Congressional Authorization
Constitution of the United States of America: Literal Print
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America: Literal Print
Introduction
2022 Edition
Congressional Authorization
Background on Amendments to the Constitution
Constitution Annotated Methodology
Organization of the Constitution Annotated
Historical Note on the Adoption of the Constitution
Basic Principles Underlying the Constitution
Ways to Interpret the Constitution
Preamble
Article I: Legislative Branch
Section 1: Legislative Vesting Clause
Section 2: House of Representatives
Clause 1: Composition
Clause 2: Qualifications
Clause 3: Seats
Clause 4: Vacancies
Clause 5: Impeachment
Section 3: Senate
Clause 1: Composition
Clause 2: Seats
Clause 3: Qualifications
Clause 4: President
Clause 5: Officers
Clause 6: Impeachment Trials
Clause 7: Impeachment Judgments
Section 4: Congress
Clause 1: Elections Clause
Clause 2: Assembly
Section 5: Proceedings
Clause 1: Authority
Clause 2: Rules
Clause 3: Records
Clause 4: Sessions
Section 6: Rights and Disabilities
Clause 1: Pay, Privileges, and Immunities
Clause 2: Bar on Holding Federal Office
Section 7: Legislation
Clause 1: Revenue
Clause 2: Role of President
Clause 3: Process
Section 8: Enumerated Powers
Clause 1: General Welfare
Clause 2: Borrowing
Clause 3: Commerce
Clause 4: Uniform Laws
Clause 5: Standards
Clause 6: Counterfeiters
Clause 7: Post Offices
Clause 8: Intellectual Property
Clause 9: Courts
Clause 10: Maritime Crimes
Clause 11: War Powers
Clause 12: Army
Clause 13: Navy
Clause 14: Land and Naval Forces Rules
Clause 15: Calling Militias
Clause 16: Organizing Militias
Clause 17: Enclave Clause
Clause 18: Necessary and Proper Clause
Section 9: Powers Denied Congress
Clause 1: Migration or Importation
Clause 2: Habeas Corpus
Clause 3: Nullification
Clause 4: Direct Taxes
Clause 5: Exports
Clause 6: Ports
Clause 7: Appropriations
Clause 8: Titles of Nobility and Foreign Emoluments
Section 10: Powers Denied States
Clause 1: Proscribed Powers
Clause 2: Import-Export
Clause 3: Acts Requiring Consent of Congress.

Article II: Executive Branch
Section 1: Function and Selection
Clause 1: President's Role
Clause 2: Electors
Clause 3: Electoral College Count
Clause 4: Electoral Votes
Clause 5: Qualifications
Clause 6: Succession
Clause 7: Compensation and Emoluments
Clause 8: Presidential Oath of Office
Section 2: Powers
Clause 1: Military, Administrative, and Clemency
Clause 2: Advice and Consent
Clause 3: Senate Recess
Section 3: Duties
Section 4: Impeachment
Article III: Judicial Branch
Section 1: Vesting Clause
Section 2: Justiciability
Clause 1: Cases or Controversies
Clause 2: Supreme Court Jurisdiction
Clause 3: Trials
Section 3: Treason
Clause 1: Meaning
Clause 2: Punishment
Article IV: Relationships Between the States
Section 1: Full Faith and Credit Clause
Section 2: Interstate Comity
Clause 1: Privileges and Immunities
Clause 2: Interstate Extradition
Clause 3: Slavery
Section 3: New States and Federal Property
Clause 1: Admissions
Clause 2: Territory and Other Property
Section 4: Republican Form of Government
Article V: Amending the Constitution
Article VI: Supreme Law
Clause 1: Obligations of New Federal Government
Clause 2: Supremacy Clause
Clause 3: Oaths of Office
Article VII: Ratification
First Amendment: Fundamental Freedoms
Second Amendment: Right to Bear Arms
Third Amendment: Quartering Soldiers
Fourth Amendment: Searches and Seizures
Fifth Amendment: Rights of Persons
Sixth Amendment: Rights in Criminal Prosecutions
Seventh Amendment: Civil Trial Rights
Eighth Amendment: Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Ninth Amendment: Unenumerated Rights
Tenth Amendment: Rights Reserved to the States and the People
Eleventh Amendment: Suits Against States
Twelfth Amendment: Election of President
Thirteenth Amendment: Abolition of Slavery
Section 1: Prohibition on Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
Section 2: Enforcement
Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection and Other Rights
Section 1: Rights
Section 2: Apportionment of Representation
Section 3: Disqualification from Holding Office
Section 4: Public Debt
Section 5: Enforcement
Fifteenth Amendment: Right of Citizens to Vote
Section 1: Right to Vote
Section 2: Enforcement
Sixteenth Amendment: Income Tax

Seventeenth Amendment: Popular Election of Senators
Eighteenth Amendment: Prohibition of Liquor
Section 1: Prohibition
Section 2: Enforcement of Prohibition
Section 3: Ratification Deadline
Nineteenth Amendment: Women's Suffrage
Twentieth Amendment: Presidential Term and Succession
Section 1: Terms
Section 2: Meetings of Congress
Section 3: Succession
Section 4: Congress and Presidential Succession
Section 5: Effective Date
Section 6: Ratification
Twenty-First Amendment: Repeal of Prohibition
Section 1: Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
Section 2: Importation, Transportation, and Sale of Liquor
Section 3: Ratification Deadline
Twenty-Second Amendment: Presidential Term Limits
Section 1: Limit
Section 2: Ratification Deadline
Twenty-Third Amendment: District of Columbia Electors
Section 1: Electors
Section 2: Enforcement
Twenty-Fourth Amendment: Abolition of Poll Tax
Section 1: Poll Tax
Section 2: Enforcement
Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Presidential Vacancy
Section 1: Presidential Vacancy
Section 2: Vice President Vacancy
Section 3: Declaration by President
Section 4: Declaration by Vice President and Others
Twenty-Sixth Amendment: Reduction of Voting Age
Section 1: Eighteen Years of Age
Section 2: Enforcement
Twenty-Seventh Amendment: Congressional Compensation
Appendix and Resources
Methodologies for the Tables
Constitution Annotated Tables Generally
Table of Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decisions
Table of Laws Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court
Table of Supreme Court Justices
Beyond the Constitution Annotated: Table of Additional Resources
Methodology for the Table of Cases
Table of Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decisions
Table of Laws Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court
Table of Supreme Court Justices
Table of Cases.