Category: The Constitution

U.S. Constitution – Preamble The Preamble <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain…

U.S. Constitution – Signatories Signatories <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the Twelfth. In Witness…

U.S. Constitution – Article 7 Article 7 – Ratification <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. Notes for this article: Ratification Documents Ratification Dates and Votes FAQ: Are new states required…

U.S. Constitution – Article 6 Article 6 – Debts, Supremacy, Oaths <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States…

U.S. Constitution – Article 5 Article 5 – Amendment <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments,…

U.S. Constitution – Article 4 Section 4 Article 4 – The States Section 4 – Republican Government <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or…

U.S. Constitution – Article 4 Section 3 Article 4 – The States Section 3 – New States <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be…

U.S. Constitution – Article 4 Section 2 Article 4 – The States Section 2 – State Citizens, Extradition <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other…

U.S. Constitution – Article 4 Section 1 Article 4 – The States Section 1 – Each State to Honor all Others <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by…

U.S. Constitution – Article 3 Section 3 Article 3 – The Judicial Branch Section 3 – Treason <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason…