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Aliens.

Act of Congress making it a felony to harbor an alien prostitute held unconstitutional as an encroachment on the State police power.

United States may tax income from stock, bonds, and mortgages owned by alien nonresidents, but in the hands of a resident agent__ Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty of............. Ambassadors or other public ministers and consuls. The President may appoint...

The judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases
affecting.

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The judicial power extends to all cases affecting ambassadors and
consuls although not parties to the record.___.

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An indictment for infracting the law by offering violence to the person of a foreign minister is not a case affecting..... Amendments to the Constitution. Whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress shall propose..

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On application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall call a convention to propose_-

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Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by conventions, in three-fourths of the States__

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Need not be presented to the President for approval.___

First 10 amendments left the authority of the States just where
they found it and added nothing to the already existing powers
of the United States____.

Amendment of the Constitution. Two-thirds of both Houses

Ratification of amendments by referendum...

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Animals. Cattle sent from one State to another for sale is interstate

commerce_

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A merchant who buys and sells livestock for others is not engaged in interstate commerce....

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Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on presentment of a grand jury. No person shall be held to....

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Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when
in actual service..

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Antitrust act. Congress has prescribed the rule of free competition in interstate and international commerce..

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Congress did not exceed its power under the commerce clause in the enactment of the antitrust law_____

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Appeal. Right of Government to appeal without power to set aside verdict...

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Unappealed decisions of the circuit courts of appeals have more
effect than decisions of State supreme courts_____

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Act of Congress providing for appeals to operate retrospectively....
Definition of appeal_____.

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Right of appeal is not essential to due process_

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State may be allowed an appeal in one district and not in another
district of the same State..

Appeals in admiralty. Congress has power to confine the jurisdiction of
Supreme Court on appeals in admiralty to questions of law______
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..

Right of appeal is not essential to due process of law...
Application of the legislature or the executive of a State. The United

States shall protect each State against invasion and domestic
violence on the____

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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.

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Of such inferior officers as they may think proper in the President
alone. Congress may by law vest the.. -

Appointments in the courts of law or in the heads of departments. Con-
gress may by law vest the..

Executive may remove an officer he appoints. -

Executive can not create a liability on part of United States by
antedating appointments____
Apportionment. Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on
incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment
among the several States. The sixteenth amendment....
Of Representatives among the several States.
the....

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Provisions relating to

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Apportionment of representation and direct taxation among the several
States. Provisions relating to the. (Repealed by section 2 of
fourteenth amendment).

Apportionment-Right to vote. Negroes as citizens

Indians as citizens...

Reduction of State's representation in Congress.
Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power to make all laws neces-
sary 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, prohibit-
ing slavery, by

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Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth
article by..

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Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fifteenth
article by...--

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Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies shall not be

for a longer term than two years

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Appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn from the Treas-

ury but in consequence of .......

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To pay the debts of the United States.
Proceeds of confiscated property...

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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 objec-
tions, if he do not.___

Arbitration-Compulsory. Compulsory arbitration attempted under the
Kansas industrial relations act, held not justified..........

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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.....

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Armies. Congress shall make rules for the government and regulation of
the land and naval forces....

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Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a longer term than
two years. Congress shall have power to raise and support - - - - - -
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 priv-
ileged from..
Arrest and detention under order of the War Department entitled "Persons
discouraging enlistments to be arrested" held invalid under fifth
amendment..

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Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over all places pur-
chased for the erection of...............

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Articles exported from any State. No tax or duty shall be laid on.........
Arts by securing to authors and inventors their patent rights.

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Congress

may promote the progress of science and the useful.
Assault. Death sentence for life termers guilty of assault.
Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal prosecutions the
accused shall have the..
Deportation cases..

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Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid of rebellion or insur-
rection against the United States. Provisions against the.................. -
Attachment and garnishment. Railway cars are not exempt from attach-
ment under State laws...

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Requiring bond in attachment against resident..
Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts.

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Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except
during the life of the person attainted..
Attorney's fees. State may provide for the recovery of reasonable fees in
loss and damage cases.

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Statute providing for the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees does
not violate due process clause...___

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Authors and inventors the exclusive right to their writings and inventions.
Congress shall have power to secure to...---
Automobiles. State statute prescribing a compromisive scheme for licens-
ing and regulating motor vehicles, is not invalid as a regulation of

commerce_.

Autrefois acquit and autrefois convict. To every indictment charging a
party with a known and defined crime or misdemeanor, a plea of
autrefois acquit or autrefois convict is a good defense..

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B.

Bail. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines nor cruel
and unusual punishments imposed.............

