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Art. Sec. Cl.

Judicial power of the United States-Continued

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To all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction.
To controversies to which the United States shall be a
party.

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Imports or exports except what may be absolutely necessary
for executing its inspection laws. No State shall, without
the consent of Congress, lay any imposts or duties on.
Imports or exports laid by any State shall be for the use of the
Treasury. The net produce of all duties on.
Imports or exports shall be subject to the revision and control
of Congress. All laws of States laying duties on..
Imports and excises. Congress shall have power to lay and
collect taxes, duties.

Shall be uniform throughout the United States. All
taxes, duties

Inability of the President, the powers and duties of his office
shall devolve on the Vice-President. In case of the death,
resignation, or..

Inability of the President or Vice-President. Congress may
provide by law for the case of the removal, death, resigna-
tion, or..

Income taxes. Congress shall have power to lay and collect
without apportionment among the several States, and
without regard to any census or enumeration. [Amend-
ments]..

Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to regulate com-
merce with the..

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

Except in cases arising in the land and naval forces, and
in the militia when in actual service. [Amendments]..
Indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according to
law. The party convicted in case of impeachment shall
nevertheless be liable and subject to..
Infamous crime unless on presentment or indictment of a
grand jury. No person shall be held to answer for a capital
or. [Amendments]..

Inferior courts. Congress shall have power to constitute
tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court

Inferior courts as Congress may establish. The judicial
power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme
Court and such.

The judges of both the Supreme and inferior courts shall
hold their offices during good behavior.

To controversies between two or more States..

To controversies between a State and citizens of another
State.

To controversies between citizens of different States.
To citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants
of different States..

To controversies between a State or its citizens and
foreign states, citizens, or subjects...

In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers
and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a
party, the Supreme Court shall have original juris-
diction..

In all other cases before mentioned, it shall have appellate
jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such excep-
tions and under such regulations as Congress shall
make..

The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment,
shall be by jury.

The trial shall be held in the State where the crimes shall
have been committed..

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The judicial power of the United States shall not be held
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. [Amendments]....

Judicial proceedings of every other State. Full faith and
credit shall be given in each State to the acts, records, and..
Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts,
records, and proceedings..

Judicial and executive officers of the United States and of the
several States shall be bound by an oath to support the
Constitution.

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Inferior officers in the courts of law, in the President alone,
or in the heads of Departments. Congress, if they think
proper, may by law vest the appointment of.
Inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen.
No person
shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of
thirty years, been nine years a citizen of the United States,
and who shall not, when elected, be an.
Insurrection or rebellion against the United States. No
person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress,
or presidential elector, or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States, or any State, who, having taken
an oath as a legislative, executive, or judicial officer of the
United States, or of a State, afterwards engaged in.
[Amendments].

But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each
House, remove such disabilities. [Amendments]..
Debts declared illegal and void which were contracted
in aid of. [Amendments].

Insurrections and repel invasions. Congress shall provide for
calling forth the militia to suppress.

Intoxicating liquors. Prohibition of manufacture, sale and
transportation. [Amendments]..

Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment. [Amendments].
Transportation in states prohibiting use therein prohibit-
ed. [Amendments].

Invasion. No State shall, without the consent of Congress,
engage in war unless actually invaded, or in such imminent
danger as will not admit of delay.

The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless
in case of rebellion or.

Their compensation shall not be diminished during their
continuance in office..

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further
to than removal from office, and disqualification to hold any
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 punish-
ment according to law.

Judicial power of the United States. Congress shall have
power to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court.

The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in
one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Con-
gress may from time to time ordain and establish.
The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts shall hold
their offices during good behavior...

Legislation. Congress shall have power to make all laws
necessary and proper for carrying into execution all the
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 article xiii, pro-
hibiting slavery, by appropriate. [Amendments]-
Congress shall have power to enforce the fourteenth
amendment by appropriate. [Amendments].
Congress shall have power to enforce the fifteenth amend-
ment by appropriate. [Amendments].
Legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in Con-
gress. All...

Legislature, or the Executive (when the legislature cannot be
convened). 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 Constitu-
tion. On the application of the.

Letters of marque and reprisal. Congress shall have power
to grant

No State shall grant.

Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, &c. To secure the
blessings of. [Preamble].

