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

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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 punish-
ing the counterfeiting the securities 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.
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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 law, where the amount involved exceeds twenty dol-
lars, shall be tried by jury. Suits at. [Amendments].
No fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reëxamined in any
court of the United States than according to the rules of
the. [Amendments]...

Compact with another State. No State shall, without the 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 ascertained
by law

Compensation of the President shall not be increased nor dimin-
ished during the period for which he shall be elected..

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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 public
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,

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Confederation. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as 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__ Congress 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 majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business

A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may
be authorized to compel the attendance of absent mem-
bers.....

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings,
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, with-
out the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three
days

Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation
to be ascertained by law.
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Congress. 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 member 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..

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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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To regulate foreign and domestic commerce, and with the
Indian tribes____

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

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To punish the counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States___

To establish post-offices and post-roads____

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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 provide for organizing, arming, and equipping the militia

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

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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 proved, shall be pre-
scribed 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]....

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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..

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Consent of Congress. 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......

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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... 4 3 1 21 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 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

Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President.

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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...

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