The House of Representatives shall choose
their Speaker and other officers..
REPRESENTATIVES. The House of Representatives shall have the
sole power of impeachment..
REPRESENTATIVES. The times, places, and manner of holding
elections for senators and representatives shall be pre-
scribed 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 choosing senators..
REPRESENTATIVES. The House of—
Shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualiti-
cations of its own members..........
A majority thereof 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 penal-
ties, as that house may provide
May determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its
members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concur-
rence of two-thirds, expel a member.
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 on any question shall, at the desire of one-
fifth of those present, be entered on the journal ..
Shall not, during the session of Congress, without the
consent of the Senate, adjourn for more than three days,
nor to any other place than that in which the two houses
shall be sitting
REPRESENTATIVES. The Senators and-
Shall receive a compensation for their services, to be
ascertained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the
United States
They shall, in all cases except 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; and for any
speech or debate in either house, they shall not be ques-
tioned in any other place.
REPRESENTATIVES. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in
the House of Representatives; but the Senate may pro-
pose, or concur with, amendments, as on other bills...
REPRESENTATIVES. Every bill, order, resolution, or vote (except
on a question of adjournment), originating in either house
of Congress, shall be presented to the President of the
United States. (For proceedings see Bill-Resolution.)..
REPRESENTATIVES in Congress, and members of State legislatures,
shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this
Constitution...
REPRIEVES. The President shall have power to grant reprieves..
Reprieves defined, n. 177.
REPRISAL. Congress shall have power to grant letters of marque
and reprisal ....
Reprisal defined and discussed, n. 121.
was in Congress under the Confederation, Art. IX. p. 14.
REPRISAL. No State shall grant letters of marque and reprisal...
Because this is a national power, n. 152.
REPUBLICAN. The United States shall guarantee to every State in
this Union, a republican form of government.
Republican defined, n. 233, p. 243. A government of
the people, Id.
REPUBLICAN governments in the rebel States. To enable the rebel
States to establish republican governments. n. 256. p. 282,
preamble. Inquiry as to whether Maryland has, n. 46. (See
Rebel States.)
RESERVED rights. (See Retained Rights.) Amendments.
RESERVED powers. The powers not delegated to the United
States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the
people. Amendments...
The powers not delegated are retained, notes 89, 269,
p. 107.
RESERVING to the States. Congress shall have power to provide
for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and
governing such part as may be in the service of the United
States, reserving to the States the appointment of the
officers, and the authority of training the militia according
to the discipline prescribed by Congress.
RESIDENCE of fourteen years within the United States requisite in
eligibility of a person to the office of President or Vice-
President of the United States..
RESIGNATION. Vacancies by resignation of senators may be filled
by the executive of a State in recess of legislature...
The seat is vacated, before notice that the resignation is
accepted, n. 32.
RESIGNATION. In case of the resignation of the President, the
office shall devolve on the Vice-President, &c....
RESOLUTION. Every order, resolution, or vote, 'to which the con-
currence of the Senate and House of Representatives may
be necessary (except on a question of adjournment), shall
be presented to the President of the United States, and,
before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by
him; or, being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by
two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives,
according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the
case of a bill. (See Bills.)
When a resolution becomes a law, joint and concurrent,
n. 70. A joint, submitting the 14th amendment, n. 276,
p. 278.
RETAINED rights. The enumeration, in the Constitution, of cer-
tain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage
others retained by the people. Amendments.
RETURNED. Bills, resolutions, &c., not approved, to be returned
by the President to the house in which they originated..
RETURNED. Bills, resolutions, &c., not returned within ten days,
Sundays excepted, to become laws unless Congress ad-
journ.
The President must have ten entire days, n. 69.
RETURNS. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, re-
turns, and qualifications of its own members
Returns defined, n. 46.
REVENUE. 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
Revenue defined, n. 65.
REVENUE. No pref rence shall be given, by any regulation of
commerce or revenue, to the ports of one State over those
of another....
RHODE ISLAND. Signed the Declaration of Independence, p. 7.
