ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND NOTES THEREON.

A.

Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States shall
not be....

Absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as it may provide.
Each House is authorized to compel the attendance of................
Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money shall be published from
time to time. A statement of the.......

Accusation. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall be informed of the
cause and nature of the...

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259

586

Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all criminal prosecutions the....
He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the State and district where the
crime was committed.....

586

586

He shall be informed of the nature of the accusation.

586

He shall be confronted with witnesses against him..........

586

He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor...
He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense....
Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be tried by jury...
Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full faith and credit

586

586

594

shall be given in each State to the......

478

Acts. Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts, records, and
proceedings.....

478

Acts of Congress declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court...
Adamson law, establishing eight-hour day and minimum wages for interstate
railway employees...

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89

Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a quorum of each House
may.

66

Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which
they shall be sitting. Neither House shall, during the session of Con-
gress, without the consent of the other.....

68

Adjournment. Approval of bills after, or during recess.

Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such time as he shall think
proper. In case of disagreement between the two Houses as to.....
Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, relation of, to commerce clause..
The judicial power shall extend to all cases of.......

Admission to the bar. Congress has not the right to prescribe qualifications for..
Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new State shall be formed or

erected within the jurisdiction of any other State. New States may be..
Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or
parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures and of Congress...
Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All debts and engagements con-
tracted by the Confederation and before the.....

Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall have power to make
treaties by and with the....

380

To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and consuls by and with
the....

380

To appoint all other officers of the United States not herein otherwise pro-
vided for by and with the.....

380

Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall be on oath or..

64

To be taken by the President of the United States. Form of the oath or...
No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause and on oath or.....
To support the Constitution. Senators and Representatives, members of
State legislatures, executive and judicial officers, both State and Fed-
eral, shall be bound by oath or....

373

544

536

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Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained twenty-
five years of...

61

No State shall enter into any.....

Aliens.

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained thirty years of..
Agreement or compact with another State without the consent of Congress.

Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist in levying
war against them, adhering to their enemies, and giving them...
Alaska is part of the United States under treaty with Russia.

Admission and exclusion of....

Application of habeas corpus to...

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361

474

53

419

250

Application of indictment clause of fifth amendment to.

554

Deportation, exclusion, and naturalization proceedings..

571

Judicial power does not extend to private suits between..
Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty.
Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls. The President may ap-

457

261

point.....

380, 385

The judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases affecting. 421, 434
Amendment of the Constitution. Mode of, Article V ....

521

Amendments to the Constitution, approval by the President of..

71

Whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress
shall propose.....

521

On application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall
call a convention to propose.....

521

Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by conventions in,
three-fourths of the States....

521

Amendments restricting Federal power. Religion, free speech, free press, right
of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government
for redress of grievances...

Right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed..
Quartering of soldiers in any house without consent of owner, in time of
peace....

Right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated......................
Rights of accused in criminal cases; indictment, double jeopardy, self-
incrimination, due process of law, and just compensation for property
taken for public use....

Right to jury trial in criminal prosecutions..

Right to trial by jury in civil suits.

Punishment for crime..

Rights of the people shall not be denied or disparaged...

Powers reserved to the States.......

539

543

544

544

549

586

594

602

604

605

Amendment 11. Suits against States by citizens of other States..

Amendment 12. Mode of electing President...

610

619

Amendments 13 to 15. Civil War amendments. Abolition of slavery.....
Rights of citizens; definition of citizenship, privileges and immunities,

621

due process of law, equal protection of the laws.....

Apportionment of representation, right to vote...

Disqualification for office because of engaging in rebellion...
Validity of the public debt.....

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711

712

712

Abridgment of right of suffrage on account of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitude.....

Amendment 19. Abridgment of right of citizens to vote on account of sex.....
Antitrust act of 1890, among exclusive powers of Congress under commerce
clause....

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88

Act of 1914 (Clayton Antitrust Act).

