ANALYTICAL INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE AMENDMENTS THERETO
Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States shall not be. [Amendments].... Absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as it may provide. Each House is authorized to compel the attendance of...
Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money shall be published from time to time. A statement of the.. Accusation. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall be informed of the cause and nature of the. [Amendments]. 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 crime was committed. [Amendments].
He shall be informed of the nature 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 for his defense. [Amendments].
Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be tried by jury. (Amendments].
Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the. 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.
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...
Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations 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 legislatures 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...
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.... 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..
Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new States 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..
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.. Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over all places purchased for the erection of..
To be taken by the President of the United States. Form of the oath or..
Arts by securing to authors and inventors their patent rights. Congress may promote the progress of science and the useful.
To support the Constitution. Senators and Representatives, members of State legislatures, executive and judicial officers, both State and Federal, shall be bound by oath or..
Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained twenty-five years of....
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. No State shall enter into any. Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist in levying war against them, adhering to their enemies, and giving them..
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..
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 Presi- dent with his objections, if two-thirds of each House agree to pass the same, it shall become a law. Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the Presi- dent, the question shall be taken by yeas and nays.. Not returned by the President within ten days (Sun- days 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 insur- rection 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...
Common defense, promote the general welfare, &c. To insure the. [Preamble].
Common defense and general welfare. Congress shall have power to provide for the.
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.
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 impeachment. 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 Con- stitution shall be eligible to the office of President. No person not a natural-born...
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 reexamined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the. [Amendments]
Compact with another State. No State shall, without 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 ascer- tained 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 during their continuance in office. Compensation. Private property shall not be taken for pub- lic 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,
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 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. 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..
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..
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 twenty-five years, and been seven years a
Right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. [Amendments]..
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. [Amend- ments]..
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...
A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. Each House may determine the rules of its proceed- ings, 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, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days..
Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensa- tion to be ascertained by law.
They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of peace, be privileged from arrest during attendance at their respective Houses, and in going to and return- ing from the same.
No Senator or Representaive 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.
To provide for organizing, arming, and equipping the militia...
To call out the militia to execute the laws, suppress in- surrections, and repel invasions.
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..
Sessions, time of assembling. [Amendments]
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 pro- ceedings 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 regula- tions respecting the territory or other property belong- ing 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 Representa- tives 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].. Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the twenty third amendment. (Amendments]. Shall have power to, enforce, by appropriate legislation, the twenty fourth 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 juris- diction 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, arse- nals, 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 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 ex- ecution 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 oicers, legislative, executive, and judicial, of the United States, and of the several States, shall be bound by an oath to support the..
But no religious test snall ever be required as a qualifica- tion for any office or public trust.. Constitution between the States so ratifying the same. The ratincation of the conventions of nine States shall be suf- ficient for the establishment of the..
Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. The enumera- tion in the. Amendments]..
Constitution, nor pronioited by it to the States, are reserved to the states 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 con- sent of the States present, September 17, 1787. Contracts. No State snall 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 Constitu- tion in...
Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the estab- lishment 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 ac- cused 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.
Credit. No State shall emit bills of..
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.. Crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be tried by jury. All
They shall be tried in the State within which they may be committed..
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 ac- cusation. [Amendments].
IIe 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]..
Day on which they shall vote for President and Vice-Presi- dent, which shall be the same throughout the United States. Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the..
Day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members. A smaller number than a quorum of each House may adjourn from.. Death, resignation, or inability of the President, the powers and duties of his office shall devolve on the Vice-President. In case of the..
Death, resignation, or inability of the President. Congress inay provide by law for the case of the removal.
Debt of the United States, including debts for pensions and bounties incurred in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. The validity of the public. [Amendments]...
Debts. No State shall make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of..
Debts and provide for the common defense and general wel- fare of the United States. Congress shall have power to pay the..
