The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government,...

the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution...

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws respecting an establishment of religion;...

Article One of the Constitution of the United States establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, the United States Congress. Under Article...

Article Three of the United States Constitution establishes the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government. Under Article Three, the judicial branch...

of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the United...

The Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution empowers the President of the United States to nominate and, with the advice and consent (confirmation)...

Article Two of the United States Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government, which carries out and enforces federal laws...

The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Usually...

In United States constitutional law, the Vesting Clauses are three provisions in the United States Constitution which vest legislative power in Congress...

In United States law, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, together with that Amendment's Free Exercise Clause...

The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal...

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...

The bibliography of the United States Constitution is a comprehensive selection of books, journal articles and various primary sources about and primarily...

Six of the United States Constitution establishes the laws and treaties of the United States made in accordance with it as the supreme law of the land...

The Twelfth Amendment (Amendment XII) to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president. It replaced...

In the United States, each state has its own written constitution. They are much longer than the United States Constitution, which only contains 4,543...

The Signing of the United States Constitution occurred on September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to...

Five of the United States Constitution describes the procedure for altering the Constitution. Under Article Five, the process to alter the Constitution consists...

Hundreds of proposed amendments to the United States Constitution are introduced during each session of the United States Congress. From 1789 through January...

The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual...

The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with presidential succession and disability. It clarifies that the...

Executive Vesting Clause of Article II of the Constitution of the United States of America List of clauses of the United States Constitution Article II, Section...

upon assuming office. The wording of the oath is specified in Article II, Section One, Clause 8, of the United States Constitution, and a new president...

The Preamble to the United States Constitution, beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the US Constitution's fundamental...

The Constitution of the Confederate States was the supreme law of the Confederate States of America. It superseded the Provisional Constitution of the...

of Article III of the Constitution of the United States of America List of clauses of the United States Constitution Article III, Section 1, Clause 1...

The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which...

Vesting Clause of Article I of the Constitution of the United States of America List of clauses of the United States Constitution Article I, Section 1...

The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President...