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This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.

The seventeenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-second Congress on the 16th of May, 1912, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 31st of May, 1913, to have been ratified by the legislatures of the States of Massachusetts, Arizona, Minnesota, New York, Kansas, Oregon, North Carolina, California, Michigan, Idaho, West Virginia, Nebraska, Iowa, Montana, Texas, Washington, Wyoming, Colorado, Illinois, North Dakota, Nevada. Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Ohio, South Dakota, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, New Jersey. Tennessee, Arkansas, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

ARTICLE [XVIII. Repealed. See Article XXI.]

SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.

SEC. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

SEC. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

The eighteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-fifth Congress, on the 3rd of December, 1917, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 29th of January, 1919, to have been ratified by the Legislatures of the States of Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

ARTICLE [XIX.]

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.

Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

The nineteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Sixty-sixth Congress, on the 19th of May, 1919, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated the 26th of August, 1920, to have been ratified by the Legislatures of the States of Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

ARTICLE [XX.]

SECTION 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of Jan21325-58—vol. 1

uary, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.

SEC. 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

SEC. 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.

SEC. 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.

SEC. 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.

SEC. 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.

The twentieth amendment to the Constitution was proposed to the legislatures of the several states by the Seventy-Second Congress, on the 3d day of March, 1932, and was declared, in a proclamation by the Secretary of State, dated on the 6th day of February, 1933, to have been ratified by the legislatures of the states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky. Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming—said states constituting three-fourths of the whole number of states in the United States, and certified as valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution of the United States.

ARTICLE [XXI.]

SECTION 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.

SEC. 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Con

stitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.

The twenty-first amendment to the Constitution was proposed to the several states by the Seventy-Second Congress, on the 20th day of February, 1933, and was declared, in a proclamation by the Secretary of State, dated on the 5th day of December, 1933, to have been ratified by conventions in the States of Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming-said states constituting three-fourths of the whole number of states in the United States, and certified as valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution of the United States.

ARTICLE [XXII]

SECTION 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was

proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

SEC. 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

PROPOSAL AND RATIFICATION

This amendment was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Eightieth Congress on Mar. 24, 1947 by House Joint Res. No. 27, and was declared by the Administrator of General Services, in a proclamation dated Mar. 1, 1951, 16 F. R. Doc. 51-2940, 16 F. R. 2019, 65 Stat. 777, to have been ratified by the following State legislatures: Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

CERTIFICATION OF VALIDITY

Publication of the certifying statement of the Administrator of General Services that the amendment had become valid was made on Mar. 1, 1951, F. R. Doc. 51-2940, 16 F. R. 2019.

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ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE AMENDMENTS THERETO

Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States shall not be. [Amendments]. 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. [Amendments] Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all criminal prosecutions the. [Amendments)

He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the State and district where the crime was committed. [Amendments]

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Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty of

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He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense. [Amendments]

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Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be tried by jury. [Amendments].

Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the. Acts. Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts, records, and proceedings....

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

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 Congress, without the consent of the other

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. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of

Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new States 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 contracted by the confederation and before the.

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

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

To appoint all other officers of the United States not herein otherwise provided for by and with the. Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall be on oath or..

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. [Amendments).

To support the Constitution. Senators and Representatives, members of State legislatures, executive and judicial officers, both State and Federal, shall be bound by oath or..

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

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. No State shall enter into any. Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist in levying war against them, adhering to their enemies, and giving them.

Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls. The
President may appoint.

The judicial power of the United States shall extend to
all cases affecting.
Whenever two-thirds of

Amendments to the Constitution.

both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress shall pro

pose..

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Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on presentment of a grand jury. No person shall be held to. [Amendments]..

Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service. Amendments]. 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
In the courts of law or in the heads of departments.
Congress may by law vest the.

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Apportionment of representation and direct taxation among the several States. Provisions relating to the.

Of Representatives among the several States. sions relating to the. [Amendments]. 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 Con stitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof..

Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth article, prohibiting slavery by. [Amendments]. Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth article by. [Amendments).

Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fifteenth article by. [Amendments]. Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies shall be for a longer term than two years. But no.. Appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of.. Approve and sign a bill before it shall become a law. The President shall

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Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a longer term than two years. Congress shall have power to raise and support.

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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. [Amendments].

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Articles exported from any State. No tax or duty shall be laid on.

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, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from. Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over all places purchased for the erection of.

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Arts by securing to authors and inventors their patent rights. Congress may promote the progress of science and the useful

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

Basis of representation among the several States Pro-
visions relating to the. [Amendments].
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. [Amendments].
Beharior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts
shall hold their offices during good.

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

Bills of credit. No State shall emit.

Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives. All....

Bills which shall have passed the Senate and House of
Representatives shall, before they become laws, be pre-
sented to the President..

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

Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the Presi
dent 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 Presi-
dent, the question shall be taken by yeas and nays
Not returned by the President within ten days (Sun-
days excepted), shall, unless Congress adjourn, become
laws..

Borrow money on the credit of the United States. Congress
shall have power to

Bounties and persions, shall not be questioned. The
validity of the public debt incurred in suppressing insur-
rection and rebellion against the United States, including
the debt for. [Amendments]..

Breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest while
attending the session, and in going to and returning from
the same. Senators and Representatives, except for
treason, felony, and.

Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The
President, Vice-President, and all civil officers shall be
removed on impeachment for and conviction of treason...

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Coin a tender in payment of debts. No State shall make
anything but gold and silver.

Coin money and regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin.
Congress shall have power to..

Coin of the United States. Congress shall provide for pun-
ishing the counterfeiting the securities and current..
Color, or previous condition of servitude. The right of citi-
zens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or by any State on account
of race. [Amendments].

Comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist in
levying war against them, and giving their enemies aid
and

Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, and of the militia
when in actual service. The President shall be...
Commerce with foreign nations, among the States, and with
Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to regulate...
Commerce or revenue. No preference shall be given to the
ports of one State over those of another by any regulation
of..

Vessels clearing from the ports of one State shall not pay
duties in those of another.

Commissions to expire at the end of the next session. The
President may fill vacancies that happen in the recess of
the Senate by granting.

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Common defense, promote the general welfare, &c. To insure
the. [Preamble]

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Common defense and general welfare. Congress shall have
power to provide for the.

Common law, where the amount involved exceeds twenty
dollars, shall be tried by jury. Suits at. [Amendments]
No fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in
any court of the United States than according to the
rules of the. [Amendments]-

Compact with another State. No State shall, without con-
sent of Congress, enter into any agreement or
Compact with a foreign power. No State shall, without the
consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or
Compensation of Senators and Representatives to be ascer-
tained by law

Compensation of the President shall not be increased nor
diminished during the period for which he shall be elected.
Compensation of the judges of the Supreme and inferior courts
shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.
Compensation. Private property shall not be taken for pub-
lic use without just. [Amendments].

Compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. In
criminal prosecutions the accused shall have. [Amend-
ments]

Confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance,

or

Confederation. All debts contracted and engagements en-
tered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be
valid against the United States under it, as under the..
Confession in open court. Conviction of treason shall be on
the testimony of two persons to the overt act, or upon.
Congress of the United States. All legislative powers shall
be vested in a.

Shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives..
Shall assemble at least once in every year, which shall
be on the first Monday of December, unless they by
law appoint a different day.

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Census or enumeration of the inhabitants shall be made
within three years after the first meeting of Congress, and
within every subsequent term of ten years thereafter.
Census or enumeration. No capitation or other direct tax
shall be laid except in proportion to the

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Chief Justice shall preside when the President of the United
States is tried upon impeachment. The
Choosing the electors and the day on which they shall give
their votes, which shall be the same throughout the United
States. Congress may determine the time of..
Citizen of the United States at the adoption of the Con-
stitution shall be eligible to the office of President. No
person not a natural-born...