Debts and engagements contracted before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States, under it, as under the Confederation. Debts or obligations incurred in aid of insurrection or rebel- lion against the United States, or claims for the loss or emancipation of any slave. Neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any. [Amendments].. Declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and inake rules concerning captures on land and water. Congress shall have power to..
Defense, promote the general welfare, &c. To insure the common. [Preamble]..
Defense and general welfare throughout the United States. Congress shall have power to pay the debts and provide for the cominon.
Defense. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the assistance of counsel for his. Amendments]. Delaware entitled to one Representative in the first Congress. Delay. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, engage in war unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of...
Delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people. The powers not. [Amendments]..
Deny or disparage others retained by the people. The enu- meration in the Constitution of certain riglits shall not be construed to. [Amendments]..
Departments upon any subject relating to their duties. The President may require the written opinion of the principal officers in each of the executive.
Shall be uniform throughout the United States. Duties shall be laid on articles exported from any State. tax or
Elections. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. [Amendments]...
Elections for Senators and Representatives. The legislatures of the States shall prescribe the times, places, and manner of holding..
But Congress may, at any time, alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators. Returns and qualifications of its own members. Each House shall be the judge of the.
Senators elected by the people. [Amendments].. Electors for members of the House of Representatives. Qual- ifications of...
Electors for Senators. Qualifications of. [Amendments] Electors for President and Vice-President.
Direct tax shall be paid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration. No capitation or other..
Direct taxes and Representatives, how apportioned among the several States..
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. [Amendments].. The District of Columbia, to appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct, a number of electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the District would be entitled if a State. [Amendments).
Disability of the President and Vice-President. in case of the.
Disability. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or presidential elector, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or any State, who having previously taken an oath as a legislative, executive, or judicial officer of the United States, or of any State, to support the Constitution, afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States. [Amendments]... But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such. [Amendments].......
Disagreement between the two Houses as to the time of adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such time as he may think proper. In case of.. Disorderly behavior. Each House may punish its members for...
And with the concurrence of two-thirds expel a member. 1 5 Disparage others retained by the people. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or. [Amendments].... Disqualification. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any office under the United States which shall have been created or its emoluments increased during such term..... No person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either House during his con- tinuance in office.
No person shall be a member of either House, presidential elector, or hold any office under the United States, or any State, who, having previously sworn to support the Constitution, afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion. [Amendments]..
But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. [Amendments]. District of Columbia. Congress shall exercise exclusive legislation in all cases over the..
Electors for President and Vice-President, appointment in such manner as the Congress may direct. [Amend- ments].
Dockyards. Congress shall have exclusive authority over all places purchased for the erection of. Domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defense, &c. To insure. [Preamble]....
Domestic violence. The United States shall protect each State against invasion and..
Due process of law. No person shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself, nor be de- prived of life, liberty, or property without. [Amendments]. No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without. [Amendments)..
Electors shall name, in their ballots, the person voted for as President; and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President. [Amendments].
They shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for as President and of persons voted for as Vice-President, which they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of government, directed to the President of the Senate. [Amendments]. 12
No person having taken an oath as a legislative, execu- tive or judicial officer of the United States, or of any State, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebel- lion against the United States, shall be an elector. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. [Amendments]. Emancipation of any slave shall be held to be illegal and void. Claims for the loss or. [Amendments]. Emit bills of credit. No State shall. Emolument of any kind from any king, prince, or foreign state, without the consent of Congress. No person holding any office under the United States shall accept any. Enemies.
Ratio of representation not to exceed one for every 30,000 until the first enumeration shall be made. Income tax authorized without regard to. [Amend- ments]
Ercises. Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and..
Shall be uniform throughout the United States. All duties, imposts, and..
Exclusive legislation, in all cases, over such district as may become the seat of government. Congress shall exercise. Over all places purchased for the erection of forts, maga- zines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful build- ings. Congress shall exercise.
Executive of a State. The United States shall protect each State against invasion and domestic violence, on the appli- cation of the legislature or the.
