 2. Enforcement

 Amendment 25, Section 1. Succession to Office of President

 Section 2. Succession to Office of Vice-President

 Section 3. Declaration by President of inability to serve

 Section 4. Declaration by others of President's inability to serve

 Amendment 26, Section 1. Eighteen year old voting rights

 Section 2. Enforcement

 Amendment 27. Compensation of members of Congress