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AMENDMENT 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—except for political gain—, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
AMENDMENT II
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of the United States, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed, but can be regulated.
AMENDMENT III
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, computers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall be issued, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
AMENDMENT IV
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment from a Judge, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
AMENDMENT V
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial which must be held within five days, by an impartial jury, unless that right is waived, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
AMENDMENT VI
The right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
AMENDMENT VII
No bail shall be required, nor fines imposed.
AMENDMENT VIII
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
AMENDMENT IX
The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
AMENDMENT X
The citizens shall vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and the person voted for as Vice-President.
AMENDMENT XI
SECTION 1.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
SECTION 2.
Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
AMENDMENT XII
SECTION 1.
All persons in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States. The legislature shall not make or enforce any law, which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall the legislature deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
SECTION 2.
No person shall be a Representative in Congress, President, Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any legislature, or as an executive or judicial office, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
SECTION 3.
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
AMENDMENT XIII
SECTION 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States on account of race, color, gender, preference or previous condition of servitude.
SECTION 2.
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
AMENDMENT XIV
SECTION 1.
If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
SECTION 2.
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Congress may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Congress may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
AMENDMENT XV
SECTION 1.
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than half of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once then must sit out as designated by the Constitution. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
AMENDMENT XVI
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States.
AMENDMENT XVII
SECTION 1.
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
SECTION 2.
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of the entire Congress.
SECTION 3.
Whenever the President transmits to the Speaker of the United States Congress his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
SECTION 4.
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the Speaker of the United States Congress their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the Speaker of the United States Congress his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the Speaker of the United States Congress their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within seven days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within seven days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of Congress that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
AMENDMENT XVIII
Section I: The current Text of Article I, Section III, Clause I
“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of eight Senators chosen by the legislature thereof, for two months; and each senator shall have one vote.”
Is hereby amended to read as the follows:
“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of ten Senators chosen by the legislature thereof, for two months; and each senator shall have one vote.”
Signed by,
The People of the United States of America
The new Founding Fathers of the United States of America |