[ARTICLE XI.] The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed 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. [ARTICLE XII.] 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; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate; The President of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and 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. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the VicePresident; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. [ARTICLE XIII.] Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. [ARTICLE XIV.] Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunitites of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss of emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void. Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. [ARTICLE XV.] Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. [ARTICLE XVI.] The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. [ARTICLE XVII.] The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. 2. When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. 3. 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. ANALYTICAL INDEX OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE AMENDMENTS THERETO A. Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States shall Acousation. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall be informed of 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 He shall be informed of the nature of the accusation. [Amendments].. He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense. [Amendments]. Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be tried by jury. [Amendments] 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 Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the.. 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 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 contracted by the confederation and before the.... Advice and consent of the Senate. treaties by and with the.. The President shall have power to make 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 support the Constitution. Senators and Representatives, members of Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained twenty- 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 .... The judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases affecting. To the Constitution. On application of the legislatures of two-thirds of Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by conventions in, Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on presentment of a grand jury. Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under Application of the legislature or the executive of a State. The United States Of such inferior officers as they may think proper in the President alone. In the courts of law or in the heads of departments. Congress may by Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power to make all laws neces- Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth article, prohibiting Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth 14 5 Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fifteenth term than two years. But no. Approve and sign a bill before it shall become a law. The President shall... Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a longer term than two Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies shall be for a longer |