Paths
Short guided routes through the Constitution. Each step is one page. Your progress stays on this device.
Your rights in 10 minutesThe five protections people use most, in plain English.Getting pulled over or stoppedWhat the law generally says when police stop, question, or search you.Rights at schoolSpeech, searches, and equal treatment for students in public schools.First-time voterWho can vote, what is protected, and what to do if turned away.How the government works: the three branchesWho makes laws, who carries them out, and who interprets them.How a law gets madeFrom a bill in Congress to a law that courts can review.The Reconstruction amendmentsThree amendments after the Civil War that ended slavery and redefined citizenship.How the vote grewSix amendments that changed who votes and how leaders are chosen.Citizenship test basicsThe founding documents and big ideas that civics tests ask about most.