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Right to keep and bear arms. A well-regulated militia being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed...........

Right of asylum. Right of asylum against unlawful abduction of fugitives.
Rights of citizens—fourteenth amendment.

Privileges and immunities....

Relation of employer and employee..

Practice of law.

Right of suffrage....

Negligence...

Public speaking.

State taxation__

Citizenship......-

Rights of Members of Congress. Compensation....

Privileged from arrest.

Speech or debates..

Holding other office...

Rights of persons under fifth amendment. Indictment..

Self-incrimination___

Due process of law.

Deprivation of life and liberty.

Deprivation of property..

Power of eminent domain_.

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Just compensation_____

Right of petition. Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the
people peaceable to assemble and to petition for the redress of
grievances..

Right of railroad company to discontinue operation. A railroad, though
built under charter and eminent domain power, is not bound to
continue operation at a loss; the right to stop is not dependent on
a consent of the State___-.

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Right of suffrage. The right of suffrage is not one of the privileges and
immunities of citizens under the fourteenth amendment______
Right of way. A railroad's right of way has the substantiality of the fee,
and can not be appropriated except upon payment of compensation_
Right to contract. Freedom to contract for personal services is a right
protected by the fourteenth amendment..

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The general right to make a contract in relation to his business is part
of the liberty of the individual, protected by the fourteenth amend-
ment...
Right to labor.

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The right to labor is property and a person can not be
deprived of it by simple mandate of the legislature___.
Right to practice law. The right to practice law in State courts is not
one of the privileges or immunities belonging to United States
citizens

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Right to sue. Regulation of right to sue on cause of action arising in
another State_____

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A right of action which springs from contract is property within the
protection of the fourteenth amendment_

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Right to vote. The power of a State to change its mode of choosing presi-
dential electors was not taken away by the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments.....

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The right to vote for United States Senators has its foundation in
the Federal Constitution___.

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Riparian rights. Governed by State laws..

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The title and rights of riparian littoral proprietors in the soil be-
neath high-water mark, are governed by the laws of the several
States---

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Riparian lands or rights acquired by power company held to be
property acquired under its charter and not contract rights. _____
The question of riparian ownership and rights on navigable rivers
is to be determined by State law...

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Rolling stock. Ownership of railroad cars by individual users of railroads..
A State has power to tax the rolling stock and other movable personal
property of carriers____.

Rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property of the
United States. Congress shall dispose of and make all needful............
Rules of its proceedings.
Rules of the common law. All suits involving over twenty dollars shall be
tried by jury according to the____.

Each House may determine the-----

No fact tried by a jury shall be reexamined except according to the..
Rules of practice. All rules of practice must be adapted to secure the rights
of the accused. Where there is no statute the practice must not
conflict with the right as it exists at common law....
Russia. Only for impelling reasons will courts inquire of executive de-
partment as to status of foreign government..........

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Safety appliance acts. Held constitutional..

Federal act supersede conflicting State statutes__.

Safety appliances. Congress has taken jurisdiction of safety appliances

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on railroads...

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Science and the useful arts by securing to authors and inventors the
exclusive right to their writings and discoveries.

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Searches and seizures shall not be violated. The right of the people to

be secure against unreasonable..........

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And no warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause, on oath or
affirmation, describing the place to be searched and the person

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Admission in evidence of paper obtained through unconstitutional
search and seizure over objection of owner when indicted for crime
compels him to be a witness against himself..

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Searches, seizures, and forfeitures. United States vessel, controlled by
Shipping Board, not subject to forfeiture under national pro-
hibition act..

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Foreign vessel, brought into American waters by pirates, held not
subject to penalties or forfeitures____

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Liquor in plain sight may be seized without search warrant..
Holding seized liquor without forfeiture held trespass ab initio..
Arrest of defendant while unlawfully transporting liquor authorizes
seizure of liquor__---

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Search of person without warrant held unlawful, except with owner's
consent..

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Search warrant is exclusive remedy to secure possession of property
used in violation of prohibition act..

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Federal officer can not be aided by State search warrant not in
accordance with the Federal law.....

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Prohibition agent not "civil officer" to whom search warrant may
be issued...

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Federal prohibition agent can not obtain search warrant on infor-
mation and belief, as authorized by internal revenue law____
Owner of automobile used for transportation can not avoid forfeiture
on mere claim of want of knowledge of illegal use....

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Searches, seizures, and forfeitures. Petitioner for return of liquor unlaw-

fully seized not required to prove his legal possession_-_.

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Sea stores. Carrying of intoxicating liquors as sea stores, for beverage
purposes, forbidden__--

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Seat of government. Congress shall exercise exclusive legislation in all
cases over such district as may become the.............
Securities and current coin of the United States. Congress shall provide

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for punishing the counterfeiting of the.........
Security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being necessary
to the...

