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Claims of the United States or any particular State in the
territory or public property. Nothing in this Constitution
shall be construed to prejudice
Classification of Senators. Immediately after they shall be
assembled after the first election, they shall be divided
as equally as may be into three classes

The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year

The seats of the Senators of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year

The seats of the Senators of the third class of the expiration of the sixth year

Coin a tender in payment of debts. No state shall make anything but gold and silver

Coin money and regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin. Congress shall have power to

Coin of the United States. Congress shall provide for pun-
ishing the counterfeiting the securities and current
Color, or previous condition of servitude. The right of citi-
zens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
abridged by the United States or any State on account of
race. [Amendments]

Comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist in
levying war against them, and giving the enemies aid
and

Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and of their militia when in actual service. The President shall be Commerce with foreign nations, among the States, and with Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to regulate

Commerce or revenue. No preference shall be given to the ports of one State over those of another by any regulation of

Vessels clearing from the ports of one State shall not pay duties in those of another

Commissions to expire at the end of the next session. The President may fill vacancies that happen in the recess of the Senate by granting

Common defense, promote the general welfare, &C. To insure the. [Preamble]

Common defense and general welfare. Congress shall have power to provide for the

Common law, where the amount involved exceeds twenty
dollars, shall be tried by jury. Suits at. [Amendments]
No fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined
in any court of the United States than according to
the rules of the. [Amendments]

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Compact with another State. No State shall, without con-
sent of Congress, enter into any agreement or
Compact with a foreign power. No state shall, without the
consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or
Compensation of Senators and Representatives to be
ascertained by law

Compensation of the President shall not be increased nor
diminished during the period for which he shall be elect-
ed
Compensation of the judges of the Supreme and inferior
courts shall not be diminished during their continuance
in office

Compensation. Private property shall not be taken for pub-
lic use without just. [Amendments]

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Article 1 Section Clause

Compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. In
criminal prosecutions the accused shall have. [Amend-
ments]
Confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty, alli-

ance, or

All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be valid against the United States under it, as under the Confession in open court. Conviction of treason shall be on the testimony of two persons to the overt act, or upon Congress of the United States. All legislative powers shall be vested in a

Shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives Shall assemble at least once in every year, which shall be on the first Monday of December, unless they by law appoint a different day

May at any time alter regulations for elections of Senators and Representatives, except as to the places of choosing Senators

Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members

A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business

A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and
compel the attendance of absent members
Each House may determine the rules of its pro-
ceedings, punish its members for disorderly behav-
ior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a
member

Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings
Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall,
without the consent of the other, adjourn for more
than three days

Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation to be ascertained by law

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

No Senator or Representative shall, during his term, be appointed to any civil office which shall have been created, or of which the emoluments shall have been increased, during such term

No person holding any office under the United States,
shall, while in office, be a member of either House of
Congress

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives

Proceedings in cases of bills returned by the President with his objections

Shall have power to lay and collect duties, imposts, and excises, pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare

Shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the
United States

To regulate foreign and domestic commerce, and with the Indian tribes

To establish uniform rule of naturalization and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies

To coin money, regulate its value and the value of foreign coin, and to fix the standard of weights and

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To punish counterfeiting of securities and current coin of the United States

To establish post-offices and post-roads

To promote the progress of science and the useful arts To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court .. To define and punish piracies and felonies on the high seas and to punish offenses against the law of nations

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and

water

To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years

To provide and maintain a Navy

To make rules for the government of the Army and
Navy

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To call out the militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and repeal invasions

To provide for organizing, arming, and equipping the militia ....

