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USE without just compensation. Private property shall not be taken
for public [Amendments]

USEFUL arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors
the exclusive right to their writings and inventions. Congress
shall have power to promote the progress of science and the....

VACANCIES happening in the representation of a State. The exec-
utive thereof shall issue writs of election to fill.
VACANCIES happening in the representation of any State in the
Senate. How filled. [Amendments]......

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VACANCIES happening in the Senate in the recess of the legislature
of a State. How filled. [Amended by 17th amendment]...
VACANCIES that happen during the recess of the Senate, by grant-
ing commissions which shall expire at the end of the next
session. The President shall have power to fill........
VALIDITY of the public debt incurred in suppressing insurrection
against the United States, including debt for pensions and
bounties, shall not be questioned. [Amendments]......
VESSELS bound to or from the ports of one State, shall not be
obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another State.....
VETO of a bill by the President. Proceedings of the two Houses
apon the

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VICE-PRESIDENT of the United States shall be President of the
Senate

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He shall have no vote unless the Seuate be equally divided.
The Senate shall choose a President pro tempore in the absence of
the

He shall be chosen for the term of four years.

The number and the manner of appointing electors for President
and

In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability of the
President, the powers and duties of his office shall devolve on
the

Congress may provide by law for the case of the removal, death,
resignation, or inability both of the President and....
On impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other
high crimes and misdemeanors, shall be removed from office.
The ...
VICE-PRESIDENT.

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THE MANNER OF CHOOSING THE. The
electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot
for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not
be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. [Amend-
ments] ...

The electors shall name, in distinct ballots, the person voted for
as Vice-President. [Amendments]

They shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for as Vice-
President, which lists they shall sign and certify, and send
sealed to the seat of Government, directed to the President of
the Senate. [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 be then counted. [Amendments]...

The person having the greatest number of votes shall be Vice-
President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of
electors. [Amendments]

If no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers
on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President. [Amend-
ments] ...

A quorum for this purpose 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]..

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VICE-PRESIDENT.

MANNER OF CHOOSING THE-Cont'd.
But if the House shall make no choice of a President before the
4th of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act
as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional
disability of the President. [Amendments]...

No person constitutionally ineligible as President shall be eligible
as. [Amendments]

VIOLENCE. The United States shall guarantee to every State a re-
publican form of government, and shall protect each State
against invasion and domestic.....

VIRGINIA entitled to ten Representatives in the first Congress..
VOTE. Each Senator shall have one..

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The Vice-President, unless the Senate be equally divided, shall
have no
VOTE requiring the concurrence of the two Houses (except upon a
question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President.
Every order, resolution, or....

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VOTE, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by
any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of
servitude. The right of citizens of the United States to.
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VOTE OF TWO-THIRDS. Each House may expel a member by a..
A bill vetoed by the President may be repassed in each House
by a

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No person shall be convicted on an impeachment except by a....
Whenever both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress may
propose amendments to the Constitution by a.....

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The President may make treaties with the advice and consent of
the Senate, by a.....

Disabilities incurred by participation in insurrection or rebellion,
may be relieved by Congress by a [Amendments]....

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WAR, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning
captures on land and water. Congress shall have power to de-
clare

For governing the land and naval forces. Congress shall have
power to make rules and articles of....

No State shall, without the consent of Congress, unless actually
invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of de-
lay, engage in....

WAR against the United States, adhering to their enemies, and giv-
ing them aid and comfort. Treason shall consist only in levying..
WARRANTS shall issue but upon probable cause, on oath or affirma-
tion, describing the place to be searched, and the person or
things to be seized. No [Amendments]..
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Congress shall fix the standard of..
WELFARE and to secure the blessings of liberty, &c. To promote
the general. [Preamble]....

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WELFARE. Congress shall have power to provide for the common
defense and general.....

WITNESS against himself. No person shall, in a criminal case, be

compelled to be a [Amendments]...

WITNESSES against him. In all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall be confronted with the [Amendments]......
WITNESSES in his favor. In all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall have compulsory process for obtaining [Amendments]....
WITNESSES to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony

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WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS shall not be suspended unless in case
of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
WRITS of election to fill vacancies in the representation of any
State. The executives of the State shall issue....
WRITTEN opinion of the principal officer in each of the Executive
Departments on any subject relating to the duties of his office.
The President may require the......

YEAS AND NAYS of the members of either House shall, at the de-
sire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the journals....
The votes of both Houses upon the reconsideration of a bill re-
turned by the President with his objections shall be determined
by

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