Antitrust laws. Power of States to enact.

89

658

Appeal. Definition of..

Right of Government to, without power to set aside verdict...

· Right of, in criminal prosecutions......

Right of, is not essential to due process.

Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under
such regulations as Congress shall make. In what cases the Supreme
Court shall have.
Application of the legislature or the executive of a State. The United States
shall protect each State against invasion and domestic violence on the..
Application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall call a
convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution. On the....
Appointment of officers and authority to train the militia reserved to the States,
respectively.......

Of such inferior officers as they may think proper in the President alone.
Congress may by law vest the........

Appointments in the courts of law or in the heads of departments. Congress
may by law vest the.....
Apportionment of representation and direct taxation among the several States.
Provisions relating to the.....
Apportionment. Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on in-
comes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among
the several States....

Of Representatives among the several States. Provisions relating to the..
Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power to make all laws necessary

and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all
other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the
United States, or in any department or officer thereof.....
Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth amendment, prohibit-
ing slavery, by..

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471

400

709

670

462

517

521

229

380

380

62

715

711

238

621

Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth
amendment, by..

713

Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fifteenth amend-
ment, by...

714

Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies shall be for a longer
term than two years. But no.

225

Appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury
but in consequence of..........

259

Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a longer term than two
years. Congress shall have power to raise and support.
Armies. Congress shall make rules for the government and regulation of the
land and naval forces..

Arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the
security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear......
Arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in
going to and returning from the same. Members shall in all cases, ex-
cept treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from....
Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over all places purchased
for the erection of....

Articles exported from any State. No tax or duty shall be laid on...
Arts by securing to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respec-
tive writings and discoveries. Congress may promote the progress of
science and the useful.....

Assignment. Of property and franchises, effect of, in connection with taxation
Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall have the.....

315

586

Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid of rebellion or insurrec-
tion against the United States. Provisions against the.....

712

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Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No bill of...........
Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligations of contracts. No

State shall pass any bill of.....

Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except dur-

252

261

ing the life of the person attainted......

476

Attorneys' fees. Allowance of......

459, 707

Authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their writings and discoveries.
Congress shall have power to secure to..

212

B.

Bail. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines nor cruel and
unusual punishments imposed....

602

Ballot for President and Vice President. The electors shall vote by.........
Ballot. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes for President and
Vice President, the House of Representatives shall immediately choose
the President by.....................

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619

Banking corporations. Contracts of.......

353

Bankruptcies. Congress shall have power to pass uniform laws on the subject of

Banks. National banks are instrumentalities of the Federal Government....
Basis of representation among the several States. Provisions relating to the...
Bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and......
Behavior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts shall hold their offices
during good....

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243

264

534

711

543

393

Bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No...

252

Bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts.
No State shall pass any..

261

Bills of credit. No State shall emit..

261

Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. All..
Bills which have passed the Senate and House of Representatives shall, before
they become laws, be presented to the President......

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69

If he approve, he shall sign them; if he disapprove, he shall return them,
with his objections, to that House in which they originated........

Bills. Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the President, with his
objections, if two-thirds of each House agree to pass the same, it shall
become a law..

Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the President, the question
shall be taken by yeas and nays..

Bills. Not returned by the President within 10 days (Sundays excepted),
shall, unless Congress adjourn, become laws..

69

Bills of lading. Taxation of.....................

359

Birds and game. Protection of migratory..

515

Borrow money on the credit of the United States. Congress shall have power to.
Boundary. Questions of, between States....

78

464

Boundary lines. Compacts or agreements between States as to, prohibited....
Bounties and pensions, shall not be questioned. The validity of the public
debt incurred in suppressing insurrection and rebellion against the
United States, including the debt for.....

365

712

318

May be withdrawn without impairing the obligation of contract...
Breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest while attending the session,
and in going to and returning from the same. Senators and Representa-
tives, except for treason, felony, and....

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