Life, liberty, and property without due process of law. No
person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a wit-
ness against himself, nor be deprived of. [Amendments].
No State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States, nor deprive any person
of. [Amendments]

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Life or limb for the same offense. No person shall be twice
put in jeopardy of. [Amendments].

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Loss or emancipation of any slave shall be held illegal and
void. Claims for the. [Amendments]..

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New Hampshire entitled to three Representatives in the
first Congress..

New Jersey entitled to four Representatives in the first
Congress

New States may be admitted by Congress into this Union
But no new State shall be formed within the jurisdiction
of another State without the consent of Congress.
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..
New York entitled to six Representatives in the first Con-
gress...

Nobility shall be granted by the United States. No title of..
No State shall grant any title of.
Nominations for office by the President. The President shall
nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint ambassadors and other public officers
He may grant commissions to fill vacancies that happen
in the recess of the Senate, which shall expire at the
end of their next session.

North Carolina entitled to five Representatives in the first
Congress

Number of electors for President and Vice-President in each
State shall be equal to the number of Senators and Repre-
sentatives to which such State may be entitled in Congress

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Magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings.
Congress shall have exclusive authority over all places
purchased for the erection of..

Majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do busi-
Dess. A...

But a smaller number may adjourn from day to day
and may be authorized to compel the attendance
of absent members.

Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice.
When the choice of a President shall devolve on the House
of Representatives, a quorum shall consist of a member or
members from two-thirds of the States; but a. [Amend-
ments).

Oath or affirmation to support the Constitution. Senators
and Representatives, members of State legislatures, execu-
tive and judicial officers of the United States and of the
several States, shall be bound by.

But no religious test shall ever be required as a qualifica-
tion for office.

The Senators when sitting to try impeachment shall be

on.

Objections. If he shall not approve it, the President shall
return the bill to the House in which it originated with his.
Obligation of contracts. No State shall pass any ex post facto
law, or law impairing the..

Obligations incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against
the United States to be held illegal and void. All debts or.
[Amendments]..

Offense. No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb for the same. [Amendments].

Offenses against the law of nations. Congress shall provide
for punishing.

Against the United States, except in cases of impeach-
ment. The President may grant reprieves or pardons
for.

Office under the United States. No person shall be a member
of either House while holding any civil..

No Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any
office under the United States which shall have been
created, or its emoluments increased, during the term
for which he is elected

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Congress shall provide for governing such part of
them as may be employed by the United States.
Reserving to the States the appointment of the officers
and the right to train the militia according to the
dicipline prescribed by Congress..

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During the term of four years. The President and Vice-
President shall hold.

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. [Amendments]...
Misdemeanors. The President, Vice-President, and all civil
officers shall be removed on impeachment for and con-
viction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and..
Money on the credit of the United States. Congress shall
have power to borrow...

A regular state-

Regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin. Congress
shall have power to coin.

Shall be drawn form the Treasury but in consequence
of appropriations made by law. No..

Shall be published form time to time.

ment and account of receipts and expenditures of
public..

For raising and supporting armies. No appropriation
of money shall be for a longer term than two years.

Civil or military under the United States, or any State,
who had taken an oath as a legislative, executive, or
judicial officer of the United States, or of any State, and
afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion. No
person shall be a Senator, Representative or Presi-
dential elector, or hold any. (Amendments]-.
Officers in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the
heads of Departments. Congress may vest the appoint-
ment of inferior..

Of the United States shall be removed on impeachment
for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high
crimes and misdeameanors. The President, Vice-
President, and all civil.

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker
and other....

The Senate, in the absence of the Vice-President, shall
choose a President pro tempore, and also their other..
Offices becoming vacant in the recess of the Senate may be
filled by the President, the commissions to expire at the end
of the next session..
One-fifth of the members present, be entered on the journal
of each House. The yeas and nays shall, at the desire of..
Opinion of the principal officers in each of the Executive
Departments on any subject relating to their duties. The
President may require the written..

Order, resolution, or vote (except on a question of adjourn-
ment) requiring the concurrence of the two Houses, shall
be presented to the President. Every.

President of the United States-Continued

Shall return to the House in which it originated, with his
objections, any bill which he shall not approve..

