Unconstitutional legislation. An ordinance forbidding colored persons to
occupy houses in blocks where the greater number of houses are
occupied by white persons, held unconstitutional..
When a person has acquired title to property with the assurance that
his easements were secured by contract, such rights are property
rights within the meaning of the Constitution___
Act of Congress punishing any two or more persons conspiring to
deprive any person of the equal protection of the laws was not
authorized by the fourteenth amendment...
Act of Congress making it a felony to harbor an alien prostitute held
an encroachment on the State police power___
Act of Congress making criminal the hindrance by individuals of the
right of suffrage guaranteed by the fifteenth amendment, which ap-
plies only to action by the United States or the several States held
invalid...
List of acts of Congress declared unconstitutional by Federal Supreme
Court...
Union. To establish a more perfect...
The President shall, from time to time, give to Congress informa-
tion of the state of the.......
New States may be admitted by Congress into this..
But no new States shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction
of another State....
United States. Cases in which the United States is a party_____
Unreasonable searches and seizures. The people shall be secured in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects against.....
And no warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause, supported
by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be
searched and the persons or things to be seized___
Use without just compensation. Private property shall not be taken for
public...
Useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the
exclusive right to their writings and inventions. Congress shall
have power to promote the progress of science and the ___
Unusual punishments inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and.............
Vacancies happening in the representation of a State. The executive
thereof shall issue writs of election to fill............
Happening in the Senate in the recess of the legislature of a State.
How filled. (See Seventeenth amendment, p. 747)----.
That happened during the recess of the Senate, by granting commis-
sions which shall expire at the end of the next session. The Presi-
dent shall have power to fill.........
Vaccination. State may compel school children to be vaccinated______
Laws requiring vaccination of children as a condition of their attend-
ance on public schools held valid under equality clause.....
Vagrants. Act of Congress providing for punishment of "all suspicious
persons" held invalid..........
Validity of the public debt incurred in suppressing insurrection against
the United States, including debt for pensions and bounties, shall
not be questioned
Valuation. Section 19a of the act to regulate commerce directs to com-
mission to value the properties of common carriers. - - -
Verdicts. The statute may forbid the setting aside of a verdict as being
against the weight of evidence, without depriving the accused of
his rights...
Vessels. A State may tax ocean-going vessels as property at the domicile
of the owner when it does not appear that such vessels have ac-
quired an actual situs elsewhere..
Bound to or from the ports of one State shall not be obliged
to enter, clear, or pay duties in another State.....
Vested rights. A State law devesting vested rights violates no constitu-
tional provision where it does not impair the obligation of a
contract_
The rights of beneficiary under war risk insurance act..
Veto of a bill by the President. Proceedings of the two Houses upon the
Veto power. The Supreme Court has no veto power on congressional
Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate...
He shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided.........
The Senate shall elect a President pro tempore in the absence of the
He shall be chosen for the term of four years_-_-
The number and the manner of appointing electors for President and.
In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability of the Presi-
dent, the powers and duties of his office shall devolve on the____
Congress may provide by law for the case of the removal, death, resig-
nation, or inability both of the President and....
On impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other
high crimes and misdemeanors shall be removed from office. The
The manner of choosing the. The electors shall meet in their re-
spective 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___.
The electors shall name, in distinct ballots, the person voted for as
Vice President...
They shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for as Vice Presi-
dent, which lists they shall sign and certify, and send sealed to the
seat of government, directed to the President of the Senate.-----
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and
House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes
shall then be counted..
The person having the greatest number of votes shall be Vice Presi-
dent, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors.
If no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on
the list the Senate shall choose the Vice President....
A quorum for this purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole
number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be
necessary to a choice....
But if the House shall make no choice of a President before the 4th
of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as Presi-
dent, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability
of the President____.
No person constitutionally ineligible as President shall be eligible as
Violence. The United States shall guarantee to every State a republican
form of government, and shall protect each State against invasion
and domestic___
Virginia entitled to ten representatives in the First Congress_
Vote.
The Vice President, unless the Senate be equally divided, shall have
A bill vetoed by the President may be repassed in each House by a..
No person shall be convicted on an impeachment except by a-------
Whenever both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress may pro-
pose amendments to the Constitution by a..
