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 sci-
ence and the useful...

[Amend-

Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal
prosecutions the accused shall have the.
ments]. . . . . . . .
Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid of
rebellion or insurrection against the United States.
Provisions against the. [Amendments] . . . . . . . .
Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No bill of
Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga-

tion 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 se-

cure to...

B.

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

Ballot for President and Vice-President.

shall vote by. [Amendments]

....

The electors

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 mili-
tia 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.
Bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the
obligation of contracts. No State shall pass any..

No.

Bills of credit. No State shall emit.
Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives. All.....

Bills which have passed the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives shall, before they become laws, be pre-
sented to the President..

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

gress 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].......... 14 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 person shall be held to answer for a. [Amendments].

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 Con-
gress, and within every subsequent term of ten
years thereafter..............

Census or enumeration. 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 through-
out the United States. Congress may determine the
time of......

Citizen of the United States at the adoption of the Consti-
tution shall be eligible to the office of President.
No person not a natural born ...

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

No person shall be a Representative who shall not
have attained the age of twenty-five years and been
seven years a.....
Citizenship. Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all
the privileges and immunities of citizens of the sev-
eral 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].....

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of
the United States. [Amendments] ...........
Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property without due process of law. [Amend-
ments]..

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 of another State, or by. [Amendments].. II
Civil officers of the United States shall, on impeachment
for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other
high crimes and misdemeanors, be removed. All.. 2 4
Claims of the United States or any particular State in the
Territory or public property. Nothing in this Con-
stitution 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 at the

expiration of the sixth year.

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

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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
citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of race. [Amendments] . . . . . . ... 15
Comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist
in levying war against them, and giving their ene-
mies aid and ...

Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and of the
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 regu-
lation of..

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Commerce or revenue.

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, etc. 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. [Amend-
ments]....

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].....
Compact with another State. No State shall, without the
consent 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 ascer-

tained by law......
Compensation of the President shall not be increased nor
diminished during the period for which he shall be
elected....

Compensation of the judges of the Supreme and inferior
courts shall not be diminished during their continu-
ance in office...
Compensation. Private property shall not be taken for pub-
lic use without just. [Amendments]...
Compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor.

In criminal prosecutions the accused shall have.
[Amendments] .

Confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty, alli-
ance, or.....

Confederation. All debts contracted and engagements

entered into before the adoption of this Constitution
shall be as 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...

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