The Senators and Representatives 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. 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 IN WITNESS whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names. G'o: WASHINGTON---- _Presidt. and deputy from Virginia_ _New Hampshire_ { JOHN LANGDON { NICHOLAS GILMAN _Massachusetts_ { NATHANIEL GORHAM { RUFUS KING _Connecticut_ { WM. SAML. JOHNSON { ROGER SHERMAN _New York_ ALEXANDER HAMILTON { WIL: LIVINGSTON _New Jersey_ { DAVID BREARLEY { WM. PATERSON { JONA: DAYTON { B. FRANKLIN { THOMAS MIFFLIN { ROBT. MORRIS _Pennsylvania_ { GEO. CLYMER { THOS. FITZSIMONS { JARED INGERSOLL { JAMES WILSON { GOUV MORRIS { GEO: READ { GUNNING BEDFORD Jun _Delaware_ { JOHN DICKINSON { RICHARD BASSETT { JACO: BROOM { JAMES McHENRY _Maryland_ { DAN OF ST THOS JENIFER { DANL. CARROLL _Virginia_ { JOHN BLAIR-- { JAMES MADISON JR. { WM. BLOUNT _North Carolina_ { RICHD. DOBBS SPAIGHT { HU WILLIAMSON { J. RUTLEDGE _South Carolina_ { CHARLES COTESWORTH PINCKNEY { CHARLES PINCKNEY { PIERCE BUTLER _Georgia_ { WILLIAM FEW { ABR. BALDWIN _Attest_ WILLIAM JACKSON _Secretary_ AMENDMENTS [ARTICLE I.] 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.] 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.]