Constitution of the United States of America, Freedom Documents

GENERAL INDEX TO:

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

   Preamble: The people hold the power:

   "We the People . . . in order to form a more perfect union, . . . and secure the blessings of liberty . . ."

ARTICLE I.

SECTION

1.   Legislative powers.

2.   House of representatives; qualifications of members; appointment of representatives and direct taxes; census; first appointment; vacancies; officers of the house; impeachments.

3.   Senate, classification of senators; qualifications of; vice president to preside; other officers; trial of impeachments.

4.   Election of members of congress; time assembling of congress.

5.   Powers of each house; punishment for disorderly Behaviour; journal; adjournments.

6.   Compensation and privileges; disabilities of members.

7.   Revenue bills; passage and approval of bills; orders and resolutions.

8.   General powers of congress; borrowing money; regulating commerce; naturalization and bankruptcy; money; weights and measures; counterfeiting; post offices; patents and copyrights; inferior courts; piracies and felonies; war; marque and reprisal; armies; navy; land and naval forces; calling the militia; District of Columbia; to enact laws necessary to enforce the Constitution.

9.   Limitations of congress; migration; writ; of habeas corpus; bills of attainder and ex post facto laws prohibited; direct taxes; exports not to be taxed; interstate shipping; drawing money from the treasury; financial statements to be published; titles of nobility and favors from foreign powers prohibited.

10.   Limitations of the individual states; no treaties; letters of marque and reprisal; no coining of money; bills of credit; not allowed to make any Thing but gold and silver Coin for payment of debts; no bills of attainder; ex post facto Law or law impairing the obligation of contracts; no title of nobility; state imposts and duties; further restrictions on state powers.

ARTICLE II.

SECTION

1.   Executive powers; electors; qualifications, vacancy, compensation and Oath of the president.

2.   Powers and duties of the president; making of treaties; powers of appointments.

3.   Other powers and duties.

4.   All government officers are liable to impeachment.

ARTICLE III.

SECTION

1.   Judicial powers;   all judges must have good Behaviour to stay in office; compensation not to be diminished.

2.   Jurisdiction of federal courts and supreme court; trials for crime by jury except impeachment.

3.   Treason defined; trial for and punishment.

ARTICLE IV.

SECTION

1.   Message to the states;   each state is to give full faith and credit to public acts and records of other states.

2.   Citizens of each state shall be entitled; fleeing from justice.

3.   Admission of new states; power of congress over territories.

4.   Republican form of government guaranteed to every state; protection from invasion or domestic violence.

ARTICLE V.

SECTION

1.   Amending the Constitution.

ARTICLE VI.

SECTION

1.   National obligations;   Public debt; Constitution to be the supreme Law of the land; Constitutional Oath of office; no religious test required.

ARTICLE VII.

SECTION

1.   Ratification of the Constitution;   George Washington signs Twelfhindi, the highest ranking Saxon government, eg. He was equal of 1200 King Georges, or you as a juror are equal to 1200 presidents, congressmen or judges, local, federal or of the supreme Court.