Executive and judicial officers of the United States and of the several States shall be bound by an oath to support the Constitution.....
Executive departments. On subjects relating to their duties the President may require the written opinions of the prin- cipal officers in each of the.
Congress may by law vest the appointment of inferior officers in the heads of.
On any subject relating to their duties, the President may require the written opinion of the principal officers in each of the executive departments.. High crimes and misdemeanors. The President, Vice-Presi- dent, and all civil officers shall be removed on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other.. House of Representatives. Congress shall consist of a Senate and...
No person shall be a member who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States.
Executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. The.
Erpel a member. Each House, with the concurrence of two- thirds, may..
Shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifica- tions of its own members..
Expenditures of public money shall be published from time to time. A regular statement of the receipts and.. Exportations from any State. No tax or duty shall be laid on. Er ports or imports, except upon certain conditions. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duties on. Laid by any State, shall be for the use of the Treasury. The net produce of all duties on....
Shall be subject to the revision and control of Congress. All laws of the States laying duties on.
Faith and credit in each State shall be given to the acts, rec- ords, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full Felony, and breach of the peace. Members of Congress shall not be privileged from arrest for treason.. Felonies committed on the high seas. Congress shall have power to define and punish piracies and.. Fines. Excessive fines shall not be imposed. [Amendments]. Foreign coin. Congress shall have power to coin money, fix the standard of weights and measures, and to regulate the value of..
Foreign nations, among the States, and with the Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with...
Foreign power. No State shall, without the consent of Con- gress, enter into any compact or agreement with any.. Forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted. Attainder of treason shall not work.. Formation of new States. Provisions relating to the. Form of government. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican...
And shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened), against domes- tic violence.
Forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over all places purchased for the erection of... Freedom of speech or the press. Congress shall make no law abridging the. [Amendments]..
Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a. [Amendments]..
Fugitives from crime found in another State shall, on de- mand, be delivered up to the authorities of the State from which they may flee..
Fugitives from service or labor in one State, escaping into another State, shall be delivered up to the party to whom such service or labor may be due...
A majority shall constitute a quorum to do business. Less than a majority may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.. May determine its own rules of proceedings.. May punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.. Shall keep a journal of its proceedings.. Shall not adjourn for more than three days during the session of Congress without the consent of the Senate.. Members shall not be questioned for any speech or debate in either House or in any other place.. No person holding any office under the United States shall, while holding such office, be a member of the. No person, while a member of either House, shall be appointed to an office which shall have been created or the emoluments increased during his membership.... All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the. The votes for President and Vice-President shall be counted in the presence of the Senate and. [Amend- ments]....
If no person have a majority of electoral votes, then from the three highest on the list the House of Representa- tives shall immediately, by ballot, choose a President. [Amendments].
They shall vote by States, each State counting one vote. [Amendments]..
A quorum shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to the choice of a President. [Amendments]..
Imminent danger as will not admit of delay. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such..
Immunities. Members of Congress shall, in all cases except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respec- tive houses, and in going and returning from the same.. No soldier shall be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner in time of peace. [Amendments]. No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb for the same offense. [Amendments]. 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].
General welfare and secure the blessings of liberty, &c. To promote the. [Preamble.]...
Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. [Amend- ments]....
General welfare. Congress shall have power to provide for the common defense and...
Georgia shall be entitled to three Represenatives in the first Congress.
Geld and silver coin a tender in payment of debts. No State shall make anything but....
The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of....
Good behavior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts shall hold their offices during..
Government. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of..
And shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened), against domestic violence..
Grand jury. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on the presentment of a. [Amendments]..
Except in cases arising in the land and naval forces, and in the militia when in actual service. [Amendments]. Gurantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government. The United States shall..
Impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers shall be removed
Impeachments. The Senate shall have the sole power to try
The Senate shall be on oath, or affirmation, when sitting for the trial of.
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