This constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, any thing in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.
The senators and representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this constitution: but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office of public trust under the United States.
ARTICLE VII.
The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the states so ratifying the same.
AMENDMENTS
To the Constitution of the United States, ratified according to the provisions of the fifth article of the foregoing Constitution.
[Congress, at its first session, begun and held in the city of New York, on Wednesday, the 4th of March, 1789, proposed to the legislatures of the several states, twelve amendments to the constitution, ten of which, only, were adopted. They are the ten first following:
The 11th article of the amendments was proposed at the second session of the third congress, in 1794; and the 12th article at the first session of the eighth congress in 1804. Both of which were afterwards adopted by the requisite number of states.]
ARTICLE I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
ART. II. A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.