The President may make treaties, with the advice and consent of
the Senate by a..
Disabilities incurred by participation in insurrection or rebellion may
be relieved by Congress by a
Vote requiring the concurrence of the two Houses (except upon a question of
adjournment) shall be presented to the President. Every order,
resolution, or..
Shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The
right of citizens of the United States to..
War. Courts are bound to follow decision of Congress on existence of
peace or war.
Supreme Court can not issue writ of certiorari to review proceedings
of a military commission____
Citizens in no wise connected with the military service can not be
tried by a military commission_____
War against a State. Congress can not declare war against a State or any
number of States.....
War against the United States, adhering to their enemies, and giving them
aid and comfort. Treason shall consist only in levying...
War, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning cap-
tures on land and water. Congress shall have power to declare...
For governing the land and naval forces. Congress shall have power
to make rules and articles of.....
No State shall, without the consent of Congress, unless actually
invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay
engage in..
War of the Rebellion. The Civil War was conducted as if it were with a
foreign enemy.
War risk insurance act. Decision of administrative officer not subject to
review by the courts..
Held not to impair obligation of contract as to parties to whom
benefits were to be paid, though enacted after insured's death....
War with France in 1800. Relations between United States and France
in 1800 amounted to a state of war.
Warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, on oath or affirmation,
describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be
seized. No____
Water. The Supreme Court may take jurisdiction of the question as to
the power of one State wholly to deprive another of the benefit of
the water from a river rising in the former and flowing into the
latter.
Welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty, etc. To promote the
general..
Congress shall have power to provide for the common defense and
general
Wharfage. The jurisdiction of admiralty extends to claims for wharfage__
Wharves. Use of public wharves may be regulated by Congress.
A State has authority to construct wharves, piers, and docks, on
navigable rivers within the State, in the absence of controlling
legislation by Congress.--
White slave traffic act. Held valid exercise of power of Congress.
Wills. Erroneously probating nuncupative will...........
Witness against himself. No person shall, in a criminal case, be com-
pelled to be a-----
Witnesses. In summoning witnesses before a grand jury it is sufficient
to apprise them of the names of the parties with respect to whom
they will be called upon to testify without indicating the nature
of the charge-----
The accused shall enjoy the right to be confronted with the witnesses
against him, absolutely, and on all occasions....
Defendant in a contempt case is not entitled to be confronted with
the witnesses against him in open court___
Sixth amendment does not accord the right to be apprised of the
names of witnesses who appeared before the grand jury___
Amnesty granted by Congress to--.
Competency of pardoned felon as a witness___
Requiring witness to testify before Senate as to business transaction..
All witnesses are entitled to the protection of the self-incrimination
clause of the fifth amendment___
Right of accused to be confronted with the witnesses against him---
The right is without exception..
The refusal of a witness to appear before a legislative committee and
his pursuant arrest does not present any question of due process
of law...
Exemption from disclosure as a witness, of evidence against oneself,
is not guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment.__.
Failure to provide method for enforcing attendance of nonresident
witnesses...
Witnesses against him. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall be
confronted with the_____
Witnesses in his favor. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have
compulsory process for obtaining.............
Witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two----
An American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the
nationality of her husband..
Women, if born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction of the United
States have always been considered citizens of the United States..
Woman suffrage. Validity of adoption of nineteenth amendment...
Effect of amendment on State constitution_-__-
Amendment as qualifying women for jury service.
Liberty of contract_____
Workmen's compensation act. State act valid as applied to an interstate
In attempting to permit the application of State workmen's com-
pensation laws to injuries within the admiralty and maritime juris-
diction, Congress exceeded its constitutional power----
Writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless in case of rebellion or
invasion the public safety may require it. (See also "Habeas cor-
pus")______
Writs of election to fill vacancies in the representation of any State. The
executive of the State shall issue..
Written opinion of the principal officer in each of the executive depart-
ments on any subject relating to the duties of his office. The
President may require the...
Yeas and nays of the members of either House shall, at the desire of
one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journals_---
The votes of both Houses upon the reconsideration of a bill returned
by the President with his objections shall be determined by______
Zoning ordinance held invalid as depriving owners of their property with-
out due process_
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