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INVASIONS. Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions INVASION. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. INVASION. The United States shall protect each State against invasion INVENTORS may secure exclusive rights to their discoveries for a limited time.

JENIFER, deputy from Maryland, signed this Constitution. Daniel of St. Thomas
JEOPARDY. Nor shall any person be subject, for the same offence, to be twice put in jeopardy
of life or limb..

JOHNSON, deputy from Connecticut, signed this Constitution. William Samuel.
JOURNAL. Each House of Congress shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and from time to
time publish the same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy;
and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any question, shall, at the de-
sire of one-fifth of those present, be entered on the Journal..

JOURNAL. When the President shall return a bill, with his objections, to the House in which
it originated, those objections shall be entered at large on their Journal, and the votes, by
yeas and nays, on the reconsideration of such bill, shall be entered on the Journal of each
House respectively. (See Bill.)

JUDGES of the Supreme Court. The President shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoint the judges of the Supreme Court of the United States....
JUDGES of the Supreme and Inferior courts shall hold their offices during good behavior, and

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shall, at stated times, receive for their services a compensation which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. JUDGES. The judges in every State shall be bound by the Constitution, laws, and treatiesany thing in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding. JUDGMENT, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend farther than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according to law

JUDICIAL power. 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 esta-
blish. 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.

JUDICIAL power. The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under
this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and the treaties made, or which shall be
made, under their authority; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers,
and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; to controversies to
which the United States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States;
between a State and the citizens of another State; between citizens of different States;
between citizens of the same State, claiming lands under grants of different States; and
between a State, or the citizens thereof, and foreign States, citizens, or subjects...

In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, and those in
which a State shall be a party, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all
the other cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction,
both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations, as the Con-
gress shall make..

The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial
shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not
committed within any Sta.e, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may
by law have directed..

JUDICIAL proceedings. Full faith, credit, proof, and effect to be given in each State to the acts,

records, and judicial proceedings of every other State...

JUDICIAL officers, both of the United States, and of the several States, shall be bound by oath
or affirmation to support this Constitution

JUDICIAL power. The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to
any suit, in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States, by
citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State......
JURISDICTION. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of admiralty and maritime juris-

JURISDICTION. Original and appellate jurisdiction in the Supreme Court

JURISDICTION. A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, and

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fleeing from justice, to be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of the

crime.

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JURISDICTION. No new State shall be erected within the jurisdiction of any other State....
JURY. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury...
JURY. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on
a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, &c...
JURY. In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial,

by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previously ascertained by law...

JURY. In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the
right of trial by jury shall be preserved; and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-
examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common
law..

JUSTICE. Constitution ordained in order to establish justice.

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JUSTICE. The Chief Justice shall preside when the President is tried on an impeachment JUSTICE. Fugitives from justice to be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime..

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KING, prince, or foreign State. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and
no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the
Congress, accept of any present, emoluments, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from
any king, prince, or foreign State.

KING, deputy from Massachusetts, signed this Constitution. Rufus..

LABOR. No person held to service or labor in one State, shall be discharged from such service
or labor in another State...

LAND and naval forces. Congress shall have power to make rules for the government and regu-
lation of the land and naval forces

LAND ceded to or purchased by the United States. Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over all places purchased by the consent of the

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Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards, and other needful buildings..

LAND forces. (See Army-Militia.)

LANDS. The judicial power shall extend to controversies between citizens of the same State,
claiming lands under grants of different States..

LANGDON, deputy from New Hampshire, signed this Constitution. John..

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LAW. The actual enumeration of the people, or census, shall be made within three years after
the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term
of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct
LAW. A person convicted on an impeachment, shall nevertheless be liable to indictment, trial,
judgment, and punishment, according to law
LAW. The times, places, and manner, of holding elections for Senators and Representatives
shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may, at
any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Sena-
LAW. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the
first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
LAW. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be
ascertained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States...

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LAW. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall,
before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve
he shall sign it, but if not, he shall return it with his objections to that House in which it
shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their Journal, and pro-
ceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of that House shall agree
to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the objections, to the other House, by
which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it
shall become a law........

LAW. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after
it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had
signed it, unless the Congress, by their adjournment, prevent its return; in which case it
shall not be a law.

LAW. Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of
Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment,) shall be pre-

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sented to the President of the United States; and before the same shall take effect shall
be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two-thirds of the
Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in
the case of a bill.

LAW of nations. Congress shall have power to define and punish piracies and felonies committed

on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations..

LAW. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.

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by law... LAW. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made

LAW. No State shall pass any ex post facto law.

LAW. No State shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts..
LAW. In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability, of both President and Vice Presi-
dent, Congress shall, by law, declare what officer shall then act as President..
LAW. The President shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to
appoint officers not provided for in the Constitution, and whose offices shall be established
by law; but the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers as
they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of depart-

LAW and equity. The judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States, and the treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority, &c. (See Judicial power.) LAW and fact. The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations, as the Congress shall make.... LAW. When crimes shall not have been committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.. LAW.

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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
labor may be due....
service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or

LAW. This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance
thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United

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