If not returned within ten days (Sundays excepted), it
shall become a law, unless Congress shall adjourn before
the expiration of that time..
Every order, resolution, or vote which requires the con-
currence of both Houses, except on a question of ad-
journment, shall be presented to the...

If disapproved by him, shall be returned and proceeded
on as in the case of a bill...

The executive power shall be vested in a.

He shall hold his office during the term of four years.
In case of the removal of the President from office, or of
his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the
duties of his office, the Vice-President shall perform
the duties of.

Congress may declare, by law, in the case of the removal,
death, resignation, or inability of the President, what
officer shall act as.

The President shall receive a compensation which shall
not be increased nor diminished during his term, nor
shall he receive any other emolument from the United
States..

Before he enters upon the execution of his office he shall
take an oath of office..

Shall be commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy
and of the militia of the States when called into actual
service.

Peace. Members of Congress shall not be privileged from
arrest for treason, felony, and breach of the.

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Congress may pass laws for

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No State shall, without the consent of Congress, keep
troops or ships of war in time of..

No soldier shall be quartered in any house without the
consent of the owner in time of. [Amendments].
Pensions and bounties shall not be questioned. The validity
of the public debt incurred in suppressing insurrection and
rebellion against the United States, including the debt for.
[Amendments).

Pennsylvania entitled to eight Representatives in the first
Congress..

People, peaceably to assemble and petition for redress of
grievances, shall not be abridged by Congress. The right
of the. [Amendments]..

To keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-
regulated militia being necessary to the security of a
free State, the right of the. [Amendments]
To be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be
violated. The right of the. [Amendments]
People. The enumeration of certain rights in the Constitu-
tion shall not be held to deny or disparage others retained
by the. [Amendments]

People. Powers not delegated to the United States, nor
prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or to the.
[Amendments].

Perfect Union, &c. To establish a more. [Preamble]..
Persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable
searches and seizures. The people shall be secured in their.
[Amendments]

Persons, as any State may think proper to admit, shall not
be prohibited prior to 1808. The migration or importation
of such.

But a tax or duty of ten dollars shall be imposed on the
importation of each of such..

Petition for the redress of grievances. Congress shall make
no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to as-
semble and to. [Amendments].

Piracies and felonies committed on the high seas. Congress
shall define and punish..

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He may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal
officer in each of the Executive Departments..
He may grant reprieves or pardons for offenses, except
in cases of impeachment..

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He may make treaties by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, two-thirds of the Senators present
concurring..

He may appoint, by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, ambassadors, other public ministers and
consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other
officers whose appointments may be authorized by law
and not herein provided for...

Congress may vest the appointment of inferior officers in
the.

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Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
Neither House during the session shall, without the con-
sent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to
any other.

Places of choosing Senators. Congress may by law make or
alter regulations for the election of Senators and Represent-
atives, except as to the.

Poll tar. The right of citizens of the United States to vote
shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or
any State by reason of failure to pay. [Amendments].
Ports of one State over those of another. Preference shall
not be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to
the

Post offices and post roads. Congress shall establish.
Powers herein granted shall be vested in Congress. All legis-
lative...

Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government or in
any Department or officer of the United States. Congress
shall make all laws necessary to carry into execution the..
Powers and duties of the office shall devolve on the Vice-
President, on the removal, death, resignation, or inability
of the President. The.

Powers not delegated to the United States nor prohibited to
the States are reserved to the States and to the people.
[Amendments).

The enumeration of certain rights in this Constitution
shall not be held to deny or disparage others retained
by the people. [Amendments]

Preference, by any regulation of commerce or revenue, shall
not be given to the ports of one State over those of another.
Prejudice any claims of the United States or of any particular
State in the territory or property of the United States.
Nothing in this Constitution shall

Present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever
from any king, prince, or foreign State. No person hold-
ing any office under the United States shall, without the
consent of Congress, accept any

Presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases
arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in
actual service. No person shall be held to answer for a
capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a. [Amend-
ments]

President of the United States. The Senate shall choose
a President pro tempore when the Vice-President shall
exercise the office of

Additional provision for succession through act of Con-
gress. [Amendments].
Succession in case of death. [Amendments]..
Succession in case of failure to be chosen or qualified.
[Amendments]....

