| Prefaces | [III], [V] |
| Editor's forward | [VII] |
| Editor's introduction | [IX] |
| Historical note on formation of the Constitution | [9] |
| Text of the Constitution (literal print) | [17] |
| Text of the amendments (literal print) | [37] |
| The Constitution, with annotations | [55] |
| The preamble | [59] |
| Article I. Legislative Department: | |
| Section 1. | The Congress | [71] |
| 2. | House of Representatives | [87] |
| 3. | Senate | [91] |
| 4. | Elections and meetings | [92] |
| 4. | Elections and meetings | [92] |
| 5. | Legislative proceedings | [95] |
| 6. | Rights of Members | [99] |
| 7. | Bills and resolutions | [101] |
| 8. | Powers of Congress | [105] |
| 9. | Powers denied to Congress | [312] |
| 10. | Powers denied to the States | [325] |
| Article II. Executive Department: | |
| Section 1. | The President | [377] |
| 2. | Powers and duties of the President | [389] |
| 3. | Miscellaneous powers and duties of the President | [462] |
| 4. | Impeachment | [501] |
| Article III. Judicial Department: | |
| Section 1. | The judges, their terms, and compensation | [511] |
| 2. | Jurisdiction | [538] |
| 3. | Treason | [638] |
| Article IV. Federal relations: | |
| Section 1. | Full faith and credit given in each State | [647] |
| 2. | Citizens | [686] |
| 3. | New States and government of Territory, etc. | [697] |
| 4. | Form of State government | [704] |
| Article V. Mode of amendment | [707] |
| Article VI. Miscellaneous provisions | [717] |
| Article VII. Ratification | [741] |
| Amendments to the Constitution: | |
| Amendment 1. | Religion, free speech, etc. | [753] |
| 2. | Bearing arms | [811] |
| 3. | Quartering soldiers | [815] |
| 4. | Searches and seizures | [819] |
| 5. | Rights of persons | [833] |
| 6. | Rights of accused in criminal prosecutions | [873] |
| 7. | Civil trials | [887] |
| 8. | Punishment for crime | [899] |
| 9. | Rights retained by the people | [907] |
| 10. | Reserved State powers | [911] |
| 11. | Suits against States | [923] |
| 12. | Election of President, etc. | [937] |
| 13. | Slavery and involuntary servitude | [945] |
| | Section 1. | Prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude | [949] |
| | 2. | Power of Congress | [949] |
| 14. | Rights of citizens | [955] |
| | Section 1. | Citizenship; due process; equal protection | [963] |
| | 2. | Apportionment of representation | [1170] |
| | 3. | Disqualification of officers | [1173] |
| | 4. | Public debt; claims for loss of slaves | [1174] |
| | 5. | Enforcement | [1175] |
| 15. | Right of citizens to vote | [1179] |
| | Section 1. | Suffrage not to be abridged for race, color, etc. | [1183] |
| | 2. | Power of Congress | [1183] |
| 16. | Income tax | [1187] |
| 17. | Popular election of Senators | [1203] |
| 18. | Prohibition of intoxicating liquors | [1209] |
| | Section 1. | Prohibition of intoxicating liquors | [1213] |
| | 2. | Concurrent power to enforce | [1213] |
| | 3. | Time limit on ratification | [1213] |
| 19. | Equal suffrage | [1215] |
| 20. | Commencement of the terms of the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, etc. | [1221] |
| | Section 1. | Commencement of terms of President, Vice President, Senators, and Representatives | [1225] |
| | 2. | Meeting of Congress | [1225] |
| | 3. | Death or disqualification of President elect | [1225] |
| | 4. | Congress to provide for case wherein death occurs among those from whom House chooses a President | [1225] |
| | 5. | Date of effect | [1226] |
| | 6. | Time limit on ratificn | [1226] |
| 21. | Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment | [1227] |
| | Section 1. | Repeal of prohibition | [1231] |
| | 2. | Transportation into States prohibited | [1231] |
| | 3. | Time limit on ratification | [1231] |
| 22. | Presidential Tenure | [1235] |
| | Section 1. | Restriction on Number of terms | [1237] |
| | 2. | Time limit on ratification | [1237] |
| Acts of Congress held unconstitutional in whole or in part by the Supreme Court of the United States | [1239] |
| Table of Cases | [1257] |
| Index | [1337] |