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 one hundred, [+e126863]to[+e126868]after[+e126863 -e126868] which[+e126863] num[+e126868], the proportion shall [+e126863 -e126868]be[+e126863]r[+e126868] [+e126863]s[+e126863 -e126868]o[+e126863]ne[+e126868] re[+e126863]presentativ[+e126868]gulated by Congress, that ther[+e126863 -e126868]e shall be [+e126863]added for every subsequent inc[+e126868]not less than one hundred Representatives, nor less than one Rep[+e126863 -e126868]re[+e126863]a[+e126868]se[+e126863]ntative[+e126863 -e126868] [+e126863]o[+e126868]f[+e126863]or every[+e126863 -e126868] forty thousand[+e126863] persons[+e126863 -e126868], until the [+e126863]nu[+e126863 -e126868]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]any particular denomination of religion[+e126887]n,prohibiting the f[+e126891]one [+e126878 -e126891]relig[+e126877 -e126891]io[+e126877 -e126887]us[+e126878 -e126891] s[+e126878 -e126887]exercise[+e126891]ect[+e126878 -e126891]n,[+e126877 -e126887] or [+e126877 -e126891]s[+e126878 -e126891]ocie[+e126878 -e126887]ty in preferenc[+e126878]pro[+e126877 -e126878]an[+e126887]hibit[+e126877 -e126878], [+e126887] [+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] redress of grievances[+e126894], shall not be infringed[+e126894 -e126907].[+e126894] [+e126894 -e126907]
o[+e126887]r[+e126887 -e126891] prohibit[+e126887]ing the fre[+e126887 -e126891]e ex[+e126887]re[+e126891]erci[+e126887 -e126891]i[+e126877 -e126891]e t[+e126887 -e126891]he[+e126887]reof[+e126887 -e126891]ng the free exercise[+e126877 -e126891] [+e126877]to o[+e126878]ther[+e126877]s[+e126878]eof[+e126877 -e126878], nor shall the rights of Conscience be infringed.[+e126877] [+e126877 -e126878]
shall have intervened.[+e126873]mb[+e126863 -e126874]e[+e126863 -e126868]r[+e126863] of R[+e126863 -e126868]epresentatives shall amount to two hundred, [+e126863]to[+e126868]after[+e126863 -e126868] which [+e126863]one representativ[+e126868]the proportion shall be so regulated by Congress, that ther[+e126863 -e126868]e shall [+e126863]not [+e126863 -e126868]be [+e126863]added for every subsequent inc[+e126868]less than two hundred Representatives, nor less than one Rep[+e126863 -e126868]re[+e126863]a[+e126868]se[+e126863] of six[+e126868]ntative for every fif[+e126863 -e126868]ty thousand persons. [+e126863]
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