BASIS of representation among the several States. Provisions relat-
ing to the. [Amendments]......
BEAR ARMS shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being
necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the peo-
ple 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. No.....
BILL of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation
of contracts. No State shall pass any.....

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BILLS of credit. No State shall emit....
BILLS for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Repre-
sentatives. All
BILLS which shall have passed the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives shall, before they become laws, be presented to the
President

If he approve, he shall sign them; if he disapprove, he shall re-
turn them, with his objections, to that House in which they
originated

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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. Congress 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. [Amend-
ments]

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BREACH of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest while attend-
ing 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 im-
peachment for and conviction of treason..

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]....

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CAPITATION or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to
the census or enumeration. No. [Amended by 16th amendment]
CAPTURES on land and water. Congress shall make rules con-
cerning

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 Congress, 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. [Amended by 16th amendment]
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 throughout the United States.
Congress may determine the time of....

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CITIZEN of the United States at the adoption of the Constitution
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

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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 several 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]......... 14 1
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 prop-
erty without due process of law. [Amendments]...

Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection
of the laws. [Amendments]......

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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]

CIVIL OFFICERS of the United States shall, on impeachment for
and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and
misdemeanors, be removed. All......
CLAIMS of the United States or any particular State in the terri-
tory or public property. Nothing in this Constitution shall be
construed to prejudice...

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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.

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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......

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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....

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 punishing 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. [Amend-
ments]

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COMFORT. Treason against the United States shall consist in levy-
ing war against them, and giving their enemies 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 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 dol-
lars, shall be tried by jury. Suits at. [Amendments]....
No fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reëxamined 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 the consent
of Congress, enter into any agreement or.
COMPACT with a foreign power. No State shall, without the con-
sent 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 dimin-
ished 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 continuance in office......
COMPENSATION. Private property shall not be taken for public
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, alliance,

or

CONFEDERATION. 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....

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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 differ-
ent 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 busi-

ness

A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and compel the
attendance of absent members.

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish
its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the coucur-
rence of two-thirds, expel a member....

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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...

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

CONGRESS of the United States-Cont'd.

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 Rep-
resentatives

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 gen-
eral 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 measures.

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

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To establish post-offices and post-roads.

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To promote the progress of science and the useful arts.
To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court...

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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.

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To provide and maintain a Navy....

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To make rules for the government of the Army and Navy..
To call out the militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrec-
tions, and repel invasions.....

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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

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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

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The President may, on extraordinary occasions, convene either
House of

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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 regulations re-
specting the territory or other property belonging to the United
States
Amendments to the Constitution shall be proposed whenever it
shall be deemed necessary by two-thirds of both Houses of.....
Persons engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United
States disqualified for Senators or Representatives in. [Amend-
ments]

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CONGRESS of the United States-Cont'd.

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 thir-
teenth amendment. [Amendments]

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

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

Shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from what-
ever source derived. [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 pur-
chased for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards,
and other needful buildings by the....

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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

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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 otherwise herein provided for, by and
with the advice and.......
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......

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CONSTITUTION. The President, before he enters upon the execu-
tion 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......

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