To exercise exclusive legislation over the District fixed for the seat of government, and over forts, magazines, arsenals, and dockyards

To make all laws necessary and proper to carry into
execution all powers vested by the Constitution in
the Government of the United States
No person holding any office under the United States
shall accept of any present, emolument, office, or
title of any kind from any foreign state, without the
consent of

May determine the time of choosing the electors for
President and Vice President and the day on which
they shall give their votes

The President may, on extraordinary occasions, con-
vene either House of

The manner in which the acts, records, and judicial
proceedings of the States shall be prescribed by
New States may be admitted by Congress into this
Union

Shall have power to make all needful rules and regula-
tions respecting the territory or other property be-
longing to the United States

Amendments to the Constitution shall be proposed
whenever it shall be deemed necessary by two-thirds
of both Houses of

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the thirteenth amendment. [Amendments]
Persons engaged in insurrection or rebellion against
the United States disqualified for Senators or Rep-
resentatives in. [Amendments]

But such disqualification may be removed by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses of. [Amendments]

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the fourteenth amendment. [Amendments]
Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the fifteenth amendment. [Amendments]

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the nineteenth amendment. [Amendments]
Sessions, time of assembling. [Amendments]

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To direct appointment of electors for President and
Vice President by District of Columbia. [Amend-
ments]

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the twenty-third amendment. [Amendments]
Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation,
the twenty-fourth amendment. [Amendments]
Confirmation by majority vote of Vice President nomi-
nated by the President where vacancy in office oc-
curs. [Amendments]

Shall decide the issue of the inability of the President
to discharge the powers and duties of his office.
[Amendments]

Shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the twenty-sixth amendment. [Amendments]

No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. [Amendments]

Consent. No State shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate without its

Consent of Congress. No person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States shall accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign potentate, without the .. No State shall lay any imposts, or duties on imports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws, without the

No State shall lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or
ships of war in time of peace, without the
No State shall enter into any agreement or compact
with another State, or with a foreign power, without
the

No State shall engage in war unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay, without the

No new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State, nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures thereof, as well as the

Consent of the legislature of the State in which the same
may be. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over
all places purchased for the erection of forts, magazines,
arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings by the ..
Consent of the legislatures of the States and of Congress.

No States shall be formed by the junction of two or more
States or parts of States without the

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

Consent of the owner. No soldier shall be quartered in time
of peace in any house without the. [Amendments]
Consent of the Senate. The President shall have power to
make treaties, by and with the advice and

The President shall appoint ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court,
and all other officers created by law and not other-
wise herein provided for, by and with the advice and

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Constitution, in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. Congress shall have power to pass all laws necessary to the execution of the powers vested by the

Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President. No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen at the time of the adoption of the

Constitution. The President, before he enters upon the execution of his office, shall take an oath to preserve, protect, and defend the

Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States. The judicial power shall extend to all cases arising under the Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any State (in respect to territory or other property of the United States). Nothing in the

Constitution. The manner in which amendments may be proposed and ratified

Constitution as under the Confederation shall be valid. All
debts and engagements contracted before the adoption of
the

Constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof, and
all treaties made, or which shall be made, by the United
States, shall be the supreme law of the land. The
The judges in every State, anything in the constitution
or laws of a State to the contrary notwithstanding,
shall be bound thereby

Constitution. All officers, legislative, executive, and judi-
cial, of the United States, and of the several States, shall
be bound by an oath to support the

But no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification for any office or public trust Constitution between the States so ratifying the same. The ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. The enumeration in the. [Amendments]

Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are re-
served to the States respectively or to the people. Powers
not delegated to the United States by the. [Amendments]
Constitution, and then engaged in rebellion against the
United States. Disqualification for office imposed upon
certain class of persons who took an oath to support the.
[Amendments]

Constitution. Done in convention by the unanimous consent
of the States present, September 17, 1787
Contracts. No State shall pass any ex post facto law, or law
impairing the obligation of
Controversies to which the United States shall be a party:
between two or more States; between a State and citi-
zens of another State; between citizens of different
States; between citizens of the same State claiming lands
under grants of different States; between a State or its
citizens and foreign states, citizens, or subjects. The judi-
cial power shall extend to

Convene Congress or either House, on extraordinary occa-
sions. The President may

Convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution. Congress, on the application of two-thirds of the legislatures of the States, may call a