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The U.S. Constitution Annotated
Included here individual PDF files from the U.S. Constitution Annotated, prepared by the Congressional Research Service. This edition is the most recent from the 112th Congress.
Annotated Text of the U.S. Constitution
Article I. Legislative Department
Article II. Executive Department
Article III. Judicial Department
Article VI. Prior Debts, National Supremacy, Oaths of Office
Amendments (annotated)
First Through Tenth Amendments – Bill of Rights
First Amendment – Religion and Expression
Second Amendment – Bearing Arms
Third Amendment – Quartering Soldiers
Fourth Amendment – Search and Seizure
Fifth Amendment – Rights of Persons
Sixth Amendment – Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions
Seventh Amendment – Civil Trials
Eighth Amendment – Further Guarantees in Criminal Cases
Ninth Amendment – Unenumerated Rights
Tenth Amendment – Reserved Powers
Eleventh Amendment – Suits Against States
Twelfth Amendment – Election of President
Thirteenth Amendment – Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
Fourteenth Amendment – Rights Guaranteed- Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process
Fifteenth Amendment – Rights of Citizens to Vote
Sixteenth Amendment – Income Tax
Seventeenth Amendment – Popular Election of Senators
Eighteenth Amendment – Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors
Nineteenth Amendment – Women’s Suffrage Rights
Twentieth Amendment – Terms of President, Vice President, Members of Congress- Presidential Vacancy
Twenty-First Amendment – Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment
Twenty-Second Amendment – Presidential Tenure
Twenty-Third Amendment – Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia
Twenty-Fourth Amendment – Abolition of the Poll Tax Qualification in Federal Elections
Twenty-Fifth Amendment – Presidential Vacancy, Disability, and Inability
Twenty-Sixth Amendment – Reduction of Voting Age Qualification
Twenty-Seventh Amendment – Congressional Pay Limitation
Acts of Congress Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court of the United States
State Constitutional and Statutory Provisions and Municipal Ordinances Held Unconstitutional
Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decision
S. Doc. 112-9 – Constitution of the United States of America- Analysis, and Interpretation – Centennial Edition – Interim (112th Congress, 2d Sess.) July 1, 2014
U.S. Constitution (H. Doc. 110-50)
Public Law 91-589- Authorization
Introduction to the 2012 Centennial Edition
Historical Note on Formation of the Constitution
The Constitution of the United States of America (Literal Print)
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America
Proposed Amendments not Ratified by the States
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