The U.S. Constitution: Anti-Federalist Edition
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The U.S. Constitution - Thomas Jefferson
The U.S. Constitution
Anti-Federalist Edition
by The Committee of Detail
John Rutledge, of South Carolina
Edmund Randolph, of Virginia
Nathaniel Gorham, of Massachusetts
Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut
James Wilson, of Pennsylvania
& The Committee of Style
William Samuel Johnson, of Connecticut
Alexander Hamilton, of New York
Gouverneur Morris, of Pennsylvania
James Madison, of Virginia
Rufus King, of Massachusetts
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Contents
The United States Constitution
Preamble
Article I. — The Legislative Branch
Article II. — The Executive Branch
Article III. — The Judicial Branch
Article IV. — The States
Article V. — Amendment
Article VI. — Debts, Supremacy, Oaths
Article VII. — Ratification Documents
Amendments to the Constitution
Amendment I — Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression
Amendment II — Right to Bear Arms
Amendment III — Quartering of Soldiers
Amendment IV — Search and Seizure
Amendment V — Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings
Amendment VI — Right to Speedy Trial, Confrontation of Witnesses
Amendment VII — Trial by Jury in Civil Cases
Amendment VIII — Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Amendment IX — Construction of Constitution
Amendment X — Powers of the States and People
Amendment XI — Judicial Limits
Amendment XII — Choosing the President, Vice-President
Amendment XIII — Slavery Abolished
Amendment XIV — Citizenship Rights
Amendment XV — Race No Bar to Vote
Amendment XVI — Status of Income Tax Clarified
Amendment XVII — Senators Elected by Popular Vote
Amendment XVIII — Liquor Abolished
Amendment XIX — Women’s Suffrage
Amendment XX — Presidential, Congressional Terms
Amendment XXI — Amendment 18 Repealed
Amendment XXII — Presidential Term Limits
Amendment XXIII — Presidential Vote for District of Columbia
Amendment XXIV — Poll Tax Barred
Amendment XXV — Presidential Disability and Succession
Amendment XXVI — Voting Age Set to 18 Years
Amendment XXVII — Limiting Congressional Pay Increases
Anti-Federalist Papers
I. Patrick Henry, Virginia Ratifying Convention 1788
II. Brutus/Robert Yates November 1, 1787 To the Citizens of the State of New-York
III. Centinel/Samuel Bryan October 5, 1787 To the Freemen of Pennsylvania
IV. The Federal Farmer to the Republican October 8th, 1787
V. Candidus/Samuel Adams Essay in the Boston Gazette, Oct. 14, 1771
VI. Cato/George Clinton September 27, 1787 For the New York Journal
VII. Luther Martin, March 28, 1788
The
United States
Constitution
as collectively composed
by The Committee of Detail
John Rutledge, of South Carolina
Edmund Randolph, of Virginia
Nathaniel Gorham, of Massachusetts
Oliver Ellsworth, of Connecticut
James Wilson, of Pennsylvania
& The Committee of Style
William Samuel Johnson, of Connecticut
Alexander Hamilton, of New York
Gouverneur Morris, of Pennsylvania
James Madison, of Virginia
Rufus King, of Massachusetts
Preamble
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Article I.
The Legislative Branch
Section 1. — (The Legislature)
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Section 2. — (The House)
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
(Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.) (The previous sentence in parentheses was modified by the 14th Amendment, section 2.) The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five and Georgia three.
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Section 3. — (The Senate)
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature thereof,) (The preceding words in parentheses superseded by 17th Amendment, section 1.) for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; (and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.) (The preceding words in parentheses were superseded by the 17th Amendment, section 2.)
No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust