ORDER, resolution, or vote (except on a question of adjournment) re-
quiring 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 treason
shall be on the testimony of two witnesses to the.....
PARDONS, except in cases of impeachment. The President may
grant reprieves and....
PATENT RIGHTS to inventors. Congress may pass laws for se-
curing
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...
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 re-
bellion against the United States, including the debt for.
[Amendments]
PENNSYLVANIA entitled to eight Representatives in the first Con-
gress
PEOPLE, peaceably to assemble and petition for redress of grievances,
shall not be abridged by Congress. The right of the. [Amend-
ments]
To keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated
militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right
of the. [Amendments]
To be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against
unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated. The
right of the. [Amendments].....
PEOPLE. The enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution
shall not be held to deny or disparage others retained by the.
[Amendments]
PEOPLE. Powers not delegated to the United States, nor prohibited
to the States, are reserved to the States or to the. [Amend-
ments]
PERFECT UNION, &c. To establish a more. [Preamble].
PERSONS, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures. The people shall be secured in their. [Amend-
ments]
PERSONS, as any State may think proper to admit, shall not be
prohibited prior to 1808. The migration or importation of such
But a tax or duty of ten dollars shall be imposed on the importa-
tion of each of such.....
PETITION for the redress of grievances. Congress shall make no
law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble and
to. [Amendments]
PIRACIES AND FELONIES committed on the high seas. Congress
shall define and punish....
PLACE than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting. Neither
House during the session shall, without the consent of the other,
adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other...
PLACES OF CHOOSING SENATORS. Congress may by law
make or alter regulations for the election of Senators and Rep-
PORTS of one State over those of another. Preference shall not be
given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the......
Vessels clearing from the ports of one State shall not pay duties
in another
POST OFFICES AND POST ROADS. Congress shall establish...
POWERS herein granted shall be vested in Congress. All legislative
POWERS vested by the Constitution in the Government or in any
Department or officer of the United States. Congress shall
make all laws necessary to carry into execution the......
POWERS and duties of the office shall devolve on the Vice-President,
on the removal, death, resignation, or inability of the President.
The
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Not delegated to the United States nor prohibited to the States
are reserved to the States and to the people. [Amendments]... 10
The enumeration of certain rights in this Constitution shall not
be held to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
[Amendments]
PREFERENCE, by any regulation of commerce or revenue, shall
not be given to the ports of one State over those of another....
PREJUDICE any claims of the United States or of any particular
State in the territory or property of the United States. Nothing
in this Constitution shall...
PRESENT, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any
king, prince, or foreign State. No person holding any office un-
der the United States shall, without the consent of Congress, ac-
cept any
PRESENTMENT or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases aris-
ing in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual
service. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or other-
wise infamous crime unless ou a. [Amendments]..
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The Senate shall
choose a President pro tempore when the Vice-President shall
exercise the office of.....
The Chief Justice shall preside upon the trial of the..
Shall approve and sign all bills passed by Congress before they
shall become laws.....
Shall return to the House in which it originated, with his objec-
tions, any bill which he shall not approve.
If not returned within ten days (Sundays excepted), it shall be-
come a law, unless Congress shall adjourn before the expiration
of that time.....
Every order, resolution, or vote which requires the concurrence of
both Houses, except on a question of adjournment, shall be pre-
sented to the......
If disapproved by him, shall be returned and proceeded on as in
the case of a bill..
The executive power shall be vested in a....
He shall hold his office during the term of four years.
In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death,
resignation, or inability to discharge the duties of his office,
the Vice-President shall perform the duties of...
Congress may declare, by law, in the case of the removal, death,
resignation, or inability of the President, what officer shall act as
The President shall receive a compensation which shall not be in-
creased nor diminished during his term, nor shall he receive any
other emolument from the United States...
Before he enters upon the execution of his office he shall take an
oath of office...
Shall be commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy and of the
militia of the States when called into actual service.....
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES-Cont'd.
He may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in
each of the Executive Departments....
He may grant reprieves or pardons for offenses, except in cases
of impeachment
He may make treaties by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, two-thirds of the Senators present concurring...
He may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of
the Supreme Court, and all other officers whose appointments
may be authorized by law and not herein provided for......
Congress may vest the appointment of inferior officers in the..
He may fill up all vacancies that may happen in the recess of the
Senate by commissions which shall expire at the end of their
next session .....
He shall give information to Congress of the state of the Union,
and recommend measures.......
On extraordinary occasions he may convene both Houses or either
House of Congress...
In case of disagreement between the two Houses as to the time of
adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he may
think proper
He shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers.
He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
He shall commission all the officers of the United States. ...
On impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other
high crimes and misdemeanors, shall be removed from office.
The
No person except a natural-boru citizen, or a citizen of the United
States at the adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to
the office of.....
No person who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years
and been fourteen years a citizen of the United States shall be
eligible to the office of... . . .
PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.
ING. Each State, by its legislature, shall appoint a number of
electors equal to the whole number of Senators and Representa-
tives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
No Senator or Representative or person holding an office of trust
or profit under the United States shall be an elector....
Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors and the
day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the
same throughout the United States.....
The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by bal-
lot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall
not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves.
[Amendments]
They shall name in distinct ballots the person voted for as Presi-
dent and the person voted for as Vice-President. [Amendments] 12
They shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for as Presi-
dent, and as Vice-President, which they shall sign and certify
and transmit sealed to the President of the Senate at the seat
of government. [Amendments] ...
The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate
and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the
votes shall then be counted. [Amendments]..
The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the Presi-
dent, if such number be a majority of the whole number of
electors appointed. [Amendments]
If no person have such majority, then from the persons having
the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those
voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose
PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT-Cont'd.
In choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the
representation from each State having oue vote. [Amendments] 12
A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members
from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States
shall be necessary to a choice. [Amendments]...
But if no choice shall be made before the 4th of March next fol-
lowing, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the
case of the death or disability of the President. [Amendments] 12
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, but shall have no vote unless the
Senate be equally divided. The Vice-President shall be.....
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE. In the absence of the Vice-Presi-
dent the Senate shall choose a.......
When the Vice-President shall exercise the office of President of
the United States, the Senate shall choose a....
PRESS. Congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of speech
or of the. [Amendments]....
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, color, or.
[Amendments]
PRIVATE PROPERTY shall not be taken for public use without
just compensation. [Amendments]
PRIVILEGE. Senators and Representatives shall, in all cases ex-
cept treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from
arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective
Houses, and in going to and returning from the same....
They shall not be questioned for any speech or debate in either
House in any other place......
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF CITIZENS OF THE
UNITED STATES. The citizens of each State shall be en-
titled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the
several States
No soldier shall be quartered in any house without the consent of
the owner in time of peace. [Amendments]......
No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of life and limb for the
same offense. [Amendments]
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and sub-
ject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States
and of the State in which they reside. [Amendments]........ 14
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.
[Amendments]
No State shall 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 its laws. [Amendments].....
PRIZES captured on land or water. Congress shall make rules con-
cerning
PROBABLE CAUSE. The right of the people to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search-
es and seizures, shall not be violated. And no warrant shall is-
sue for such but upon. [Amendments]...
PROCESS OF LAW. No person shall be compelled in any criminal
case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life,
liberty, or property, without due. [Amendments].....
No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, with-
out due. [Amendments]
PROCESS for obtaining witnesses in his favor. In all criminal prose-
cutions the accused shall have. [Amendments]....
PROGRESS of science and useful arts. Congress shall have power
to promote the....
PROPERTY of the United States. Congress may dispose of and
make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or
PROPERTY, without due process of law. No person shall be com-
pelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself; nor
shall he be deprived of his life, liberty, or. [Amendments]....
No State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of
the United States; nor deprive any person of his life, liberty, or.
[Amendments]
PROSECUTIONS. The accused shall have a speedy and public trial
in all criminal. [Amendments]....
He shall be tried by a jury in the State or district where the
crime was committed. [Amendments]..
He shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation.
[Amendments]
He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him. [Amend-
ments]
compulsory process for obtaining witnesses.
[Amendments] ...
He shall have counsel for his defense. [Amendments].
PROTECTION of the laws. No State shall deny to any person with-
in its jurisdiction the equal. [Amendments].....
PUBLIC DEBT of the United States incurred in suppressing insur-
rection or rebellion shall not be questioned. The validity of the.
[Amendments]
PUBLIC SAFETY may require it. The writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion
the ...
PUBLIC TRIAL by jury. In all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall have a speedy and. [Amendments].....
PUBLIC USE. Private property shall not be taken for, without just
compensation. [Amendments]
PUNISHMENT according to law. Judgment in cases of impeach-
ment shall not extend further than to removal from, and dis-
qualification for, office; but the party convicted shall neverthe-
less be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and...
PUNISHMENTS inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be required nor
excessive fines imposed nor cruel and unusual. [Amendments]..
QUALIFICATION FOR OFFICE. No religious test shall ever be
required as a.....
QUALIFICATIONS of electors of members of the House of Repre-
sentatives shall be the same as electors for the most numerous
branch of the State legislature.............
QUALIFICATIONS of electors of Senators shall be the same as elec-
tors for the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
[Amendments]
QUALIFICATIONS of members of the House of Representatives.
They shall be twenty-five years of age, seven years a citizen of
the United States, and an inhabitant of the State in which
chosen ...
Of Senators. They shall be thirty years of age, nine years a
citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the State in
which chosen
Of its own members. Each House shall be the judge of the elec-
tion, returns, and....
Of the President. No person except a natural-born citizen, or a
citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the
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