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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

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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

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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..

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Senators.

Senators and Representatives shall not be ques-
tioned for any speech or debate in either House in any
other place.---

No Senator or Representative shall, during the time
for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil
office under the United States 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 be a member of either House during his contin-
uance in office._

No Senator or Representative or person holding an office
of trust or profit under the United States shall be an
elector for President and Vice-President...
Senators and Representatives shall be bound by an oath
or affirmation to support the Constitution
No person shall be a Senator or Representative who hav-
ing, as a Federal or State officer, taken an oath to sup-
port the Constitution, afterwards engaged in rebellion
against the United States. [Amendments]...--------
But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House,
remove such disability. [Amendments]

Service or labor in one State, escaping into another State, shall
be delivered up to the party to whom such service or
labor may be due. Fugitives from....
Servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United
States or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Neither
slavery nor involuntary. [Amendments].

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 previous
condition of. [Amendments]...

Ships of war in time of peace, without the consent of Congress.
No State shall keep troops or.

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Silver coin a tender in payment of debts. No State shall make anything but gold and

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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]

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Slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for
crime, whereof the party shall have been duly con-
victed, shall exist in the United States, or any places
subject to their jurisdiction. Neither. [Amendments] 13
Soldiers shall not be quartered, in time of peace, in any house
without the consent of the owner. [Amendments]...
South Carolina entitled to five Representatives in the first Con-

gress....

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

Speech or of the press. Congress shall make no law abridging
the freedom of. [Amendments] ----

Speedy and public trial by a jury. In all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall have a. [Amendments] --
Standard of weights and measures. Congress shall fix the...
State of the Union. The President shall, from time to time,
give Congress information of the.

State legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers of the
United States, shall take an oath to support the Consti-
tution. All members of the several

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

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No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation
Shall not grant letters of marque and reprisal..

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Shall not make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts....

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Shall not pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts

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Shall not grant any title of nobility..

Shall not, without the consent of Congress, lay any duties
on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely
necessary for executing its inspection laws..
Shall not, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty
of tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace,
enter into any agreement or compact with another State
or with a foreign power, or engage in war unless actually
invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit
of delay...

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States. Full faith and credit in every other State shall be
given to the public acts, records, and judicial proceed-
ings of each State..

Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts,
records, and proceedings....

Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and
immunities of citizens in the several States

New States may be admitted by Congress into this
Union..

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No State shall be deprived, without its consent, of its
equal suffrage in the Senate...

Nor any State formed by the junction of two or more
States or parts of States, without the consent of the legis
latures as well as of Congress __

But no new State shall be formed or erected within the
jurisdiction of another State...

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Three-fourths of the legislatures of the States or conven-
tions of three-fourths of the States, as Congress shall
prescribe, may ratify amendments to the Constitution.
The United States shall guarantee a republican form of
government to every State in the Union...
They shall protect each State against invasion..
And on application of the legislature, or the executive
(when the legislature cannot be convened), against do-
mestic violence.__.

The ratification by nine States shall be sufficient to estab-
lish the Constitution between the States so ratifying the

same.

When the choice of President shall devolve on the House
of Representatives, the vote shall be taken by States.
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But in choosing the President the vote shall be taken by
States, the representation from each State having one
vote. [Amendments]-----

A quorum for choice of President shall consist of a mem-
ber or members from two-thirds of the States and a
majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice.
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States or to the people. Powers not delegated to the United
States, nor prohibited to the States are reserved to the.
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Suffrage in the Senate. No State shall be deprived without its consent of its equal...

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