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Citizen of the United States. No person shall be a Senator
who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and
been nine years a.

No person shall be a Representative who shall not have
attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven
years a

Citizenship. Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several
States.

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 in which they reside.
[Amendments].

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States. [Amendments]

Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property without due process of law. [Amend-
ments]...

Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws. [Amendments).

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A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to
do business

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A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and
compel the attendance of absent members.
Each House may determine the rules of its proceed.
ings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and,
with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member...
Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings.
Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall,
without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than
three days

Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensa.
tion to be ascertained by law.

They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach
of peace, be privileged from arrest during attendance
at their respective Houses, and in going to and return-
ing from the same

No Senator or Representative shall, during his term, be
appointed to any civil office which shall have been
created, or of which the emoluments shall have been
increased, during such term..

No person holding any office under the United States,
shall, while in office, be a member of either House of
Congress.

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Civil officers of the United States shall, on impeachment for
and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes
and misdemeanors be removed. All.
Claims of the United States or any particular State in the
territory or public property. Nothing in this Constitution
shall be construed to prejudice..
Classification of Senators. Immediately after they shall be
assembled after the first election, they shall be divided as
equally as may be into three classes.

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House
of Representatives..

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Proceedings in cases of bills returned by the President

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with his objections

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Shall have power to lay and collect duties, imposts, and
excises, pay the debts, and provide for the common
defense and general welfare..

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Shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the
United States

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Classification of Senators. The seats of the Senators of the
first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second
year..

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To establish uniform rule of naturalization and uniform
laws on the subject of bankruptcies.

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The seats of the Senators of the second class at the expi-
ration of the fourth year.

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To coin money, regulate its value and the value of foreign
coin, and to fix the standard of weights and measures..
To punish the counterfeiting the securities and current
coin of the United States..

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Congress of the United States-Continued

To establish post-offices and post-roads.
To promote the progress of science and the useful arts..
To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court..
To define and punish piracies and felonies on the high
seas and to punish offenses against the law of nations.
To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and
make rules concerning captures on land and water..
To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of
money to that use shall be for a longer term than two
years.

To provide and maintain a Navy.

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To make rules for the government of the Army and
Navy...

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To call out the militia to execute the laws, suppress in-
surrections, and repel invasions.

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To provide for organizing, arming, and equipping the
militia.

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To exercise exclusive legislation over the District fixed
for the seat of government, and over forts, magazines,
arsenals, and dockyards.

To make all laws necessary and proper to carry into
execution all powers vested by the Constitution in the
Government of the United States.

No person holding any office under the United States
shall accept of any present, emolument, office, or title
of any kind from any foreign state, without the consent
of

Sessions, time of assembling. [Amendments]

May determine the time of choosing the electors for
President and Vice-President and the day on which
they shall give their votes.

The President may, on extraordinary occasions, convene

either House of.

The manner in which the acts, records, and judicial pro-
ceedings of the States shall be prescribed by

New States may be admitted by Congress into this
Union..

Shall have power to make all needful rules and regulations
respecting the territory or other property belonging to
the United States.

Amendments to the Constitution shall be proposed
whenever it shall be deemed necessary by two-thirds
of both Houses of..

Persons engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
United States disqualified for Senators or Represent-
atives in. [Amendments]..

But such disqualification may be removed by a vote of
two-thirds of both Houses of. [Amendments]..
Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the thirteenth amendment Amendments).
Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the fourteenth amendment. [Amendments].
Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the fifteenth amendment. [Amendments]...
Consent. No State shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in
the Senate without its.

Consent of Congress. No person holding any office of profit
or trust under the United States shall accept of any present,
emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any
king, prince, or foreign potentate, without the...

No State shall lay any imposts, or duties on imports,
except what may be absolutely necessary for executing
its inspection laws, without the.

No State shall lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops
or ships of war in time of peace, without the.
No State shall enter into any agreement or compact with
another State, or with a foreign power, without the.
No State shall engage in war unless actually invaded, or
in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay,
without the.