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Selective service act. Act of May 18, 1917, did not contravene thirteenth
amendment.

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Senate of the United States. The Senate shall be composed of two Senators
from each State, chosen by the legislature for six years__
Repealed by the seventeenth amendment...

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If vacancies happen during the recess of the legislature of a State,
the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until
the next meeting of the legislature....

Repealed by the seventeenth amendment_...

The Vice President shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no
vote unless the Senate be equally divided.....

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The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro
tempore in the absence of the Vice President or when he shall
exercise the office of President__...

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When
sitting for that purpose they shall be on oath or affirmation______
When the President of the United States is tried the Chief Justice
shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the con-
currence of two-thirds of the members present..

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It shall be the judge of elections, returns, and qualifications of its own
members.--

A majority shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller
number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to
compel the attendance of absent members.............

It may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish a member for
disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds expel
a member..--

It shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time
publish the same, except such parts as may in their judgment require
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It shall not adjourn for more than three days during a session without
the consent of the other House.....

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Senate of the United States. It may propose amendments to bills for
raising revenue, but such bills shall originate in the House of Rep-

resentatives

The Senate shall advise and consent to the ratification of all treaties,
provided two-thirds of the members present concur

It shall advise and consent to the appointment of ambassadors, other
public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all
other officers not herein otherwise provided for....

It may be convened by the President on extraordinary occasions____
No State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage
in the Senate___

Requiring witness to testify before Senate as to business transaction__
Senate and House of Representatives. The Congress of the United States

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shall consist of a..

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Senators shall, immediately after assembling, under their first election,
be divided into three classes, so that the seats of one-third shall
become vacant at the expiration of every second year...
No person shall be a Senator who shall not be thirty years of age,
nine years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant when
elected of the State for which he shall be chosen___.
The times, places, and manner of choosing Senators may be fixed by
the legislature of a State, but Congress may by law make or alter
such regulations, except as to the places of choosing---
If vacancies happen during the recess of the legislature of a State,
the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until
the next meeting of the legislature_____

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Repealed by the seventeenth amendment..

They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the
peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the
sessions of the Senate and in going to and returning from the

same

And Representatives shall receive a compensation to be ascertained
by law...

Senators and Representatives shall not be questioned for any speech
or debate in either House, in any other place..

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No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he
was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the United
States which shall have been created, or of which the emoluments
shall have been increased, during such term.___

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No person holding any office under the United States shall be a
member of either House during his continuance in office.
No Senator or Representative or person holding an office of trust
or profit under the United States shall be an elector for President
and Vice President____

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Senators and Representatives shall be bound by an oath or affirma-
tion to support the Constitution_.

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No person shall be a Senator or Representative who having, as a
Federal or State officer, taken an oath to support the Constitu-
tion, afterwards engaged in rebellion against the United States...
But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove
such disability.

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Place of trial of a United States Senator indicted for receiving com-
pensation for services rendered in a proceeding before a depart-
ment where the agreement was made in Illinois, subject to con-
firmation in Missouri__

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Sentence and punishment. Statute providing for the infliction of the
death penalty by electricity does not violate the due process
clause by imposing a cruel punishment...

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Additional punishment for habitual criminals__

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Judgment prescribing punishment is not vacated by a writ of error__

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Sentence and punishment. Legislation and judicial action can only be
interfered with if the fines imposed are so grossly excessive as to
amount to a deprivation of property without due process of law...
The Federal Constitution neither grants nor forbids to the governor
of a State the right to stay the execution of a sentence.----
Suspension of minimum sentence amounts to a refusal to perform a
judicial duty- - - -

Service of process. Service on agent of a foreign corporation...

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State statute which prescribes a mode of serving judicial process
upon a railroad company different from that provided for in its
charter is not void_____

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Judgment in a State court not rendered on personal service of process
is not one to which Federal courts will give effect...
Personal service or voluntary appearance necessary to give judgment
of one State faith and credit in another.

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The rule dispensing with personal service of process on defendant
in proceedings in rem against his property applies to a bill for
divorce....

Personal service on resident, constructive service on nonresident___-
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. Fugi-
tives from....

Servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have
been convicted, shall exist in the United States or any place
subject to their jurisdiction. Neither slavery nor involuntary_-_-
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, color, or previous condition of

Settlement of estates. Notice of probate of will.

Escheat.....

Administration of estates of absentees of persons presumed to be
dead...

Ships and shipping. Vessels engaged in interstate commerce_

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Ships engaged in interstate commerce. Even where all ports are in same
State..

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Ships of war in time of peace, without the consent of Congress. No
State shall keep troops or..

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Silver coin a tender in payment of debts. No State shall make anything
but gold and....

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Sinking funds. Railroad to provide sinking fund to meet debts...
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Neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion
or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any

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