One of the Confederation, p. 9. Signed the articles thereof
p. 21. Rule of suffrage, n. 17.
RHODE ISLAND and Providence Plantations. Entitled to one repre-
sentative in first Congress
Two by the census of 1860, n. 24. Assigned to first judicial
circuit. n. 197. Ratified the thirteenth constitutional
amendment, n. 274; and the fourteenth, n. 275.
RIGHT. The habeas corpus is a writ of, n. 141.
RIGHT of Congress. Because of the thirteenth amendment, to
pass the civil rights law, n. 274, p. 273.
RIGHT of conscience. (See Religion.)
RIGHT of the people. Congress shall make no law abridging the
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the government for a redress of grievances.
The people used in the broadest sense, n. 248.
RIGHT of the people. 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.
Amend-
RIGHT of the people. The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable
searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no war-
rants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by
oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place
to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendments.
RIGHT of. (See Life-Liberty-Property.)
RIGHT of evidence and defense in criminal prosecutions. (See
Criminal.)
RIGHT of trial by jury. In suits at common law, where the value
in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of
trial by jury shall be preserved, 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 common
law. Amendments.........
RIGHTS. When acquired under existing law there is no power to
take them away, n. 257, p. 260. The great absolute, of
property, n. 258. The commanders of military districts
to protect the rights of persons and property, n. 276,
p. 262, § 3.
RIGHTS. Exclusive rights to writings and discoveries may be se-
cured to their authors and inventors for a limited time...
(See Authors and Inventors, notes 107, 108.)
RIGHTS of domestic security. No soldier shall, in time of peace,
be quartered in any house without the consent of the
owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be pre-
scribed by law. Amendments..
RIGHTS. The enumeration, in the Constitution, of certain rights,
shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained
by the people. Amendments....
These certain rights defined, n. 268.
RIGHTS. A naturalized citizen possesses all the, of a native
citizen, n. 93. And this right of naturalization was
accorded to Congress, Id. The right of the naturalized
citizen takes effect from birth, n. 274, p. 276. The rights
of owners of slaves after emancipation, n. 274, pp. 277, 275,
ROADS. Congress shall have power to establish post-offices and
post-roads
(See Post-offices and Post-roads, notes 104-106.) · Post-
roads defined, n. 106. The number of miles of, n. 105.
ROBERDEAU, DANIEL, of Pennsylvania. Signed Articles of Con-
federation, p. 21.
RODNEY CÆSAR, of Delaware. Signed the Declaration of Inde-
Signed Declaration of Inde-
RULES of proceedings. Each house of Congress may determine
the rules of its proceedings....
RULES concerning captures. Congress shall have power to make
rules concerning captures on land and water
This power existed in the Congress of the Confedera-
tion, Art. IX. p. 14.
RULES and articles of war. Congress shall have power to make
rules for the government and regulation of the land and
naval forces..
RULES of the common law. No fact tried by a jury shall be other-
wise re-examined in any court of the United States than
according to the rules of the common law. Amend-
ments...
RUNAWAY slaves, or persons held to service or labor, and fugi-
tives from justice, shall be delivered up, &c...
(See Fugitive, notes 223, 224, 225.)
RUSH, BENJAMIN, of Pennsylvania.
Independence, p. 7.-
Signed the Declaration of
RUTLEDGE, EDWARD, of South Carolina. Signed Declaration of
RUTLEDGE, JOHN. Chief-Justice and Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court, n. 197, pp. 192, 193.
SCIENCE and useful arts. Congress shall have power to promote
the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for
limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive
right to their respective writings and discoveries
Science defined and distinguished from art, n. 107, p. 122.
Science teaches us to know, art to do, n. 107, p. 122.
Scudder, NATHANIEL, of New Jersey. Signed the Articles of
Confederation, p. 21.
SEARCHES and seizures. The right of the people to be secure in
their persons, houses, papers, and effects against un-
reasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and
no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported
by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things to be
seized. Amendments..