No new State shall be formed or erected within the juris-
diction of any other State, nor any State be formed by
the junction of two or more States, or parts of States,
without the consent of the legislatures thereof, as well
as the
Consent of the legislature of the State in which the same may
be. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over all
places purchased for the erection of forts, magazines, arse-
nals, dockyards, and other needful buildings by the...
Consent of the legislatures of the States and of Congress. No
States shall be formed by the junction of two or more States
or parts of States without the..
Consent of the other. Neither House, during the session of
Congress, shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to
any other place than that in which they shall be sitting,
without the

Consent of the owner. No soldier shall be quartered in time
of peace in any house without the. [Amendments]..
Consent of the Senate. The President shall have power to
make treaties, by and with the advice and..

The President shall appoint ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court,
and all other officers created by law and not otherwise
herein provided for, by and with the advice and
Constitution, in the Government of the United States, or in
any department or officer thereof. Congress shall have
power to pass all laws necessary to the execution of the
powers vested by the..

Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President. No
person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen at the time
of the adoption of the.
Constitution. The President, before he enters upon the ex-
ecution of his office, shall take an oath to preserve, protect,
and defend the.

Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States. The
judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under the..

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Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims
of the United States, or of any State (in respect to territory
or other property of the United States). Nothing in the..
Constitution. The manner in which amendments may be
proposed and ratified.

Constitution as under the Confederation shall be valid. All
debts and engagements contracted before the adoption of the.
Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof, and all
treaties made, or which shall be made, by the United
States, shall be the supreme law of the land. The..

The judges in every State, anything in the constitution
or laws of a State to the contrary notwithstanding, shall
be bound thereby.

Constitution. All officers, legislative, executive, and judicial,
of the United States, and of the several States, shall be
bound by an oath to support the

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But no religious test shall ever be required as a qualifica-
tion for any office or public trust.
Constitution between the States so ratifying the same. The
ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be suf-
ficient for the establishment of the..

Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny
or disparage others retained by the people. The enumera-
tion in the. [Amendments].

Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively or to the people. Powers not
delegated to the United States by the. [Amendments].
Constitution, and then engaged in rebellion against the United
States. Disqualification for office imposed upon certain
class of persons who took an oath to support the. [Amend-
ments).

Constitution. Done in convention by the unanimous con-
sent of the States present, September 17, 1787.
Contracts. No State shall pass any ex post facto law, or law
impairing the obligation of

Controversies to which the United States shall be a party:
between two or more States; 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; between a State or its citizens
and foreign states, citizens, or subjects. The judicial power
shall extend to...

Convene Congress or either House, on extraordinary occasions.
The President may.

Convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution.
Congress, on the application of two-thirds of the legislatures
of the States, may call a

Convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present
on the 17th of September, 1787. Adoption of the Constitu-
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Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the estab-
lishment of the Constitution. The ratification of the..
Conviction in cases of impeachment shall not be had without
the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.
Copyrights to authors for limited times. Congress shall have
power to provide for..

Corruption of blood. Attainder of treason shall not work...
Counsel for his defense. In all criminal prosecutions the ac-
cused shall have the assistance of. [Amendments]
Counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United
States. Congress shall provide for the punishment of..
Courts. Congress shall have power to constitute tribunals
inferior to the Supreme Court.

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Except in cases in the military and naval forces, or in
the militia when in actual service. [Amendments]
Crimes and misdemeanors. The President, Vice-President,
and all civil officers shall be removed on impeachment for
and conviction of treason, bribery, or other.
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When not committed in a State, they shall be tried at
the places which Congress may by law have provided
Criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have a speedy and
public trial by jury in the State and district where the
crime was committed. In all. [Amendments].

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He shall be informed of the nature and cause of the ac-
cusation. [Amendments].

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He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him.
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He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses
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He shall have the assistance of counsel in his defense.
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Criminate himself. No person as a witness shall be compelled
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Cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Excessive bail
shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor.
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