INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND

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THE AMENDMENTS THERETO.

Abolition of slavery...

Account of receipts and expenditures to be published.
Accusation to be made known to accused...... am.
Accused to have speedy trial..

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to be tried by impartial jury.
to have compulsory process
entitled to counsel.

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Acts, records and judicial proceedings of states, how
proved.....

full faith to be given to..

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Adjournment, of congress from day to day..
neither house to adjourn without consent of the
other.

bills not to become laws when return is prevented

by...

Admiralty jurisdiction vested in federal courts.
Admission of new states.....
Age, senators to be thirty years of.....

representatives to be twenty-five years of...
qualification of, for president....

qualification of, for vice-president..

Ambassadors, subject to judicial power.

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president to appoint.....

president to receive foreign........

Amendments to constitution, how proposed...

how ratified....................

Appointment of members of congress to civil offices.

of militia officers......

of officers by president.......

by heads of departments and courts...
Apportionment of representatives, how first made..

longer than two years

necessary for expending money..

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how now made.............

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Appropriations for support of armies not to be for

Approval of president before bill becomes a law...........
Arms, right to bear, not to be infringed........ am.

Army, congress to raise

money appropriated for, not to be for longer than
two years

congress to provide rules and regulations...
president to be commander-in-chief.
Arrest, members of congress privileged from
Art, congress to promote progress of...

Assemble, right of people not to be abridged. .am.
Attainder, bills of, congress not to pass..

states not to pass..

Attainder of treason not to work corruption of
blood or forfeiture..

Authors to secure copyrights.

Bail, excessive, not to be required....
Bankruptcy, congress to establish laws of
Basis of representation in house of representatives am.
Bills, presentation of, to president for approval.
not approved by president..

passage of after veto of president

become laws if not returned by president in ten
days....

Bills of attainder not to be passed by congress..
nor by states..

Bills of credit, states not to emit..

Bills for revenue, to originate in house of representa-

tives....

senate may propose amendments to

Borrow money, congress may...

Bounties and pensions, debt created because of, not
to be questioned...

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Citizen, representative must be.

senator must be....
president must be

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Capital or infamous crime, answerable only on indict-
ment....

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Capitation tax, not to be laid except in proportion to

census or enumeration...

Captures on lands and water, congress to regulate
Census, when to be taken

...

taxes to be laid in proportion to..

Chief justice, to preside when president is tried on
impeachment

Citizens, who are..

rights of, not to be abridged by state.
privileges and immunities
right to vote not to be denied because of race,
color, etc....
of different states and same state, judicial power

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of officers appointed to fill vacancies
Common defense, congress to provide for

as to.

Classification of senators, how made

Coin, gold and silver, states to make legal tender..
counterfeiting of, congress to punish.
Coinage of money, congress to regulate..
Commander-in-chief of army and navy, president
to be.....

Commerce, congress may regulate

no preference given to ports by regulation of
Commissions of public officers to be given by presi-

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Compensation of senators and representatives deter-

mined by law

of president, not to be increased or diminished.
of judges, not to be increased or diminished....
private property not to be taken for public use
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Consent of congress, officer not to accept gift, etc.,
from other nation without.

states not to engage in war without.

states not to levy duties, etc., without..
states not to enter into compact without..

states not to keep troops and ships without...
Consent of states, no two to be joined without.
Consent of citizens, soldiers not to be quartered in
house of, without...
Constitution, supreme law

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oath to support, by president..

all officers to take oath to support.

amendments to, how proposed and ratified.
judges in all states bound by..

Contracts, obligations of, not to be impaired..
Convention, for proposing amendments to constitu-

tion.

Copyright, congress to provide for..
Counsel, accused to have assistance of.
Counterfeiting, congress to punish....
Courts, inferior to supreme court, congress to establish,
judicial power vested in inferior..

judges of, to hold office during good behavior..
Credit, bills of, state not to emit....

given to acts, etc., of each state..

Crime, person accused of, to be tried by jury.

to have speedy trial

to be informed of accusation.

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to be confronted with witnesses.

to have subpoenas

to have counsel..

to be delivered up

Crimes, person not to be amenable for, except upon
indictment.

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Criminate himself, no person shall be compelled to, am.
Cruel and unusual punishments prohibited....... am.

Death of president and vice-president, congress to pro-
vide for succession, in event of.
Debts, contracted before adoption of constitution, to

be paid

no state shall make anything but gold and silver a
tender.

validity of public, incurred in suppressing rebellion
not to be questioned..

am.

contracted in aid of rebellion not to be paid.. am.
December, first Monday of, congress to assemble
Defense, common, to be provided for...
Departments, to appoint officers

to inform president.

Direct tax, not to be laid unless in proportion to

census.

Disability of person from holding office, how

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removed.
District of Columbia, congress to exercise exclusive
legislation.
Domestic violence, United States to protect states
from ....

Due process of law, person not to be deprived of life,
liberty or property, without
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Duties, congress may lay and collect.

not to be levied on articles exported from state...