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Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall
exceed $20, shall be tried by jury. [Amendments]----
In law or equity against one of the states, by citizens of
another state, or by citizens of a foreign state.
judicial power of the United States shall not extend to.
[Amendments]

The

Supreme court. Congress shall have power to constitute tri-
bunals inferior to the

Supreme court, and such inferior courts as congress may es-
tablish. The judicial power of the United States shall
be vested in one

Supreme court. The judges of the supreme and inferior courts

shall hold their offices during good behavior
The compensation of the judges shall not be diminished
during their continuance in office

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Supreme law of the land.

This constitution, the laws made

in pursuance thereof, and the treaties of the United
States, shall be the

The judges in every state shall be bound thereby....
Suppress insurrections and repel invasions.

Congress shall
provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws
Suppression of insurrection or rebellion shall not be ques-
tioned. The public debt, including the debt for pen-
sions and bounties, incurred in the. [Amendments]---

T.

Tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumer-
ation. No capitation or other direct

Tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state.
No

Taxes (direct) and representatives, how apportioned among
the several states. [See 14th amendment, section 2]--
Taxes, duties, imposts, and excises. Congress shall have
power to lay

They shall be uniform throughout the United States----
Temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legisla-
ture. If vacancies happen in the senate in the recess
of the legislature of a state, the executive of the state
may make

Tender in payment of debts.

No state shall make anything

but gold and silver coin a
Term of four years. The president and vice-president shall
hold their offices for the

Term for which he is elected. No senator or representative
shall be appointed to any office under the United States
which shall have been created or its emoluments in-
creased during the

Territory or other property of the United States. Congress
shall dispose of and make all needful rules and regula-
tions respecting the

Test as a qualification for any office or public trust shall ever
be required. No religious
Testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on con-
fession in open court. No person shall be convicted of
treason except on the

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Three-fourths of the legislatures of the states, or conventions
in three-fourths of the states, as congress shall pre-
scribe, may ratify amendments to the constitution____
Tie. The vice-president shall have no vote unless the senate
be equally divided

Times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators
and representatives shall be prescribed in each state
by the legislature thereof

But congress may at any time by law make or alter such
regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators
Title of nobility. The United States shall not grant any----
No state shall grant any

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Title of any kind, from any king, prince, or foreign state,
without the consent of congress. No person holding
any office under the United States shall accept of any--
Tonnage without the consent of congress. No state shall lay
any duty of

Tranquillity, provide for common defense, etc. To insure do-
mestic. [Preamble]

Treason shall consist only in levying war against the United
States, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid
and comfort

Treason. No person shall, unless on the testimony of two wit-
nesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open
court, be convicted of

Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of--
Shall not work corruption of blood. Attainder of-----
Shall not work forfeiture, except during the life of the
person attainted. Attainder of
Treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

The president, vice-president, and all civil officers shall
be removed from office on impeachment for and convic-
tion of
Treason, felony, and breach of the peace. Senators and repre-
sentatives shall be privileged from arrest while attend-
ing or while going to or returning from the sessions of
congress, except in cases of

Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.
No money shall be drawn from the
Treaties. The president shall have power, with the advice
and consent of the senate, provided two-thirds of the
senators present concur, to make

The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under
the constitution, laws, and

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No state shall enter into

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They shall be the supreme law of the land, and the judges
in every state shall be bound thereby
Treaty, alliance, or confederation.

any
Trial, judgment, and punishment according to law. Judgment
in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than
to removal from, and disqualification for, office; but
the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and
subject to indictment

Trial by jury. All crimes, except in cases of impeachment,
shall be tried by jury

Such trial shall be held in the state within which the
crime shall have been committed

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But when not committed within a state, the trial shall be
at such place as congress may by law have directed---
In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a
speedy and public. [Amendments]

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Suits at common law, when the amount exceeds $20, shall
be by. [Amendments]

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Tribunals inferior to the supreme court. Congress shall have
power to constitute

Troops or ships of war in time of peace without the consent of
congress. No state shall keep
Trust and profit under the United States, shall be an elector
for president and vice-president. No senator, repre-
sentative, or person holding any office of
Two-thirds of the members present. No person shall be con-
victed on impeachment without the concurrence of----
Two-thirds, may expel a member. Each house, with the con-
currence of
Two-thirds. A bill returned by the president with his objec-
tions may be repassed by each house by a vote of
Two-thirds of the senators present concur.

The president

shall have power, by and with the advice and consent
of the senate, to make treaties, provided
Two-thirds of the legislatures of the several states. Congress
shall call a convention for proposing amendments to the
constitution on the application of

Two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary.

Congress

shall propose amendments to the constitution whenever
Two-thirds of the states. When the choice of a president

shall devolve on the house of representatives, a quorum
shall consist of a member or members from. [Amend-
ments]
Two-thirds of the whole number of senators. A quorum of
the senate, when choosing a vice-president, shall con-
sist of. [Amendments] ---

Two-thirds, may remove the disabilities imposed by the third
section of the fourteenth amendment. Congress, by a
vote of. [Amendments]

Two years. Appropriations for raising and supporting armies
shall not be for a longer term than

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The president shall, from time to time, give to congress
information of the state of the

New states may be admitted by congress into this..

But no new state shall be formed or erected within the
jurisdiction of another

Unreasonable searches and seizures. The people shall be se-
cured in their persons, houses, papers, and effects
against. [Amendments]

Unreasonable searches and seizures. 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.
[Amendments]

Unusual punishments inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be
required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and.
[Amendments]

Use without just compensation. Private property shall not be
taken for public.

[Amendments]

Useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and in-
ventors the exclusive right to their writings and inven-
tions. Congress shall have power to promote the prog-
ress of science and the

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V.

Vacancies happening in the representation of a state. The
executive thereof shall issue writs of election to fill...

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Vacancies happening in the senate in the recess of the legis-
lature of a state. How filled
Vacancies that happened during the recess of the senate, by
granting commissions which shall expire at the end of
the next session. The president shall have power to
fill
Validity of the public debt incurred in suppressing insurrec-
tion against the United States, including debt for pen-
sions and bounties, shall not be questioned. [Amend-
ments]
Vessels bound to or from the ports of one state shall not be
obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another state--
Veto of a bill by the president. Proceedings of the two
houses upon the

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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 ab-
sence 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 removal, death, resignation, or inability of the
president, the powers and duties of his office shall de-
volve on the

Congress may provide by law for the case of the removal,
death, resignation, or inability both of the president
and

Vice-president. On impeachment for and conviction of trea-
son, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors,
shall be removed from office.
Vice-president.

The

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The electors

The manner of choosing the.
shall meet in their respective 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 them-
selves. [Amendments]

The electors shall name, in distinct ballots, the person
voted for as vice-president. [Amendments]
They shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for as
vice-president, which lists they shall sign and certify,
and send sealed to the seat of government, directed to
the president of the senate. [Amendments]
The president of the senate shall, in the presence of the
senate and house of representatives, open all the certifi-
Icates and the votes shall then be counted. [Amend-
ments]

The person having the greatest number of votes shall be
vice-president, if such number be a majority of the
whole number of electors. [Amendments]

If no person have a majority, then from the two highest
numbers on the list the senate shall choose the vice-
president. [Amendments]

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. [Amend-
ments]
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 president, as in the case of the
death or other constitutional disability of the president.
[Amendments]

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Vice-president. No person constitutionally ineligible as presi-

[Amendments]

dent 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. Each senator shall have one

The vice-president, unless the senate be equally divided,
shall have no

Vote requiring the concurrence of the two houses (except upon
a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the
president. Every order, resolution, or

Vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or
by any state on account of race, color, or previous con-
dition of servitude. The right of citizens of the
United States to. [Amendments]

Vote of two-thirds. Each house may expel a member by a.....
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 propose 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. [Amend-
ments]

W.

War, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules con-
cerning captures on land and water. Congress shall
have power to declare ...

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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 against the United States, adhering to their enemies,
and giving them aid and comfort. Treason shall consist
only in levying

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. [Amendments]--
Weights and measures. Congress shall fix the standard of...
Welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty, etc. To pro-
mote the general. [Preamble]

Welfare. Congress shall have power to provide for the
common defense and general

Witness against himself. No person shall, in a criminal case,
be compelled to be a. [Amendments]

In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall be con-
fronted with the. [Amendments]

Witnesses in his favor. In all criminal prosecutions the ac-
cused shall have compulsory process for obtaining.
[Amendments]

Witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open
court. No person shall be convicted of treason unless
on the testimony of two

Writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless in case
of rebellion or invasion the public safety may re-
quire it

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