AGE. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years,

AGE. No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the
Age of thirty Years,

AGE. No Person

shall be eligible to the Office of President who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years,

AGREEMENT or Compact. No State shall, without the Consent of
Congress, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another
State, or with a foreign Power,

AWBASSADORS. [The President] shall receive Ambassadors and other
public Ministers;
AMBASSADORS. The judicial Power shall extend ... to all Cases
affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; .
AMBASSADORS. In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Min-
isters and Consuls, the supreme Court shall have original Juris-

diction_...

AMENDMENTS. All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with
Amendments as on other Bills
AMENDMENTS. The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses
shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution,
or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several
States, shall call a Convention for proposing_Amendments, which, in
either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this
Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the
several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or
the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Pro-
vided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One
thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first
and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no
State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of it's equal Suffrage in
the Senate__

AMERICA. (See United States.)

[AMNESTY.] (See Pardons; Rebellion.)

APPELLATE Jurisdiction. (See Supreme Court.)

APPOINTMENT. (See Militia.)

[APPOINTMENT of Electors.] (See Election of President.)

APPOINTMENTS. (See Vacancies.)

APPOINTMENTS. [The President]

shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law; but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments..

APPORTIONED. (See Representatives.)
APPORTIONMENT. (See Taxes.)

[APPRENTICES.] (See Fugitive Slaves.)

APPROPRIATION. (See Armies.)

APPROPRIATIONS. No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but

in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law;

[APPROPRIATIONS.] (See Expenditures.)

APPROVED. (See Bill; Order.)

ARMIES. Congress shall have Power

To raise and support Armies,

but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;

[ARMIES.] No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, Troops,

[ARMIES.] (See Quartered.)

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ARMING. (See Militia.)
ARMS.

the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
(2d amend.)

infringed..
ARMY. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army
ARREST. The Senators and Representatives shall . . . in all Cases, ex-
cept Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest
during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and
in going to and returning from the same; . .
ARSENALS. (See Forts.)

right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

(1st amend.)

ASSUME. (See Debt of the United States.)
ATTAINDER. No Bill of Attainder . . . shall be passed _ _ _ _

ATTAINDER. No State shall . . pass any Bill of Attainder,
ATTAINDER of Treason.

but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted

_ (8th amend.)

BAIL. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted..
BALDWIN, Abraham. Signs the Constitution____

BALLOT. The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by
Ballot for two Persons,

BALLOT. The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by
ballot for President and Vice-President, . they shall name in their
ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the
person voted for as Vice-President, .
- (12th amend.)
BALLOT.

if no person [of those voted for by the Electors] have
such majority, then. the House of Representatives shall choose
immediately, by ballot, the President__
- (12th amend.)
BANKRUPTCIES. Congress shall have Power . To establish .

uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; .

BASIS of Representation. (See Representatives.)

[BANKS.] (See Implied Powers; Money.)

BASSETT, Richard. Signs the Constitution...

BEDFORD, Gunning, Jr. Signs the Constitution.
BEHAVIOUR. (See Good Behaviour.)

BEVERAGE Purposes. (See Liquors.)

BILL. Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it becomes a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.... BILL of Attainder. (See Attainder.)

[BILL of Rights.] (See Amendments I-X). BILLS for Raising Revenue. (See Revenue.)

Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding
ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Ac-
ceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United
States,

CHIEF Justice. When the President of the United States is tried, the
Chief Justice shall preside:

CITIZEN. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have.
been seven Years a Citizen of the United States,

been

CITIZEN. No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have .
nine Years a Citizen of the United States, .
CITIZEN. No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the
United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be
eligible to the Office of President; . .

CITIZENS. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases,

between

a State and Citizens of another State;-between Citizens of different States,-between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects___

CITIZENS. The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges
and Immunities of Citizens in the several States_

CITIZENS. The Judicial power of the United States shall not be con-
strued to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted
against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by
Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State___.
(11th amend.)

CITIZENS. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and
of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
(14th amend.)

CITIZENS. But when the right to vote at any election .. is denied
to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of
age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except
for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation
therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such

male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twentyone years of age in such State.. - (14th amend.) CITIZENS. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude... - (15th amend.) CITIZENS. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex(19th amend.)

[CITIZENS.] (See People.)

CIVIL OFFICERS. (See Officers.)

[CIVIL Rights.] (See Bill of Rights; Fourteenth Amendment.)

CLAIM. or pay

But neither the United States nor any State shall assume any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.... (14th amend.) CLAIMING Lands. (See Grants.) CLAIMS. The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

CLEAR. (See Enter.)

CLYMER, George. Signs the Constitution.

[COASTWISE Trade.] (See Enter.)

COIN. (See Counterfeiting.)

COIN. No State shall.

make any Thing but gold and silver Coin

a Tender in Payment of Debts;

COIN Money. (See Money.)

COLLECT. (See Taxes.)

COLOR. (See Race.)

COMFORT. (See Treason.)

COMMANDER in Chief. The President shall be Commander in Chief
of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the
several States, when called into the actual Service of the United
States; .
COMMERCE.

The Congress shall have Power . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;

COMMERCE. No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Com-
merce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another: . .
COMMISSION. [The President] . . . shall Commission all the Officers
of the United States___

COMMISSIONS. The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacan-
cies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting
Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
COMMON Defence. We the People of the United States, in Order to
provide for the common defence,
do ordain and establish
this Constitution for the United States of America___ (Preamble)

COMMON Defence. (See Taxes.)

COMMON Law. In Suits at common law, where the value in contro-
versy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be pre-
served, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in
any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the com-
mon law
(7th amend.)

COMPACT. (See Agreement.)
COMPENSATION. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a
Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid
out of the Treasury of the United States..
COMPENSATION. The President shall, at stated Times, receive for
his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor
diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and
he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the
United States, or any of them....

ANALYSIS: CITIZENS-CONGRESS

COMPENSATION. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts,
shall . at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation,
which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office..
[COMPENSATION.] (See Emolument; Emoluments.)

COMPENSATION.

nor shall private property be taken for public (5th amend.) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall to have compulsory process for obtaining Wit(6th amend.)

use, without just compensation_-_ COMPULSORY Process. enjoy the right .

nesses in his favor,

CONCURRENCE. (See Impeachment; Order.)
CONCURRENT Power. The Congress and the several States shall have
concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation
(18th amend.)
Confedera-

CONFEDERATION. No State shall enter into any
tion; .
CONFEDERATION.

.

All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, before the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. CONFESSION. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court

[CONFISCATION.] (See Private Property.)
CONFRONTED. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy
the right... to be confronted with the witnesses against him; .

(6th amend.)
CONGRESS. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a
Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House
of Representatives.
CONGRESS. (See Bill; House of Representatives; Law; Meeting; Order;
Representatives; Senate; Senators.)

CONGRESS. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years
after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within
every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by
Law direct..

CONGRESS. The Times, Places and Manner of Holding Elections for
Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the
Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or
alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. ___
CONGRESS.-[Organization:]

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide...

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member...

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal_.

Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting... CONGRESS.-Powers:

The Congress shall have Power To Lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;.
Te regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several
States, and with the Indian Tribes;

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To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;..