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To require larger bail than prisoner could give would be to require
excessive bail prohibited by eighth amendment_ _ _ _ _

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Ballot. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes for President
and Vice President, the House of Representatives shall imme-
diately choose the President by....

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Ballot for President and Vice President. The electors shall vote by...
Bankruptcies. Congress shall have power to pass uniform laws on the

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Witness before a referee in bankruptcy can not be compelled to
answer a question which will incriminate him.....

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Provision in the bankruptcy act as to voluntary proceedings not in
violation of due process clause of fifth amendment....

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Commitment for contempt in bankruptcy proceedings not without
due process of law...............

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Fees of attorneys in proceedings in bankruptcy--

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Banks and banking. Congress may provide for punishing the counter-
feiting of foreign notes..

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The States have power to regulate State banking business..
Power of Congress to incorporate national banks...

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Bills issued by State banks are not bills of credit, although the State
guarantees their payment..

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Banks and banking. A State, by becoming interested with others in a
banking corporation, does not impart to that corporation any of its
privileges or prerogatives____

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State taxation of banks and its relation to contracts...

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Act conferring on Federal circuit courts jurisdiction of all suits by or
against national banks held valid....

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A tax upon deposits in a national bank to be paid by the depositors,
is not a tax upon the franchise of the bank....
Regulation of business under fourteenth amendment..
Basis of representation among the several States.

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Provisions relating to

the...

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Bear 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..
Behavior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts shall hold their

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offices during good..........

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Bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of
contracts. No State shall pass any------

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Bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.
Bills. Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the President, 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 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..

Bills which 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_
Bills, approval of after adjournment or during recess. A bill signed by

the President while Congress is in recess for a fixed time is not
invalid...

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Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.
All..

Bills of Exchange. A bill of exchange is neither an export nor an import..
Bills of lading. State tax on bills of lading of foreign articles is a tax on
imports, and void..

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The uniform bills of lading act is not invalid as a regulation of com-

merce.

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Use of local rates or bills of lading as between connecting carriers is
interstate commerce.

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Bill of rights.

For Philippine Islands....

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Birds and game.

Act of Congress, known as Lacey Act held valid....
Migratory bird act held invalid___

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Migratory birds held to be not United States property..
Regulations affecting migratory birds held valid pursuant to treaty
provisions____

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Blue sky law. State statute which requires dealers in securities to show
title to property in order to obtain a license to do business is not
invalid....

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"Blue Sky" law declared valid under fourteenth amendment.......
Bonus. Stipulation in a railroad company's charter that it shall pay a
bonus to the State, not invalid...

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Borrow money on the credit of the United States. Congress shall have
power to...__
Boundary lines. Compact or agreement between States as to a boundary
line must not lead to increase of political power of States affected..
Courts are bound to follow decision of Congress as to boundaries
between United States and other nations___

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The Supreme Court has jurisdiction of questions of boundary be-
tween States..

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The Supreme Court can not take cognizance of an original suit
brought by the United States against a State to determine the
boundary between a Territory and such State_

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Determination of the territorial boundaries of a municipal corporation
is purely a legislative function _____

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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..........
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__.

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Bridges.

Delegation of legislative power by Congress to Secretary of
War, in connection with_.

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Transportation of persons in street cars across a State bridge is
interstate commerce_

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Power of Congress to construct___

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The State has authority to construct bridges over navigable streams
entirely within the State___

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State taxation of a bridge over a navigable stream is not inconsistent
with the commerce clause__

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Contracts of bridge and ferry companies__.

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A company constructing an international railroad bridge may be
required to add foot and carriage ways...

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Canals.

Contracts of canal companies.

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Capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on indictment of a grand jury,
except in certain specified cases. No person shall be held to
answer for a

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Capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census
or enumeration. No.
Capitation tax. State capitation tax upon every person leaving the
State or passing through it by railroad, held void when its operation
would embarrass the National Government_.__.
Captures on land and water. Congress shall make rules concerning.___
Carmack amendment. Making initial carrier liable for loss or injury held
valid...

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Contracts limiting recovery for loss or injury to goods in interstate
transportation to an agreed or declared value....

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Does not deprive carriers of liberty or property without due process
of law..

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Carriers. Express companies are not carriers within meaning of section
15, paragraph 4, of amended interstate commerce act.-
Commodities clause of interstate commerce act, prohibiting trans-
portation of commodities produced by carrier held constitutional..
Cars. Duty of carriers to furnish cars for transportation____.
Casting vote. The Vice President shall have no vote unless the Senate be
equally divided.......

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Census. Congress may compile statistics regarding the people...

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