No person who shall not have attained the age of thirty-
five years and been fourteen years a resident of the
United States shall be eligible to the office of....
President and Vice-President. Manner of choosing.
State by its legislature, shall appoint a number of electors
equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives
to which the State may be entitled in the Congress..
No Senator or Representative or person holding an office
of trust or profit under the United States shall be an
elector..
Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors
and the day on which they shall give their votes, which
day shall be the same throughout the United States..
The electors shall meet in their respective States and
vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one
of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same
State with themselves. [Amendments]..
They shall name in distinct ballots the person voted for
as President and the person voted for as Vice-President.
[Amendments]...

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The person having the greatest number of votes shall be
the President, if such number be a majority of the
whole number of electors appointed. [Amendments].. 12
If no person have such majority, then from the persons
having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on
the list of those voted for as President, the House of
Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot,
the President. [Amendments].

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Qualifications of electors of members of the House of Repre-
sentatives shall be the same as electors for the most nu-
merous branch of the State legislature.
Qualifications of electors of Senators shall be the same as elec-
tors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
[Amendments]..

Qualifications of members of the House of Representatives.
They shall be twenty-five years, of age, seven years a citizen
of the United States, and an inhabitant of the State in
which chosen...

Of Senators. They shall be thirty years of age, nine years
a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the
State in which chosen.

Of its own members. Each House shall be the judge of
the election, returns, and..

Of the President. No person except a natural-born citi-
zen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the
adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the
office of President.....

Neither shall any person be eligible to the office of Presi-
dent who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five
years and been fourteen years a resident within the
United States..

Of the Vice-President. No person constitutionally
ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to
that of Vice-President. [Amendments].
Quartered in any nouse without the consent of the owner in
time of peace. No soldier shall be. [Amendments].
Quorum to do business. A majority of each House shall
constitute a...

But a smaller number than a quorum may adjourn from
day to day and may be authorized to compel the
attendance of absent members.

Of the House of Representatives for choosing a President
shall consist of a inember or members froin two-thirds
of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be
necessary to a choice. [Amendinents].

Quorum to elect a Vice-President by the Senate. Two-thirds
of the whole number of Senators shall be a. [Amend-
inents]..

A majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a
choice. [Amendments].

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Race, color, or previous condition of servitude. 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.

President and Vice-President-Continued

But if no choice shall be made before the 4th of March
next following, then the Vice-President shall act as
President, as in the case of the death or disability of the
President. [Amendments]..

The District of Columbia, to appoint in such manner as
the Congress may direct, a number of electors equal to
the whole number of Senators and Representatives to
which the District would be entitled if a State.
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President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless the
Senate be equally divided. The Vice-President shall be..
President pro tempore. In the absence of the Vice-President
the Senate shall choose a.

When the Vice-President shall exercise the office of Pres-
ident of the United States, the Senate shall choose a...
Press. Congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of
speech or of the. [Amendments]

Previous condition of servitude. 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. [Amendments]..

Primary elections. The right of citizens of the United States
to vote in shall not be denied or abridged by the United
States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax
or other tax. [Amendments]..

Private property shall not be taken for public use without just
compensation. [Amendments]

Privilege. Senators and Representatives shall, in all cases
except treason, felony, and breach of the peace be privi-
leged from arrest during their attendance at the session of
their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from
the same.

They shall not be questioned for any speech or debate in
either House in any other place..
Privileges and immunities of citizens of the United States. The
citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges
and immunities of the citizens of the several States

No soldier shall be quartered in any house without the
consent of the owner in time of peace. [Amendments].
No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb
for the same offense. [Amendments]

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]..

No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop-
erty without due process of law. [Amendments]
Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of its laws. [Amendments]

Prizes captured on land or water. Congress shall make rules
concerning.

Probable cause. 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-
rant shall issue for such but upon. [Amendments]..
Process of law. No person shall be compelled in any crimi-
nal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived
of life, liberty, or property, without due. [Amendments]
No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop-
erty, without due. [Amendments]..

Process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. In all criminal
prosecutions the accused shall have. [Amendments]
Progress of science and useful arts. Congress shall have
power to promote the.

Property of the United States. Congress may dispose of and
make all needful rules and regulations respecting the ter-
ritory of

Property, without due process of law. No person shall be
compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself; nor shall he be deprived of his life, liberty, or
[Amendments]..

