External Links

• Text of U.S. Constitution at constitutionus.com.
• National Constitution Center’s Interactive U.S. Constitution.
• Cornell University Law School’s annotated U.S. Constitution.

Timeline History of the Text of the U.S. Constitution

Articles about Constitutional Text

Clauses (Alphabetical)

• Birthright Citizenship Clause (14th Amendment)
• Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8)
• Contracts Clause (Article I, Section 10)
• Due Process Clause (5th Amendment)
• Due Process Clause (14th Amendment)
• Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment)
• Fugitive Slave Clause (Article IV, Section 2)
• Interstate Commerce Clause (see Commerce Clause)
• Necessary and Proper Clause (Article I, Section 8)
• Oath Clause (Article II, Section 1)
• Privileges and Immunities Clause (Article IV, Section II)
• Privileges and Immunities Clause (14th Amendment)
• Take Care Clause (Article II, Section 3)
• Takings Clause (5th Amendment))
• Taxing and Spending Clause (Article I, Section 8)
• Three-Fifths Clause (Article I, Section 2)
• Vesting Clause (Article I, Section 1)
• Vesting Clause (Article II, Section 1)
• Vesting Clause (Article III, Section 1)

Constitutional Articles and Amendments (Chronological)

• Founders’ Constitution
  • Original Constitution
    • Preamble
    • Article I
    • Article II
    • Article III
    • Article IV
    • Article V
    • Article VI
    • Article VII
  • Bill of Rights
    • 1st Amendment
    • 2nd Amendment
    • 3rd Amendment
    • 4th Amendment
    • 5th Amendment
    • 6th Amendment
    • 7th Amendment
    • 8th Amendment
    • 9th Amendment
    • 10th Amendment
  • 11th Amendment
  • 12th Amendment
• Reconstruction Amendments (“Second Founding”)
  • 13th Amendment
  • 14th Amendment
  • 15th Amendment
• Progressive Era Amendments
  • 16th Amendment
  • 17th Amendment
  • 18th Amendment
  • 19th Amendment
• FDR Amendments
  • 20th Amendment
  • 21st Amendment
  • 22nd Amendment
• Civil Rights Era Amendments
  • 23rd Amendment
  • 24th Amendment
• Cold War Amendments
  • 25th Amendment
  • 26th Amendment
• Gregory Watson Amendment
  • 27th Amendment