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Letters of marque and reprisal. No State shall grant..
Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, etc. To secure the

blessings of. [Preamble]..

Life, liberty and property without due process of law. No

person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a
witness against himself, nor be deprived of. [Amend-
ments]....

No State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of
citizens of the United States, nor deprive any person
of. [Amendments].

Life or limb for the same offense. No person shall be twice
put in jeopardy of. [Amendments]..

Loss or emancipation of any slave shall be held illegal and void. [Amendments]

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Magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings. Congress shall have exclusive authority over all places purchased for the erection of ....

Majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business. A

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But a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members....

Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. When the choice of a President shall devolve on the House of Representatives, a quorum shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States; but a. [Amendments]

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When the choice of a Vice-President shall devolve on the Senate, a quorum shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. [Amendments] -----Maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of admiralty and....

Marque and reprisal. Congress shall have power to grant

letters of

No State shall grant any letters of...

Maryland entitled to six Representatives in the first Congress.
Massachusetts entitled to eight Representatives in the first

Congress

Measures. Congress shall fix the standard of weights and

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Meeting of Congress. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.

Members of Congress and of State legislatures shall be bound
by oath or affirmation to support the Constitution_.__
Militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and repel
invasions. Congress shall provide for calling forth the
Congress shall provide for organizing, arming and disci
plining the

Congress shall provide for governing such part of them as
may be employed by the United States.....
Reserving to the States the appointment of the officers and
the right to train the militia according to the discipline
prescribed by Congress

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. [Amendments]------Misdemeanors. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers shall be removed on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and... Money on the credit of the United States. Congress shall have power to borrow.............

Regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin. Congress
shall have power to coin...

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Shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of
appropriation made by law. No..........

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Shall be published from time to time. A regular state-
ment and account of receipts and expenditures of public_
For raising and supporting armies. No appropriation of
money shall be for a longer term than two years.......

N.

Nations. Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with
foreign

Congress shall provide for punishing offenses against the
law of...

Natural-born citizens, or a citizen at the adoption of the Consti
tution, shall be eligible to the office of President. No
person except a

Naturalization. Congress shall have power to establish a uniform rule of.............

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Naturalized in the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, shall be citizens of the United States and of the States in which they reside. All persons born, or. [Amendments]

Naval for es. Congress shall make rules and regulations for the

government and regulation of the land and.............
Navy. Congress shall have power to provide and maintain a..
New Hampshire entitled to three Representatives in the first
Congress

New Jersey entitled to four Representatives in the first Congress.
New States may be admitted by Congress into this Union....
But no new State shall be formed within the jurisdiction of
another State without the consent of Congress. - - - - -
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.-

New York entitled to six Representatives in the first Congress.
Nobility shall be granted by the United States. No title of ...

No State shall grant any title of.....

Nominations for office by the President. The President shall

nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors and other public
officers....

Art.

He may grant commissions to fill vacancies that happen in
the recess of the Senate, which shall expire at the end of
their next session

North Carolina entitled to five Representatives in the first Con

gress

Number of electors for President and Vice-President in each State shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives to which such State may be entitled in Congress.

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Oath of office of the President of the United States. Form of

the

Oath or affirmation. No warrants shall be issued but upon

probable cause, supported by. [Amendments] - - - - - Oath or affirmation to support the Constitution. Senators and

Representatives, members of State legislatures, execu-
tive and judicial officers of the United States and of the
several States, shall be bound by.

But no religious test shall ever be required as a qualifica

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Objections. If he shall not approve it, the President shall re-
turn the bill to the House in which it originated with
his

Obligation of contracts. No State shall pass any ex post facto
law, or law impairing the................
Obligations incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against
the United States to be held illegal and void. All
debts or.
Offense. No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or
[Amendments]______

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limb for the same.
Offenses against the law of nations. Congress shall provide for
punishing

Offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeach-
ment. The President may grant reprieves or pardons for.
Office under the United States. No person shall be a member
of either House while holding any civil....
No Senator or Representative shall be appointed to any
office under the United States which shall have been
created, or its emoluments increased, the during term for
which he is elected....

Or 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 present, emolument....

Office of President, in case of his removal, death, resignation,
or inability, shall devolve on the Vice-President. The
powers and duties of the.....

During the term of four years. The President and Vice-
President shall hold.............

Of trust or profit under the United States shall be an
elector for President and Vice-President. No person
holding an..

Office, civil or military under the United States, or any State,
who had taken an oath as a legislative, executive, or ju-
dicial officer of the United States, or of any State, and
afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion. No
person shall be a Senator, Representative, or presiden-
tial elector, or hold any. [Amendments]---

Officers in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the
heads of departments. Congress may vest the appoint-
ment of inferior...

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Officers of the United States shall be removed on impeachment
for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes
and misdemeanors. The President, Vice-President, and
all civil....

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker
and other.....

The Senate, in the absence of the Vice-President, shall
choose a President pro tempore, and also their other....
Offices becoming vacant in the recess of the Senate may be filled
by the President, the commissions to expire at the end of
the next session.....
One-fifth of the members present, be entered on the journal of

each House. The yeas and nays shall, at the desire of
Opinion of the principal officers in each of the executive de-
partments on any subject relating to their duties. The
President may require the written

Art.

Order, resolution, or vote (except on a question of adjourn-
ment), requiring the concurrence of the two Houses,
shall be presented to the President. Every......
Original jurisdiction, in all cases affecting ambassadors, other
public ministers and consuls, and in which a State may
be a party. The Supreme Court shall have.
Overt act, or on confession in open court. Conviction of trea-
son shall be on the testimony of two witnesses to the...

P.

Pardons, except in cases of impeachment. The President may

grant reprieves and

Patent rights to inventors. Congress may pass laws for secur-

ing
Peace. Members of Congress shall not be privileged from arrest
for treason, felony, and breach of the..

No State shall, without the consent of Congress, keep troops
or ships of war in time of

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No soldier shall be quartered in any house without the
consent of the owner in time of. [Amendments]---
Pensions and bounties 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]

Pennsylvania entitled to eight Representatives in the first Con-

gress...

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