Ratio or representation until the first enumeration under the
Constitution shall be inade not to exceed one for every
thirty thousand.

No State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States; nor deprive any person
of his life, liberty, or. [Amendments].
Prosecutions. The accused shall have a speedy and public
trial in all criminal. [Amendments].

Ratio of representation shall be apportioned among the sev-
eral States according to their respective numbers, count-
ing the whole number of persons in each State, excluding
Indians not taxed. [Amendments]..

But when the right to vote for Presidential electors or
members of Congress, or the legislative, executive, and
judicial officers of the State, except for engaging in
rebellion or other crime, shall be denied or abridged
by a State, the basis of representation shall be reduced
therein in the proportion of such denial or abridgment
of the right to vote. [Amendments]..
Rebellion against the United States. Persons who, while
holding certain Federal and State offices, took an oath to
support the Constitution, afterward engaged in insurrec-
tion or rebellion, disabled from holding office under the
United States. (Amendments]...

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He shall be tried by a jury in the State or district where
the crime was committed. [Amendments]

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He shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accu-
sation. [Amendments]

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He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him.
[Amendments].

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He shall have compulsory process for obtaining wit-
nesses. [Amendments]

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He shall have counsel for his defense. [Amendments]..
Protection of the laws. No State shall deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal. [Amendments]..
Public debt of the United States incurred in suppressing insur-
rection or rebellion shall not be questioned. The validity
of the. [Amendments].

All debts and obligations incurred in aid of the rebellion,
and all claims for the loss or emancipation of slaves,
declared and held to be illegal and void. [Amend-
ments).

Rebellion or invasion. The writ of habeas corpus shall not
be suspended except when the public safety may require
it in cases of..

Public safety may require it. The writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or
invasion the.

Receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be pub-
lished from time to time. A regular statement of..
Recess of the Senate. The President may grant commissions,
which shall expire at the end of the next session, to fill
vacancies that may happen during the..
Reconsideration of a bill returned by the President with his
objections. Proceedings to be had upon the..
Records, and judicial proceedings of every other 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...

Public use. Private property shall not be taken for, without
just compensation." [Amendments]..

Punishment according to law. Judgment in cases of im-
peachment shall not extend further than to removal from,
and disqualification for, office; but the party convicted
shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial,
judgment, and..

Punishments inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be required
nor excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual.
[Amendments]...

Redress of grievances. Congress shall make no law abridg-
ing the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to
petition for the. [Amendments]..
Regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
The time, places, and manner of holding elections for
Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed by the
legislatures of the States, but Congress may at any time.
by law make or alter such..

Regulations of commerce or revenue. Preference to the ports
of one State over those of another shall not be given by any.
Religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Congress
shall make no law respecting the establishment of.
[Amendments].

Religious test shall ever be required as a qualification for any
office or public trust under the United States. No.
Removal of the President from office, the same shall devolve
on the Vice-President. In case of the.
Representation. No State, without its consent, shall be
deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate..
Representation and direct taxation, how apportioned among
the several States

Representation until the first enumeration under the Con-
stitution not to exceed one for every thirty thousand.
The ratio of.

Representation in any State. The executive thereof shall
issue writs of election to fill vacancies in the.
Representation among the several States shall be according
to their respective numbers, counting the whole number
of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed.
The ratio of. [Amendments]..

But where the right to vote in certain Federal and State
elections is abridged for any cause other than rebellion
or other crime, the basis of representation shall be re-
duced. [Amendments]
Representatives. Congress shall consist of a Senate and
House of

Qualifications of electors of members of the House of..
No person shall be a Representative who shall not have
attained the age of twenty-five years, been seven years
a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of t'e
State in which he shall be chosen.

And direct taxes, how apportioned among the several
States.

Shall choose their Speaker and other officers. The House
of

Shall have the sole power of impeachment.
of

Executives of the States shall issue writs of election to fill
vacancies in the House of

Right of petition. Congress shall make no law abridging the
right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition
for the redress of grievances. [Amendments]..
Right to keep and bear arms. A well-regulated militia being
necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the
to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
Amendments]..

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

Rights not delegated to the United States nor prohibited to
the States are reserved to the States or to the people.
[Amendments]...

