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The Constitution of the United States of America Analysis and Interpretation

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Analysis and Interpretation

Annotations of Cases Decided by the
Supreme Court of the United States

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2000 Supplement: Cases Decided to June 28, 2000

Senate Document No. 106-27
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NOTE: Certain documents from the 1992 Edition have been supplemented in the 2000 Supplement.


1998 Supplement: Cases Decided to June 26, 1998

Senate Document No. 106-8
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1996 Supplement: Cases Decided to July 1, 1996

Senate Document No. 104-14
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  NOTE: Certain documents from the 1992 Edition have been supplemented in the 1996 Supplement.
 


1992 Edition: Cases Decided to June 29, 1992

Senate Document No. 103-6
PDF (82K) TEXT (3K) Title Page (also see Supplements)
PDF (2K) TEXT (3K) Special Thanks To

CONTENTS

(For contents in detail, see separate table of contents
at beginning of each Article and Amendment)

 
PDF (11K) TEXT (8K) Public Law 91-589: Authorization
PDF (23K) TEXT (21K) Introduction to the 1992 Edition
PDF (29K) TEXT (24K) Historical Note on Formation of the Constitution
PDF (49K) TEXT (35K) Text of the Constitution (Literal Print)
PDF (74K) TEXT (62K) Text of the Amendments (Literal Print)
PDF (15K) TEXT (12K) Proposed Amendments not Ratified by the States

The Constitution with Annotations

PDF (6K) TEXT (5K) Preamble
PDF (1.6M) TEXT (1.2M) Article I. Legislative Department (also see Supplements)
PDF (818K) TEXT (598K) Article II. Executive Department (also see Supplements)
PDF (1.1M) TEXT (835K) Article III. Judicial Department (also see Supplements)
PDF (283K) TEXT (214K) Article IV. States' Relations
PDF (78K) TEXT (58K) Article V. Mode of Amendment
PDF (145K) TEXT (106K) Article VI. Prior Debts, National Supremacy, Oaths of Office
PDF (7K) TEXT (4K) Article VII. Ratification

Amendments to the Constitution

PDF (57K) TEXT (39K) First Through Tenth Amendments: Bill of Rights
PDF (1M) TEXT (778K) First Amendment--Religion and Expression (also see Supplements)
PDF (15K) TEXT (8K) Second Amendment--Bearing Arms (also see Supplements)
PDF (4K) TEXT (3K) Third Amendment--Quartering Soldiers
PDF (337K) TEXT (261K) Fourth Amendment--Search and Seizure (also see Supplements)
PDF (575K) TEXT (441K) Fifth Amendment--Rights of Persons (also see Supplements)
PDF (237K) TEXT (174K) Sixth Amendment--Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions (also see Supplements)
PDF (73K) TEXT (52K) Seventh Amendment--Civil Trials (also see Supplements)
PDF (159K) TEXT (118K) Eighth Amendment--Further Guarantees in Criminal Cases (also see Supplements)
PDF (18K) TEXT (12K) Ninth Amendment--Unenumerated Rights
PDF (49K) TEXT (32K) Tenth Amendment--Reserved Powers (also see Supplements)
PDF (121K) TEXT (87K) Eleventh Amendment--Suits Against States (also see Supplements)
PDF (9K) TEXT (6K) Twelfth Amendment--Election of President
PDF (39K) TEXT (27K) Thirteenth Amendment--Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
PDF (1.7M) TEXT (1.3M) Fourteenth Amendment--Rights Guaranteed: Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection (also see Supplements)
PDF (60K) TEXT (43K) Fifteenth Amendment--Rights of Citizens to Vote
PDF (53K) TEXT (40K) Sixteenth Amendment--Income Tax
PDF (11K) TEXT (7K) Seventeenth Amendment--Popular Election of Senators
PDF (12K) TEXT (8K) Eighteenth Amendment--Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors
PDF (8K) TEXT (5K) Nineteenth Amendment--Women's Suffrage Rights
PDF (15K) TEXT (11K) Twentieth Amendment--Terms of President, Vice President, Members of Congress: Presidential Vacancy
PDF (38K) TEXT (27K) Twenty-First Amendment--Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment (also see Supplements)
PDF (5K) TEXT (4K) Twenty-Second Amendment--Presidential Tenure
PDF (7K) TEXT (5K) Twenty-Third Amendment--Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia
PDF (9K) TEXT (6K) Twenty-Fourth Amendment--Abolition of the Poll Tax Qualification in Federal Elections
PDF (12K) TEXT (8K) Twenty-Fifth Amendment--Presidential Vacancy, Disability, and Inability
PDF (5K) TEXT (4K) Twenty-Sixth Amendment--Reduction of Voting Age Qualification
PDF (8K) TEXT (5K) Twenty-Seventh Amendment--Congressional Pay Limitation

PDF (111K) TEXT (84K) Acts of Congress Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court of the United States (also see Supplements)
PDF (685K) TEXT (534K) State Constitutional and Statutory Provisions and Municipal Ordinances Held Unconstitutional on their Face or as Administered (also see Supplements)
PDF (49K) TEXT (46K) Supreme Court Decisions Overruled by Subsequent Decision (also see Supplements)
PDF (680K) TEXT (667K) Table of Cases (also see Supplements)
PDF (210K) TEXT (146K) Index (also see Supplements)

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September 27, 2002