For example, you might write the following: “In the United States, citizens are guaranteed the right to freedom of religion. " You may also write the following example that quotes the Constitution: The U. S. Constitution notes that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. "
Start with the open parenthesis, followed by “U. S. Const. " and the amendment or article number. For an amendment, use “amend. " and for an article, use “art. " and “§” for the section. Follow with a close parenthesis. The citation goes before the period but after any quotation marks. Use Roman numerals for amendments and articles, and Arabic numerals for sections and clauses. The first example would look this way: In the United States, citizens are guaranteed the right to freedom of religion (U. S. Const. amend. I). In the second example, you could add the citation after the mention of the Constitution: The U. S. Constitution (amend. I) notes that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. "
An end citation would look like the following example: U. S. Const. amend. I.
The date will go after the citation: Prohibition was the law of the land in the 1920s and early 1930s (U. S. Const. amend. XVIII, repealed 1933). The end citation would look like this example: U. S. Const. amend. XVIII (repealed 1933).
For instance, you can use the same example from above: In the United States, citizens are guaranteed the right to freedom of religion. Another example is the following sentence: The U. S. Constitution notes that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. "
Start with an open parenthesis, then add “US Const. " Follow that with the amendment, section, article, and/or clause and a close parenthesis. Use Roman numerals for amendments and Arabic numerals for sections. The example would look like this sentence: In the United States, citizens are guaranteed the right to freedom of religion (US Const. amend. I). The second example would look this way: The U. S. Constitution notes that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof” (amend. I).
The end-text citation will look like this example: U. S. Constitution. Amend. I
Take the same example from above: In the United States, citizens are guaranteed the right to freedom of religion.
For example, your sentence would look this way: In the United States, citizens are guaranteed the right to freedom of religion. 1 The number will be in superscript, as it is in the example. To add a footnote, put the cursor at the end of the sentence. Choose “References” and “Insert Footnote. " The word processing system will do the rest.
For example, your footnote would look like the following example: 1. U. S. Constitution, amend. 1. When naming a section, use “sec. " not the section symbol “§. "
