THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
1st Amendment – Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
2nd Amendment – Bearing and Keeping Arms
3rd Amendment – Quartering Soldiers
4th Amendment – Privacy, Search, and Seizure
5th Amendment – Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings
6th Amendment – Rights of Those Charged in Criminal Prosecutions
7th Amendment – Civil Trial Rights
8th Amendment – Excessive Bail and Fines, and Cruel and Unusual Punishment
9th Amendment – Unenumerated Rights
10th Amendment – Rights Reserved to the States and to the People
11th Amendment – Suits Against States
12th Amendment – Election of President
13th Amendment – Abolition of Slavery
14th Amendment – Citizenship, Equal Protection, and Other Post-Civil War Provisions
15th Amendment – Right of Citizens to Vote
17th Amendment – Popular Election of Senators
18th Amendment – Prohibition of Liquor
19th Amendment – Women’s Suffrage Rights
20th Amendment – Presidential Term & Succession
21st Amendment – Repeal of Prohibition
22nd Amendment – Presidential Term Limits
23rd Amendment – Presidential Electors for D.C.
24th Amendment – Abolition of the Poll Taxes
25th Amendment – Presidential Vacancy & Disability
Note from the National Archives: The following text is a transcription of the Constitution as it was inscribed by Jacob Shallus on parchment (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflect the original.
Note from the Publisher: The publisher has re-formatted the National Archives Transcription, including commonly used article, section, and clause titles, to ensure the content is searchable. For example, “Article. IV.” now reads “Article 4.” The integrity of each paragraph’s text, however, reflects that of the transcription provided by the National Archives, including original spelling and punctuation.