Rules of its proceedings. Each House may determine the.
Rules and regulations respecting the territory or other
property of the United States. Congress shall dispose of
and make all needful..

Rules of the common law. All suits involving over twenty
dollars shall be tried by jury according to the. [Amend-
ments].

No fact tried by a jury shall be re-examined except
according to the. [Amendments]..

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Science and the useful arts by securing to authors and inven-
tors the exclusive right to their writings and discoveries.
Congress shall have power to promote the progress of.
Searches and seizures shall not be violated. The right of the
people to be secure against unreasonable. [Amendments].
And no warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause,
on oath or affirmation, describing the place to be
searched and the persons or things to be seized.
[Amendments]...

Seat of Government. Congress shall exercise exclusive legis-
lation in all cases over such district as may become the.
Securities and current coin of the United States. Congress
shall provide for punishing the counterfeiting of the..
Security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being
necessary to the. [Amendments]..

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Senate and House of Representatives. The Congress of the
United States shall consist of a.

The times, places, and manner of choosing Representa-
tives shall be prescribed by the legislatures of the
States.

But Congress may make by law at any time or alter
such regulations except as to the places of choosing
Senators

And Senators shall receive a compensation, to be ascer-
tained by law.

Shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of
the peace, be privileged from arrest during attendance
at the session of the House, and in going to and return-
ing from the same.

Shall not be questioned in any other place for any speech
or debate. Members of the House of.
No member shall be appointed during his term to any
civil office which shall have been created, or the emolu-
ments of which shall have been increased, during such
term

No person holding any officer unde the United States
shall, while holding such office, be a member of the
House of

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of
No Senator or Representative shall be an elector for
President or Vice-President.

Representatives shall be bound by an oath or affirmation to
support the Constitution of the United States. The Sena-
tors and.

Representatires among the several States.

tive to the apportionment of. [Amendments]
Representatives and Senators. Prescribing certain disquali-
fications for office as. [Amendments]

But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House,
remove such disqualification. [Amendments].
Reprieves and pardons except in cases of impeachment. The
President may grant.

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The Senate shall be composed of two Senators from each
State, elected by the people thereof, for six years.
[Amendments]..

Qualifications of electors of Senators. [Amendments]... 17
If vacancies happen during the recess of the legislature of
a State, the executive thereof may make temporary ap-
pointments until the next meeting of the legislature.
When vacancies happen the executive authority of the
State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies;
provided, that the legislature of any State may em-
power the executive thereof to make temporary ap-
pointment until the people fill the vacancies by election
as the legislature may direct. [Amendments]..
The Vice-President shall be President of the Senate, but
shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided.
The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a
President pro tempore in the absence of the Vice-Presi-
dent or when he shall exercise the office of President.
The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeach-
ments. 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 con-
victed without the concurrence of two-thirds of the
members present....

It shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and quali-
fications 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.

Reprisal. Congress shall have power to grant letters of
marque and.

No State shall grant any letters of marque and.
Republican form of government. The United States shall
guarantee to every State in this Union a

And shall protect each of them against invasion, and
on the application of the legislature, or of the execu-
tive (when the legislature cannot be convened), against
domestic violence.

Reserved rights of the States and the people. The enumera-
tion in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be con-
strued to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
[Amendments]..

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]

Resignation, or inability of the President, the duties and
powers of his office shall devolve on the Vice-President.
In case of the death.

Resignation, or inability of the President. Congress may
by law provide for the case of the removal, death.
Resolution, or vote (except on a question of adjournment)
requiring the concurrence of the two Houses shall, before
it becomes a law, be presented to the President. Every
order.

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

Revenue. Preference shall not be given to the ports of one
State over those of another by any regulations of commerce

It shall advise and consent to the appointment of am-
bassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of
the Supreme Court, and all other officers not herein
otherwise provided for.

It may be convened by the President on extraordinary
occasions.

No State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its
equal suffrage in the Senate.

Senators. They shall, immediately after assembling, under
their first election, be divided into three classes, so that the
seats of one-third shall become vacant at the expiration of
every second year.

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No person shall be a Senator who shall not be thirty years
of age, nine years a citizen of the United States, and an
inhabitant when elected of the State for which he shall
be chosen...

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The times, places, and manner of choosing Senators may
be fixed by the legislature of a State, but Congress may
by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the
places of choosing...