Searches are always unreasonable when without au-
*hority of law, n. 251.
SEAT of government. Neither house, during the session of Con-
gress, 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
SEAT of government. Congress shall have power to exercise ex-
clusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such dis-
trict (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession
of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, be-
come the seat of the government of the United States,
and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by
consent of the legislature. of the State in which the same
shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals,
dock-yards, and other needful buildings
(See District of Columbia.)
SEAT of government of the United States. The list of electoral
votes for President and Vice-President shall be transmit-
ted, sealed, to the seat of the government of the United
States, directed to the president of the Senate. Amend-
ments ..
SEATS of senators. Terms at which the seats of the several
classes of senators shall be vacated.
SECESSION and nullification had the same poisonous root, Pref. p. vii.
SECRECY. Each house of Congress shall keep a journal of its pro-
ceedings, and from time to time publish the same,
excepting such parts as may in their judgment require
SECRETARIES of different departments constituting cabinet of the
President, n. 176.
SECRETARIES of War, of the Treasury, of the Interior, &c.,
hold their offices how long, n. 184, p. 179, § 1.
SECRETARY of State. Proclamation about thirteenth consti-
tutional amendment, n. 274. Action of, on fourteenth
amendment and views in regard to same, n. 275.
SECRETARY of the Treasury. Report of public debt, n. 78.
SECRETARY of the Senate, at the close of each session to deliver to
the Secretary of the Treasury, &c., a full list of the per-
sons nominated and rejected, n. 184, p. 180, § 7.
SECRETARY of the Treasury. Report of, on the national debt, n. 78,
p. 99. Holds his office during the Presidential term, n. 184,
p. 179, § 1. Secretary of the Senate to report to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury a list of officers, n. 184, p. 180, § 7.
President to notify the Secretary of the Treasury of desig-
nations, &c., Id. p. 181, § 8.
SECURE the blessings of liberty.
The Constitution established
to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos-
terity, &c. Preamble..
What liberty was intended to be secured, n. 12. How
it was attained, Id.
SECURE. The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be violated. Amendments..
(See Houses, Searches.)
SECURITIES. Congress shall have power to provide for the punish-
ment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of
the United States
SECURITY of a free State. A well regulated militia being neces-
sary to the security of a free State, the right of the people
to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Amend-
SEDGWICK, THEODORE. Speaker of the House of Reps, n. 26.
SEIZURES. The right of the people to be secure against un-
reasonable seizures shall not be violated. (See Searches.)
Amendments ..
Searches and seizures are always unreasonable when
not authorized by law, n. 257.
SENATE. It is intended to be a permanent body with perpetual
existence, n. 31. How it might come to an end, Id.
SENATE and House of Representatives. The Congress of the United
States shall consist of a Senate and House of Representa-
tives ....
The Senate ought to be first defined, n. 15.
SENATE and House of Representatives. (See Congress.)
SENATE. The Senate shall be composed of two senators from
each State, chosen by the legislature for six years, and
each senator shall have one vote
The subject considered, n. 28.
elections, n. 29. The law for electing, n. 30.
SENATE. The Vice-President of the United States shall be Presi-
dent of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be
equally divided
List of Vice-Presidents, n. 37.
SENATE. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a
President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice-
President, or when he shall exercise the office of presi-
dent of the United States..
List of Presidents, pro tempore, n. 3S.
SENATE. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all im-
peachments; when sitting for that purpose they shall be
on oath or affirmation, When the President of the United
States is tried, the Chief-Justice shall preside; and no
person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-
thirds of the members present.......
(See Impeachment, notes 39, 40, 194.)
SENATE. The judgment of the Senate, in cases of impeachment,
shall not extend further than to removal from office, and
disqualification to hold and enjoy an office of honor, trust,
or profit under the United States, but the party convicted
shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment,
trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.
SENATE of the United States. The Senate shall be the judge of
the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own
members; a majority 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 penal-
ties, as that house may provide.
(See Qualifications, n. 46.)
SENATE. The Senate may determine the rules of its proceedings,
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