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The foundation for law in America are a couple of important Law Documents. Maybe you have heard of them before: the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights... Below you will find guides to help you understand just what these important Law Docs say.

The US Constitution

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Preamble
Article 1 Section 1 - All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the ...
Article 1 Section 2 - The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every seco...
Article 1 Section 3 - The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each...
Article 1 Section 4 - The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Represen...
Article 1 Section 5 - Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications ...
Article 1 Section 6 - The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their ser...
Article 1 Section 7 - All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representativ...
Article 1 Section 8 - The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and...
Article 1 Section 9 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now exist...
Article 1 Section 10 - No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant let...
Article 2 Section 1 - The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of ...
Article 2 Section 2 - The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the Unite...
Article 2 Section 3 - He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of...
Article 2 Section 4 - The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, ...
Article 3 Section 1 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Cou...
Article 3 Section 2 - The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising un...
Article 3 Section 3 - Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war agains...
Article 4 Section 1 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, reco...
Article 4 Section 2 - The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immuniti...
Article 4 Section 3 - New states may be admitted by the Congress into this union; but no new stat...
Article 4 Section 4 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican...
Article 5 Section 1 - The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, s...
Article 6 Section 1 - All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of t...
Article 7 Section 1 - The ratification of the conventions of nine states, shall be sufficient for...