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PEOPLE. 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. Qualification of a person to be a Representative in Congress......

PERSON.
PERSON. Qualification of a person to be a Senator in Congress

PERSON. No person shall be convicted on an impeachment without the concurrence of two

PERSON. No person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either
thirds of the Senators present..
House during his continuance in office..

PERSON. No person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, shall, with-
out the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any
kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State

PERSON. No person, holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be ap-
pointed an elector of President and Vice President

PERSON. Eligibility of a person to be President or Vice President of the United States. (See (
Eligibility.)......

PERSON. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to
the same overt act, or on confession in open court
PERSON. No attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture except during the
life of the person attainted..

PERSON. A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee
from justice and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the executive authority of
the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdic-
tion of the crime.

PERSON. No person held to service or labor in one State under the laws thereof, escaping into
another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such
service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or
labor may be due

PERSON. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless
on a 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, in time of war or public danger; nor shall
any person be subject, for the same offence, to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;
nor shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself; nor be de-

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

prived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private pro-
perty be taken for public use without just compensation

PERSONAL privilege. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, un

less when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it

PERSONS or people of the United States ordain and establish this Constitution. The.. PERSONS or people of the several States choose members of House of Representatives every

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mitted, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law; and to be informed of
the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him;
to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assist-
ance of counsel for his defence....

PERSONS voted for as President and Vice President to be named in the ballots....
PETITION. Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people to petition the govern-
ment for a redress of grievances
PINCKNEY, deputy from South Carolina, signed this Constitution. Charles C......
PINCKNEY, deputy from South Carolina, signed this Constitution. Charles.....
PIRACIES. Congress shall have power to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on
the high seas, and offences against the law of nations...
PORTS. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue, to the ports of
one State over those of another: nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged
to enter, clear, or pay duties in another..

POSTERITY. The Constitution established in order to secure the blessings of liberty to our

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POWER. The power of the President in making treaties, appointments, &c. (See President.)..
POWER. (See Judicial power.)......

POWER. The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit, in
LOME 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.

POWERS herein granted vested in Congress. All legislative.... POWERS. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Consti

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

tution in the Government of the United States, or any department or officer thereof. (See Congress.)...

POWERS. In case of the inability of the President to discharge the powers and duties of the

office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President..... POWERS. 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 PREFERENCE regarding ports of States. No preference shall be given by any regulation of

commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to or from one State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another PREJUDICE of Claims. Nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any

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claims of the United States, or of any particular State PRESENT. No person shall be convicted on an impeachment without the concurrence of two

PRESENT. The yeas and nays of the members of either House on any question shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the Journal

PRESENT. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State PRESENTED. Every bill, order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary, &c., shall be presented to the President PRESENTMENT of a grand jury. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a 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 in time of war or public danger.......

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PRESERVE the Constitution. The President of the United States shall take an oath, or affirmation, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution...

PRESIDENT of the Senate. (See Senate of the United States.)
PRESIDENT pro tempore. (See Senate of the United States.)

PRESIDENT of the United States. The Senate shall choose a President pro tempore when the
Vice President shall act as.....

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PRESIDENT of the United States. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence
of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of
adjournment,) shall be presented to the President of the United States, and, before the same
shall take effect, shall be approved by him; or, being disapproved by him, shall be re-
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PRESIDENT of the United States. The Executive power shall be vested in a President of the

United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and
together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows:......
Electors appointed. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof
may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa-
tives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representa-
tive, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be ap-
pointed an elector..

Electors' proceedings. 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....

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