ARTICLE VIII.
finance.
ARTICLE IX.
eminent domain and property of the state.
ARTICLE X.
education.
ARTICLE XI.
corporations.
ARTICLE XII.
amendments.
ARTICLE XIII.
miscellaneous provisions.
ARTICLE XIV.
schedule.
We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings, form a more perfect government, insure domestic tranquility and promote the general welfare, do establish this constitution.
The Making of the Wisconsin Constitution. Rainey. Wis. Law. Sept. 1992.
Interpreting the Wisconsin Constitution. Suhr. 97 MLR 93 (No. 1 2013)
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Equality; inherent rights. Section 1. [
As amended Nov. 1982 and April 1986] All people are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; to secure these rights, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. [
1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982; 1983 J.R. 40, 1985 J.R. 21, vote April 1986]