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tatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States, and of the several States, shall be bound, by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." ARTICLE VII. RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION. "The ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same." Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO, AND AMENDMENT OF, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.[4] _Proposed by Congress and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth article of the original Constitution_. Article I.--Freedom of Religion, etc. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Article II.--Right to Bear Arms. "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Article III.--Quartering Soldiers on Citizens. "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." Article IV.--Search-Warrants. "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." Article V.--Trial for Crime, etc. "No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service, i
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