Have you ever heard someone say, "That's unconstitutional!" or "That's my constitutional right!" and wondered if they were right? You might be surprised how often people get it wrong. You might also be surprised how often people get it right. Your best defense against misconception is reading and knowing your Constitution.
A lot of people presume a lot of things about the Constitution. Some are true, some are not. This page will detail some of the things that people think are in the Constitution, but are not. Some of these are detailed nitpicks, true, but the details are important.
- The Air Force
- Congressional Districts
- The Electoral College
- Executive Order
- Executive Privilege
- Freedom of Expression
- (Absolute) Freedom of Speech and Press
- God
- 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
See the Constitution here. You can also read the Federalist Papers online.
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