RULE 11 : CONSTITUTIONS

U.S. CONST.*amend.*XIV,*§*2.

U.S.
amend XIV § 2
CONST
Abbreviation Section
Abbreviation Number of
of symbol and
for amendment
constitution number of
amendment cited
cited section cited

Citation of Section 2 of the Fourteenth

Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
 Cite the United States federal and state
constitutions by “U.S.” or the abbreviated
name of the state and the word “CONST.”
Abbreviate the subdivisions of constitutions,
such as article and cause.
Cite constitutional provisions currently in force
without a date. If the cited provisions has been
repealed, either indicate parenthetically the
fact and year of repeal or cite the repealing
provision in full
When citing a provision that has been
subsequently amended, either indicate
parenthetically the fact and year of
amendment or cite the amending provision in
full
• U.S.CONST. art. I, § 9, cl. 2.
• U.S.CONST. amend. XIV, § 2.
• U.S.CONST. pmbl.
• U.S.CONST. art. X, pt. IV.
• U.S.CONST. amend. XVIII (repealed
1933).
• U.S.CONST. amend. XVIII, repealed
by U.S.CONST. amend. XXI.
• U.S.CONST. art. I, § 3, cl. 1
(amended 1913).
• U.S.CONST. art. I, § 3, cl. 1,
amended by U.S.CONST. amend.
XVII.
 Cite constitutions that have been totally
superseded or are otherwise no longer in effect
by year of adoption; if the specific provision
cited was adopted in a different year, give that
year parenthetically
• ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION of 1781,
art. IX, para. 1.
• ARK. CONST. of 1868, art. III, § 2
(1873).

When citing a constitution contained in an

electronic database, indicate parenthetically the
name of the publisher, editor, or compiler unless • WASH. CONST. art. I, § 2 (West,
the constitution is published, edited, compiled
by, or under the supervision of, federal or state Westlaw through Nov. 2003
official. Also indicate the name of the database amendments).
and information regarding the currency of the
database as provided by the database itself.