Twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution, introduced in September 1789 by Congress.
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ARTICLE THE FIRST. [+e126863]
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After the first enumeration, required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to [+e126863]tw[+e126864]o[+e126863]ne[+e126863 -e126864] hundred[+e126863]to[+e126868], aft[+e126863 -e126868]er whi[+e126863] num[+e126868]ch, the proportion shal[+e126863 -e126868]l [+e126863]r[+e126868]b[+e126863]e[+e126863 -e126868] [+e126863]ne[+e126868]so [+e126863]presentativ[+e126868]regulated by Congress, that th[+e126863 -e126868]ere shall b[+e126863]added for every subsequent inc[+e126868]e not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one R[+e126863 -e126868]ep[+e126863]a[+e126868]re[+e126863]sentati[+e126863 -e126868]v[+e126863]o[+e126868]e[+e126863] for eve[+e126863 -e126868]ry forty thousa[+e126863]nd perso[+e126863 -e126868]ns, until th[+e126863]ARTICLE THE SECOND. [+e126873]
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No law varying the compensation [+e126873]for[+e126874]to[+e126873 -e126874] the [+e126873]service of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States[+e126874]members to Congress,[+e126873 -e126874] shall take effect, until an election of Representatives [+e126873] [+e126877]
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ARTICLE THE THIRD. [+e126877]
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Congress shall make no law establishing [+e126877]one [+e126878 -e126891]religio[+e126877]n,[+e126891]us sect[+e126878 -e126891]n,[+e126877 -e126878] o[+e126877]prohibiting the f[+e126891]r [+e126877 -e126891]society [+e126878 -e126891] [+e126894]
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ARTICLE THE FOURTH. [+e126894]
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Th[+e126894]at Congress shall make no law, abridging th[+e126907]e Freedom of Speech, [+e126894]or[+e126907]and[+e126894 -e126907] of the Press, [+e126894]or[+e126907]and[+e126894 -e126907] the right of the People peaceably to assemble and consult for the[+e126894]ir[+e126907] common good, and to [+e126894]petition[+e126907]apply to[+e126894 -e126907] the [+e126894]g[+e126907]G[+e126894 -e126907]overnment for [+e126894]a[+e126907]the[+e126894 -e126907] redr[+e126894] [+e126910]
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ARTICLE THE FIFTH. [+e126910]
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A well regulated militia,[+e126910] composed of the body of the People,[+e126910 -e126915] being the best security of a free State, the right of the People to keep an[+e126910] [+e126918]
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ARTICLE THE SIXTH. [+e126918]
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No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. [+e126918]
d bear arms, shall not be infringed[+e126910], but no one religiously scrupulous of bearing arms, shall be compelled to render military service in person[+e126910 -e126915].[+e126910] [+e126910 -e126915]
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ess of grievances[+e126894], shall not be infringed[+e126894 -e126907].[+e126894] [+e126894 -e126907]
in pre[+e126878 -e126891]fe[+e126878]re[+e126878 -e126891]nc[+e126878]exercise[+e126891]prohibiting the free[+e126877 -e126891] exe[+e126877 -e126878]re[+e126891]rcise [+e126877 -e126891]to[+e126878 -e126891] o[+e126878]ther[+e126877 -e126891]s[+e126878 -e126891]eof, nor shall the [+e126877 -e126891]rights of Conscience be infringed.[+e126877] [+e126877 -e126878]
shall have intervened.[+e126873]e num[+e126863 -e126868]b[+e126863]er of[+e126863 -e126868] Representatives shall amount to two hundred[+e126863]to[+e126868], aft[+e126863 -e126868]er whic[+e126863]one representativ[+e126868]h the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that th[+e126863 -e126868]ere shal[+e126863]l no[+e126863 -e126868]t b[+e126863]added for every subsequent inc[+e126868]e less than two hundred Representatives, nor less than one R[+e126863 -e126868]ep[+e126863]a[+e126868]re[+e126863] of six[+e126868]sentative for every f[+e126863 -e126868]ifty thousand person[+e126863] [+e126868]
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