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INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS

Article 1 Section Clause

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Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States shall not be. [Amendments]
Absent members, in such manner and under such penalties
as it may provide. Each House is authorized to compel
the attendance of

Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money shall
be published from time to time. A statement of the
Accusation. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
be informed of the cause and nature of the. [Amend-
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Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all criminal
prosecutions the. [Amendments]

He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the State and
district where the crime was committed. [Amend-
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He shall be informed of the nature of the accusation. [Amendments]

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He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him. [Amendments]

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He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. [Amendments]

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He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense. [Amendments]

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Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall
be tried by jury. [Amendments]

Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State.
Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the
Acts. Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such
acts, records, and proceedings

Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a quorum
of each House may

Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in which they shall be sitting. Neither House shall, during the session of Congress, without the consent of the other

Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper. In case of disagreement between the two Houses as to

Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of

Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new States shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State. New States may be

Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures and of Congress

Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All debts and engagements contracted by the confederation and before

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Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall have power to make treaties by and with the

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To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and consuls by and with the

To appoint all other officers of the United States not herein otherwise provided for by and with the Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall be

on oath or

To be taken by the President of the United States.
Form of the oath or

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No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause and on oath or. [Amendments]

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To support the Constitution. Senators and Representatives, members of State legislatures, executive and judicial officers, both State and Federal, shall be bound by oath or

Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained twenty-five years of

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained thirty years of

Right of citizens of the United States, who are eight-
een years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or any State on ac-
count of age. [Amendments]

Agreement or compact with another State without the con-
sent of Congress. No State shall enter into any
Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States shall
consist in levying war against them, adhering to their
enemies, and giving them

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Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty of

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Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls. The
President may appoint

The judicial power of the United States shall extend to
all cases 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 Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by conventions in, three-fourths of the States Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on presentment of a grand jury. No person shall be held to. [Amendments]

Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service. [Amendments] 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 Application of the legislature or the executive of a State. The United States shall protect each State against invasion and domestic violence on the

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 Presidential and Vice-Presidential electors. District of Columbia to have power of. [Amendments]

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Of such inferior officers as they may think proper in
the President alone. Congress may by law vest the
In the courts of law or in the heads of departments.
Congress may by law vest the

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Apportionment of representation and direct taxation among the several States. Provisions relating to the

Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States. [Amendments]

Of Representatives among the several States. Provisions relating to the. [Amendments]

Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power to make
all laws necessary 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
on any department or officer thereof

Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth ar-
ticle, prohibiting slavery by. [Amendments]
Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of
the fourteenth article by. [Amendments]

Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of
the fifteenth article by. [Amendments]
Congress and the several States shall have concurrent
power to enforce the provisions of the eighteenth ar-
ticle. [Amendments]

Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of
the nineteenth article. [Amendments]

Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the twenty-third article by. [Amendments] Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the twenty-fourth article by. [Amendments] Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the twenty-sixth article by. [Amendments] Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies shall be for a longer term than two years. But no Appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of 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 objections, if he does not

Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a
longer term than two years. Congress shall have power
to raise and support

Armies. Congress shall make rules for the government and
regulation of the land and naval forces
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. [Amendments]
Arrest during their attendance at the session of their re-
spective Houses, and in going to and returning from the
same. Members shall in all cases, except treason, felony,
and breach of the peace, be privileged from
Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over
all places purchased for the erection of
Articles exported from any State. No tax or duty shall be
laid on

Arts by securing to authors and inventors their patent rights. Congress may promote the progress of science and the useful

Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the. [Amendments] Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid of rebellion or insurrection against the United States. Provisions against the. [Amendments]

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Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No bill of
Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation
of contracts. No State shall pass any bill of
Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or
forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted ..
Authors and inventors the exclusive right to their writings
and inventions. Congress shall have power to secure to ...

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

Ballot for President and Vice President. The electors shall vote by. [Amendments]

Ballot. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes for President and Vice President, the House of Representatives shall immediately choose the President by. [Amendments]

Bankruptcies. Congress shall have power to pass uniform laws on the subject of

Basis of representation among the several States. Provi-
sions relating to the. [Amendments]

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. [Amendments]
Behavior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts
shall hold their offices during good

Bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No

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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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Bills of credit. No State shall emit

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

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Bills which shall have passed the Senate and House of Representatives shall, before they become laws, be presented to the President

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If he approve, he shall sign them: if he disapprove, he
shall return them, with his objections, to that House
in which they originated

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

Borrow money on the credit of the United States. Congress shall have power to

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. [Amendments]

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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Capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on indictment
of a grand jury, except in certain specified cases. No per-
son shall be held to answer for a. [Âmendments]
Capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in pro-
portion to the census or enumeration. No
Captures on land and water. Congress shall make rules
concerning

Casting vote. The Vice President shall have no vote unless
the Senate be equally divided

Census or enumeration. Of the inhabitants shall be made
within three years after the first meeting of Congress,
and within every subsequent term of ten years thereafter
No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid except in
proportion to the

Chief Justice shall preside when the President of the
United States is tried upon impeachment. The
Choosing the electors and the day on which they shall give
their votes, which shall be the same throughout the
United States. Congress may determine the time of
Citizen of the United States at the adoption of the Con-
stitution shall be eligible to the office of President. No
person not a natural-born.

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Citizen of the United States. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and been nine years a

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No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a

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Right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex. [Amendments]

Right to vote shall not be denied or abridges by the United States or any State for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. [Amendments]

Right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State to pay citizen eighteen years or older, on account of age. [Amendments] Citizenship. Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State in which they reside. [Amendments]

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No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. [Amendments]

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Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. [Amendments]

Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. [Amendments] Citizens or subjects of a foreign state. The judicial power of the United States shall not extend to suits in law or equity brought against one of the States by the citizens or another State or by. [Amendments]

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Civil officers of the United States shall, on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors be removed. All

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