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

The judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases affecting. Amendments to the Constitution. Whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress shall propose.

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

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

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 regula-
tions 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 legislature 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. Apportionment of representation and direct taxation among the several States. Provisions relating to the. [Repealed by sec. 2 of 14th amendment, on page 20]. Of Representatives among the several States. Provisions 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 Constitution 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

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Approve and sign a bill before it shall become a law. The President shall

He shall return it to the House in which it originated, with his objections, if he do not. 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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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. [Amendments].
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

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

Arsenals, Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over all places purchased for the erection of...

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

Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the, [Amendments]. .

Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid of rebellion or insurrection against the
United States. Provisions against the, [Amendments]

Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted.

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

Bail.

B.

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines nor cruel and unusual punish-
ments imposed. [Amendments].

Ballet for President and Vice President. The electors shall vote by. [Amendments] .
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, [Amend-
ments].

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

Basis of representation among the several States. Provisions 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].
Behavior. 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, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligations 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 presented 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 President with his objections, if twothirds 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.

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

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

C.

Capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on indictment of a grand jury, except in certain
specified cases. No person shall be held to answer for a. [Amendments].
Capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration
No..

Captures on land and water. Congress shall make rules concerning.

Casting vote. The Vice-President shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided. 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

Chief Justice shall preside when the President of the United States is tried upon impeach-
ment. 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 Constitution shall be eligible to the office
of President. No person not a natural-born.

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 twentyfive 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. [Amendments].

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

Citizens or subjects of a foreign state. The judicial power of the United States shall not extend to suits in law or equity brought against one of the States by the citizens of another State, or by. [Amendments].

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

The seats of the Senators of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year The seats of the Senators of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year. 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 punishing the counterfeiting the secur-
ities and current . .
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
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.

Common defense, promote the general welfare, &c. To insure the. [Preamble].
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 re-examined in any court of the United
States than according to the rules of the. [Amendments] .
Compact with another State.
agreement or ...

No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any

Compact with a foreign power. any agreement or

No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into

Compensation of Senators and Representatives to be ascertained 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 dur-
ing their continuance in office

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

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

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

Confederation. All debts contracted and engagements entered 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

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.

May at any time alter regulations for elections of Senators and Representatives, except as to the places of choosing Senators.

Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members.

A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members.

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for dis-
orderly 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 compensation to be ascertained by law. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during attendance at their respective Houses, and in going to and returning 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 mem-
ber of either House of Congress.

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives
Proceedings in cases of bills returned by the President with his objections.
Shall have power to lay and collect duties, imposts, and excises, pay the debts, and pro-
vide for the common defense and general welfare.

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

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.

To call out the militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions
To provide for organizing, arming, and equipping the militia.

Congress of the United States. 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.

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

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, emolu-
ment, office, or title of any kind from any foreign state, without the consent of
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 proceedings 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 Representatives 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 jurisdiction 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, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings by the.

Consent of the legislatures of the States and of Congress. No State 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 execution 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.

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 qualification for any office or public
Constitution between the States so ratifying the same. The ratification of the conventions of
nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of the
Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by
the people. The enumeration in the. [Amendments].
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the State 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 consent 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 Constitution in

Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment 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 accused 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
Courts of Law. Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they
think proper in the President alone, in the heads of departments, or in the
Courts as Congress may establish. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in
one Supreme Court and such inferior

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

Their compensation shall not be diminished during their continuance in office
No State shall emit bills of.

Credit.
Credit of the United States. Congress shall have power to borrow money on the .

Credit shall be given in every other State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State. Full faith and

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

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.

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]

He shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation. [Amendments].
He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him. [Amendments]

He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. [Amendments].
He shall have the assistance of counsel in his defense. [Amendments]

Criminate himself. No person as a witness shall be compelled to. [Amendments]
Cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive
fines imposed, nor. [Amendments]