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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; 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 [Taxation]
- Clause 1 [Power to Tax,
pay Debts]
- Subclause 1 [Taxes]
- Subclause 2 [Debts]
- Subclause 3 [Defense]
- Subclause 4 [Welfare]
- Clause 2 [Uniformity Required]
- Paragraph 2 [Power to Incur Debt]
- Paragraph 3 [Commerce]
- Clause 1 [International]
- Clause 2 [Interstate]
- Clause 3 [Indian Tribes]
- Paragraph 4 [Naturalization;
Bankruptcy]
- Paragraph 5 [Coinage; Weights and
Measures]
- Paragraph 6 [Punish Counterfeiting]
- Paragraph 7 [Post Office]
- Paragraph 8 [Copyright and Patent]
- Paragraph 9 [Create Lower Federal
Courts]
- Paragraph 10 [Admiralty, Mercantile,
and International Crimes]
- Clause 1 [Punish Crimes
at Sea]
- Clause 2 [Punish Crimes against
Law of Nations]
- 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 [Militia]
- Clause 1 [Organizing]
- Clause 2 [Governing]
- Clause 3 [Appointment of Officers]
- Clause 4 [Training]
- Paragraph 17 [Exclusive Federal
Jurisdiction]
- Clause 1 [District of
Columbia]
- Clause 2 [Territories Ceded by
States]
- 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 of Innocent Associates; No Retroactive Laws]
- Paragraph 4 [No Direct Taxes Not
Proportioned to Population]
- Paragraph 5 [No Duties on Exports
from States]
- Paragraph 6 [No Preferential
Treatment of States]
- Paragraph 7 [Finances]
- Clause 1 [No Spending
without Appropriation]
- Clause 2 [Public Accountability]
- Paragraph 8 [No US Nobility; Limit on
Officials accepting foreign Favors]
- Section 10 [Restrictions on
State Powers]
- Paragraph 1 [Prohibitions]
- Clause 1 [No Treaty,
Alliance with Foreign Nation]
- Clause 2 [No Privateering]
- Clause 3 [No Coinage]
- Clause 4 [No Paper Money]
- Clause 5 [No Legal Tender but Gold,
Silver]
- Clause 6 [No Penalizing Relatives]
- Clause 7 [No Retroactive Laws]
- Clause 8 [No Impairment of
Contracts]
- Clause 9 [No Titles of Nobility]
- Paragraph 2 [Import, Export Taxes]
- Clause 1 [Consent of
Congress Required]
- Clause 2 [Revenue Goes to US]
- Clause 3 [Subject to Control by
Congress]
- Paragraph 3 [Consent of Congress
Required]
- Clause 1 [Tax on
Tonnage]
- Clause 2 [Keep Troops or Warships]
- Clause 3 [Compacts with Other
States]
- Clause 4 [Compacts with Foreign
Nations]
- Clause 5 [Engage in War]
- 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 [No Prohibition of Slave
Trade Before 1808; 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 [Supremacy of
Constitution; and of Constitution, US Laws and Treaties 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
- Establishment of Religion
- Exercise of Religion
- Speech
- Press
- Assembly
- Petition
- Keep and Bear Arms
- Search, Seizure and Arrest
- Grand Jury
- Double Jeopardy
- Self-incrimination
- Due Process
- Takings
- Speedy Trial
- Public Trial
- Impartial Jury
- Trial Jurisdiction
- Accusation
- Confront Witnesses
- Compel Witnesses
- Defense Counsel
- Civil Jury Trial
- Excessive Bail
- Excessive Fines
- Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- Retained Rights
- Retained Powers
- Compensation of Congress
- Additional Amendments
This HTML version prepared by Jon Roland based on a previous rendering by
Mike Goldman, whose version may be found at
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or send email to whig@pobox.com.