Science and the useful arts by securing to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their writings and discoveries. Congress shall have power to promote the progress of ____. Searches and seizures shall not be violated. The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable. [Amendments] .. And no warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause, on oath or affirmation, describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be.seized. [Amendments]Seat of government. Congress shall exercise exclusive legisla tion in all cases over such district as may become the.. Securities and current coin of the United States. Congress shall provide for punishing the counterfeiting of the... Security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the. [Amendments] -. Senate and House of Representatives. The Congress of the United States shall consist of a Senate of the United States. The Senate shall be composed of two Senator; from each State, chosen by the legislature for six years If vacancies happen during the recess of the legislature of a State, the executive thereof may make temporary ap pointments until the next meeting of the legislature... The Vice-President shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided_ The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro tempore in the absence of the Vice-President or when he shall exercise the office of President.. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose they shall be on oath or affirmation .. When the President of the United States is tried the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present.... It shall be the judge of elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members............. A majority shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent mcmbers Senate of the United States. It may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish a member for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds expel a member. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings and from time to time publish the same, except such parts as may in their judgment require secresy. It shall not adjourn for more than three days during a session without the consent of the other House It may propose amendments to bills for raising revenue but such bills shall originate in the House of Representatives.. The Senate shall advise and consent to the ratification of all treaties, provided two-thirds of the members present concur It shall advise and consent to the appointment of ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers not herein otherwise provided for................ It may be convened by the President on extraordinary occasions... No State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. Senators. They shall immediately after assembling, under their first election, be divided into three classes, so that the seats of one-third shall become vacant at the expiration of every second year... No person shall be a Senator who shall not be thirty years of age, nine years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant when elected of the State for which he shall be chosen.. The time, places, and manner of choosing Senators may be fixed by the legislature of a State, but Congress may by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing. If vacancies happen during the recess of the legislature of a State, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature__ They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of the Senate and in going to and returning from the same.. Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation to be ascertained by law.. Senators. Senators and Representatives shall not be ques- No Senator or Representative shall, during the time No person holding any office under the United States No Senator or Representative or person holding an office Service or labor in one State, escaping into another State, shall Servitude. The right of citizens of the United States to vote Ships of war in time of peace, without the consent of Congress. Silver coin a tender in payment of debts. No State shall make anything but gold and 10 3 13 Slave. Neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion, or any claim for the loss or emanci pation of any. [Amendments] Art. Sec Slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for gress.... Speaker and other officers. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speech or of the press. Congress shall make no law abridging Speedy and public trial by a jury. In all criminal prosecutions State legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers of the States. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the executive authority shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies..... Congress shall have power to regulate commerce among the several 3 CL Page. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation Shall not make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts.... Shall not pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts Shall not grant any title of nobility.. Shall not, without the consent of Congress, lay any duties States. Full faith and credit in every other State shall be Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts, Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and New States may be admitted by Congress into this No State shall be deprived, without its consent, of its Nor any State formed by the junction of two or more But no new State shall be formed or erected within the Three-fourths of the legislatures of the States or conven- The ratification by nine States shall be sufficient to estab- same. When the choice of President shall devolve on the House But in choosing the President the vote shall be taken by A quorum for choice of President shall consist of a mem- States or to the people. Powers not delegated to the United Suffrage in the Senate. No State shall be deprived without its consent of its equal... 4 4 |