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, Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by conventions in, three-fourths of 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. Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regula- Appointment of officers and authority to train the militia reserved to the States respectively. 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 [Repealed by sec. 2 of 14th amendment, on page 20].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 I 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 I I 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 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 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- Ballet for President and Vice President. The electors shall vote by. [Amendments] . If no person have a majority of the electoral votes for President and Vice President, 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] Bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligations of contracts. No State 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 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- Choosing the electors and the day on which they shall give their votes, which shall be the Citizen of the United States. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the 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, 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 Comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist in levying war against them, and Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, and of the militia when in actual service. The 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]. No fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United 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 judges of the Supreme and inferior courts shall not be diminished dur- 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 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- 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- All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives 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 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 No person holding any office under the United States shall accept of any present, emolu- 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 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. Consent. No State shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate without its. No State shall lay any imposts, or duties on imports, except what may be absolutely 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 Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be 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 trust But no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification for any office or public Contracts. No State shall pass any ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of. between a State and citizens of another State; between citizens of different States; Convene Congress or either House, on extraordinary occasions. The President may Convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present on the 17th of September, 1787. 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. 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. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts shall hold their offices during good Their compensation shall not be diminished during their continuance in office Credit. 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 He shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation. [Amendments]. He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. [Amendments]. Criminate himself. No person as a witness shall be compelled to. [Amendments] |