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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

A.

Arts and Sciences, to be promoted.

Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State en-

titled to faith and credit in other States...

Amendments to the Constitution, how made.

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prohibited to the States..

of treason shall not work corruption of blood

or forfeiture, except during the life of the
person attainted....

B.

Bail, excessive, not required.

Bankruptcy laws to be uniform.

Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of

Representatives...

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Bills, before they become laws, shall be passed by both
houses and approved by the President; or, if dis-
approved, shall be passed by two-thirds of each
house....

not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment in-
tervene, shall be laws..

Borrow money, Congress may.

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C.

Capitation tax, apportionment of.

Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years.
Citizens of each State shall be entitled to the privileges
and immunities of citizens in the several
States....

Claims, no prejudice to certain..

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of the United States, or of the several States, not
to be prejudiced by any construction of the Con-
stitution...

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Coasting trade, regulation respecting.

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Coins, Congress fix value of foreign.

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Commerce, Congress to regulate..

regulations respecting, to be equal and uni-

form...

Commissions to be granted by the President.
Common law recognized and established, 7th amendment
Congress vested with power.....

may alter the regulations of State legislatures
concerning elections of Senators and Repre-
sentatives, except as to place of choosing Sen-

ators...

shall assemble once every year.

officers of government can not be members of..
may provide for cases of removal, death, &c.,
of President and Vice President....
may determine the time of choosing electors of
President and Vice President...

may invest the appointment of inferior officers
in the President alone, in the courts of law, or
the heads of departments...

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Congress may establish courts inferior to the Supreme

Court..

may declare the punishment of treason.

may prescribe the manner of proving the acts
and records of each State...

to assent to the formation of new States....
may propose amendments to Constitution or call

a convention......

to lay and collect duties...

to borrow money.

to regulate commerce..

to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and
naturalization...

to coin money, regulate the value of coin,
and fix a standard of weights and meas-

ures.

to punish counterfeiting.

to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court...

to define and punish piracies, felonies on the
high seas, and offenses against the laws of

nations....

to establish post offices and post loads.

to authorize patents to authors and inventors...

to declare war, grant letters of marque, and

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to organize, arm, and discipline militia.
to exercise exclusive legislation over seat of gov-

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ernment.....

to pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated
powers into effect...

to dispose of and make rules concerning the
territory or other property of the United
States...

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Congress, President may convene and adjourn, in certain

cases.

Constitution, how amended.

laws, and treaties to be declared the supreme
law...

rendered operative by the ratification of nine

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Counterfeiting, Congress to provide for punishment of....
Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction....
Courts inferior to the Supreme Court may be ordained by

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Crimes, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be

demanded..

how to be tried....

Criminal prosecutions, proceedings in cases of..

D.

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Debts against the confederation to be valid...

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Duties to be laid by Congress, and to be uniform.
further provision respecting..

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on imports and exports imposed by States shall
inure to the treasury of the United States....

E.

Elections of Senators and Representatives shall be pre-
scribed by the States..

qualifications and returns of members of Con-

gress to be determined by each house......
Electors of President and Vice President, how chosen, and
their duties.......

altered (see twelfth amendment).

to vote the same day throughout the United
States....

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Electors, no Senator, or Representative, or public officer,

shall serve as...

Enumeration every ten years.

Executive power vested in a President. (see President).
Exports not to be taxed.....

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F.

Fines, excessive, prohibited...

Fugitives from justice to be delivered up.

from service may be reclaimed.

H.

Habeas corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of

rebellion or invasion...

House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

I.

Impeachment to be brought by House of Representa-

tives.

tried by the Senate.

judgment on.....

All civil officers liable to..

Importation of slaves, not prohibited till 1808.

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Judges shall hold their offices during good behavior....
their compensation..

Judiciary-tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be

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Judicial power vested in a Supreme Court and courts in-

ferior.

powers of the judiciary.

restriction as to suits against a State....

Judicial proceedings of each State are entitled to faith and

credit in every State.....

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