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Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution

Things That Are Not In the U.S Constitution

  • The Air Force
  • Congressional Districts
  • The Electoral College
  • Executive Order
  • Executive Privilege
  • Freedom of Expression
  • (Absolute) Freedom of Speech and Press
  • “From each according to his ability…”
  • God
  • Immigration
  • Impeachment means removal from office
  • Innocent until proven guilty
  • It’s a free country
  • Judicial Review
  • Jury of Peers
  • “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”
  • Marriage
  • Martial Law
  • No taxation without representation
  • Number of Justices in the Supreme Court
  • “Of the people, by the people, for the people”
  • Paper Money
  • Political Parties
  • Primary Elections
  • Qualifications for Judges
  • The right to privacy
  • The right to travel
  • The right to vote
  • The separation of church and state
  • The Separation of Powers Clause
  • Slavery
  • “We hold these truths to be self-evident”
  • Other topics

These links go to longer explanations at the original source.

Further Reading:

  • The Magna Carta (1215)
  • The Mayflower Compact (1620)
  • The Albany Plan (1754)
  • Declaration of Rights (1765)
  • The Boston Port Act (1774)
  • The Administration of Justice Act (1774)
  • The Massacusetts Government Act (1774)
  • The Quartering Act (1774)
  • The Quebec Act (1774)
  • Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774)
  • Articles of Association (1774)
  • Benjamin Franklin’s Articles of Confederation (1775)
  • Common Sense (1776)
  • Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
  • Richard Henry Lee’s Independence Resolution (1776)
  • Declaration of Independence (1776)
  • Articles of Confederation (1778)
  • The Treaty of Paris (1783)
  • Report of the Annapolis Conference (1786)
  • The Virginia Plan (1787)
  • Charles Pinckney’s Plan (1787)
  • The New Jersey Plan (1787)
  • The British Plan (1787)
  • August 6 Draft of the Constitution (1787)
  • September 12 Draft of the Constitution (1787)
  • Speech of Benjamin Franklin (1787)
  • The United States Constitution (1787)
  • The Letter of Transmittal (1787)
  • Washington’s Letter to Congress (1787)
  • Wilson’s 4th of July Address (1788)
  • Madison Introduces the Bill of Rights (1789)
  • Twelve Articles of Amendment (1789)
  • Treaty Between the United States and Tripoli (1797)
  • Jefferson’s Wall of Separation Letter (1802)
  • The Star-Spangled Banner (1814)
  • The Report of the Hartford Convention (1815)
  • Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
  • Fugitive Slave Act (1850)
  • Confederate Constitution (1861)
  • Gettysburg Address (1863)
  • Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
  • The Pledge of Allegiance (1892)
  • The American’s Creed (1917)
  • The I Have a Dream Speech (1963)
  • The Miranda Warning (1966)
  • The Lemon Test (1971)
  • Barack Obama’s Keynote Speech (2004)
  • Virginia Joint Resolution 728 (2007)

The ratification documents of each of the original 13 states (plus Vermont) are also reproduced here:

  • Delaware, December 7, 1787
  • Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787
  • New Jersey, December 18, 1787
  • Georgia, January 2, 1788
  • Connecticut, January 9, 1788
  • Massachusetts, February 6, 1788
  • Maryland, April 28, 1788
  • South Carolina, May 23, 1788
  • New Hampshire, June 21, 1788
  • Virginia, June 26, 1788
  • New York, July 26, 1788
  • North Carolina, November 21, 1789
  • Rhode Island, May 29, 1790
  • Vermont, January 10, 1791
  • Collated list

A list of current versions of each state’s constitution is available:

  • State Constitutions

The following significant historical documents, not hosted on this site, may be of interest:

  • The Federalist Papers
  • Madison’s Notes on the Convention
  • The Papers of George Washington
  • The Papers of James Madison
  • The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
  • Other Significant Documents of the 18th century

The following resources are also available for research into historical American documents:

  • The Avalon Project
  • Library of Congress’s American Memory
  • Our Documents - 100 great American documents
  • NARA
  • Matthew Weiler’s U.S. Historical Documents Archive
  • University of Groningen (Netherlands)

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