Sections
- Preamble
- Bill of Rights
- Distribution of the Powers of Government
- The Legislative Department
- Counties and County Seats
- Impeachments
- The Executive Department
- The Judicial Department
- County Courts
- Justices of the Peace
- Fiscal Courts
- Suffrage and Elections
- Municipalities
- Revenue and Taxation
- Education
- Corporations
- Railroads and Commerce
- The Militia
- General Provisions
- Mode of Revision
- Schedule and Ordinance
Preamble
Bill of Rights
Absolute and arbitrary power denied
Power inherent in the people -- Right to alter, reform, or abolish government
Elections to be free and equal
Freedom of speech and of the press
Security from search and seizure -- Conditions of issuance of warrant
Rights of accused in criminal prosecution -- Change of venue
Indictable offense not to be prosecuted by information -- Exceptions
Double jeopardy -- Property not to be taken for public use without compensation
Right of judicial remedy for injury -- Speedy trial
Laws to be suspended only by General Assembly
Right to bail -- Habeas corpus
Excessive bail or fine, or cruel punishment, prohibited
Imprisonment for debt restricted
Attainder, operation of restricted
Descent in case of suicide or casualty
Standing armies restricted -- Military subordinate to civil -- Quartering soldiers restricted
No office of nobility or hereditary distinction, or for longer than a term of years
Slavery and involuntary servitude forbidden
General powers subordinate to Bill of Rights -- Laws contrary thereto are void
Distribution of the Powers of Government
Powers of government divided among legislative, executive, and judicial departments
One department not to exercise power belonging to another
