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Article: Text of the Constitution of the United States
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Text of the Constitution of the United States
| Text of the Constitution of the United States
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Modern usage in spelling, punctuation, and capitalization has been employed.
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We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, 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.
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Section I
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate ...
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