[For contents in detail, see tables at beginning of each article and amendment]

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]