Us Constitution

The United States Constitution

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The Constitution is presented in several ways on this site. This page presents the Constitution on one large HTML-enhanced page. Other pages present the Constitution as a series of individual pages, in plain text, in standard Palm DOC format, and in enhanced TealDoc format. A quick reference is also available, as are photos of the Constitution. The Constitution of China is available for comparison.

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Contents

* Preamble

* Article 1 - The Legislative Branch

* Section 1 - The Legislature

* Section 2 - The House

* Section 3 - The Senate

* Section 4 - Elections, Meetings

* Section 5 - Membership, Rules, Journals, Adjournment

* Section 6 - Compensation

* Section 7 - Revenue Bills, Legislative Process, Presidential Veto

* Section 8 - Powers of Congress

* Section 9 - Limits on Congress

* Section 10 - Powers Prohibited of States

* Article 2 - The Executive Branch

* Section 1 - The President

* Section 2 - Civilian Power over Military, Cabinet, Pardon Power, Appointments

* Section 3 - State of the Union, Convening Congress

* Section 4 - Disqualification

* Article 3 - The Judicial Branch

* Section 1 - Judicial Powers

* Section 2 - Trial by Jury, Original Jurisdiction, Jury Trials

* Section 3 - Treason

* Article 4 - The States

* Section 1 - Each State to Honor All Others

* Section 2 - State Citizens, Extradition

* Section 3...