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NAVY. Congress shall have power to provide and maintain a navy..
NAVY. The President shall be commander-in-chief of the navy
NECESSARY. The President shall, from time to time, recommend to Congress such measures
as he shall judge necessary and expedient...
NECESSARY. The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary,
shall propose amendments to this Constitution, &c.
NECESSARY. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right
of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed..
NEW Hampshire entitled to three Representatives in the first Congress..
NEW Jersey entitled to four Representatives in first Congress
NEW States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union..
NEW York entitled to six Representatives in first Congress
NOBILITY. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States..
NOBILITY. No State shail grant any title of nobility
NOMINATE. The President shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su-
preme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not
herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law

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NORTH Carolina entitled to five Representatives in first Congress.
OATH or affirmation. Senators when sitting to try impeachments shall be on oath or affirmation
OATH of the President United States. Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall

take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will faith-
fully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States".....

OATH or affirmation. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of
the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United
States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Con-
lic trust under the United States
stitution, but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or pub-

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OATH or affirmation. No warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation

OBJECTIONS of the President to bills. (See Bills.).....

OBLIGATION of contracts. No State shall pass any bill impairing the obligation of contracts..
OCCASIONS. The President may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses of Con-
gress, or either of them......

OFFENCES against the law of nations may be defined and punished by Congress..
OFFENCES. The President shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against
the United States........

OFFENCE. Nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of
life or limb.....
OFFICE. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office,
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit, under the
United States......
OFFICE. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be ap-
pointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States which shall have been
created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time.........
OFFICE. No person holding any office under the United States shall be a member of either

House of Congress during his continuance in office..

OFFICE of the Government. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be neces-
sary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers
vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department
or officer thereof..

OFFICE. No person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, shall, without
the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind
whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State

OFFICE. The President shall hold his office during the term of four years, and the Vice Presi-
dent chosen for the same time..

OFFICE. No person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States shall be ap

pointed an elector of President or Vice President of the United States

OFFICE of President United States. Eligibility of a person to the office of President of the United States. (See Eligibility.)..

OFFICE. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or in

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ability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the
Vice President, and the Congress may, by law, provide for the case of removal, death,
resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what officer
shall then act as President; and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be
removed or a President shall be elected..

OFFICE. Oath of office of the President of the United States.

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OFFICERS. The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers OFFICERS. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President..

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OFFICERS of militia. The appointment of officers of the militia reserved to the States respectively.

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OFFICERS of the United States. (See Appointments of.)

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OFFICERS. The President shall commission all the officers of the United States..
OFFICERS. All civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment

for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.........
OFFICERS. All the executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several

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States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Constitution..
OFFICES. The President may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of
the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective
offices....

OFFICES. The judges, both of the Supreme and Inferior courts, shall hold their offices during
good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation, which
shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.....

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ONE-FIFTH of the members present. The yeas and nays of the members of either House, on
any question, shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the Journal.
OPINION. The President may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each
of the executive departments.

ORDAIN and establish this Constitution for the United States of America, &c. We the peo-
ple do.

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ORDAIN and establish. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme

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Court, and in such Inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and
establish
ORDER, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representa-
tives may be necessary, except on questions of adjournment, shall be presented to the
President. (See Resolution.)..

ORGANIZING the militia. Congress shall have power to provide for organizing, arming, and
disciplining the militia.
ORIGINAL jurisdiction. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and con-
suls, and those in which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original
jurisdiction.
ORIGINATE. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.
ORIGINATED. Every bill, resolution, order, or vote, not approved, shall be returned by the
President, with his objections, to that House in which it shall have originated
OVERT act. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses
to the same overt act...

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OWNER. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of
the owner
OWNERS of slaves. No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof,
escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged
from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such
service or labor may be due..

PAPERS. The right of the people to be secure in their effects against unreasonable searches or seizures shall not be violated

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PARDONS. The President shall have power to grant pardons..
PASSED the House of Representatives and Senate. Every bill, resolution, &c., passed by the
House of Representatives and Senate, shall be presented to the President, &c..
PASSED. Bills, resolutions, &c., returned by the President, may be passed by two-thirds of
both Houses..

PASS any bills. No State shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the
obligation of contracts

PATENT rights. Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful arts,

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by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries..

PATERSON, deputy from New Jersey, signed this Constitution. William.
PAY the debts United States. Congress shall have power to pay the debts of the United States
PAYMENTS of debts. No State shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in pay-
ment of debts..

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PEACE. For a breach of the peace a Senator or Representative may be arrested.. PEACE. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace.

PEACE. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the

owner....

PENALTIES. Each House may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in

such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.. PENNSYLVANIA entitled to eight Representatives in first Congress.. PEOPLE United States ordain and establish this Constitution..

PEOPLE. Members of House Representatives to be chosen every second year by the people of the several States...............

PEOPLE represented are-all free persons, those bound for a term of years, Indians taxed, and three-fifths of all other persons. The

PEOPLE. The enumeration of the people to be made within three years after first meeting of

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Congress, and every ten years thereafter, in such manner as they may by law direct.. PEOPLE. Congress shall make no law abridging the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances

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PEOPLE. The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed..
PEOPLE. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall
issue Lut upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing
the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized...

PEOPLE. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people..

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