U.S. Constitution: Articles & Amendments

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Articles

Article I – VII

The seven Articles of the U.S. Constitution establish the structure of the federal government, allocate governmental powers, define relations among the States, and provide procedures for amendment and ratification.

Article IThe Legislative Branch10 sections Article IIThe Executive Branch4 subarticles Article IIIThe Judicial Branch3 sections Article IVThe States4 sections Article VThe Amendment ProcessFull text Article VIDebts, Supremacy and Oaths3 clauses Article VIIRatificationFull text

Amendments

Amendment I – XXVII

The U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times. The first ten Amendments, ratified in 1791, are collectively known as the Bill of Rights and protect fundamental individual rights and liberties.

First AmendmentReligion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and PetitionFull text Second AmendmentRight to Keep and Bear ArmsFull text Third AmendmentQuartering of SoldiersFull text Fourth AmendmentSearches and SeizuresFull text Fifth AmendmentRights of PersonsFull text Sixth AmendmentRights of the AccusedFull text Seventh AmendmentCivil Jury TrialsFull text Eighth AmendmentBail, Fines, and PunishmentFull text Ninth AmendmentUnenumerated RightsFull text Tenth AmendmentReserved PowersFull text Eleventh AmendmentSuits Against StatesFull text Twelfth AmendmentPresidential ElectionsFull text Thirteenth AmendmentAbolition of Slavery2 sections Fourteenth AmendmentCitizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection5 sections Fifteenth AmendmentVoting Rights and Race2 sections Sixteenth AmendmentFederal Income TaxFull text Seventeenth AmendmentDirect Election of SenatorsFull text Eighteenth AmendmentProhibition3 sections Nineteenth AmendmentVoting Rights and SexFull text Twentieth AmendmentTerms of Federal Office6 sections Twenty-First AmendmentRepeal of Prohibition3 sections Twenty-Second AmendmentPresidential Term Limits2 sections Twenty-Third AmendmentPresidential Electors for the District of Columbia2 sections Twenty-Fourth AmendmentPoll Taxes2 sections Twenty-Fifth AmendmentPresidential Succession and Disability4 sections Twenty-Sixth AmendmentVoting Age2 sections Twenty-Seventh AmendmentCongressional CompensationFull text