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Persons held to service or labor, their importation or migration
into the United States may be prohibited after 1808 1
escaping from one State to another shall be delivered
up to those entitled to service

Piracy, Congress to prescribe punishment for...

Post offices and post roads, establishment of..

Powers not delegated to Congress nor prohibited to the States

are reserved, (10th amendment).......

legislative. (See Congress.)

executive. (See President.)

judicial. (See Judicial.)

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Presents from foreign powers to public officers prohibited.... 1 9 14

Press, freedom of.....

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President of the U. S. vested with the executive power..

shall be chosen for four years

how elected......

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may be removed by impeachment....

President, commander of army, navy, and militia...

may require the written opinions of the heads of
departments

may reprieve and pardon....

may make treaties with consent of the Senate

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may appoint to office with consent of the Senate.. 2
shall fill up vacancies happening during the recess

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shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed 2
shall commission all officers ...

Privileges and immunities of members of Congress
of citizens. (See Citizens, also Rights.)

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Property, Congress to provide for care of public..........

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shall not be taken for public use without just com-
pensation, (5th amendment)......

Punishments, cruel and unusual, prohibited............

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Quorum for business, what shall be a.....

of States in choosing a President by the House of
Representatives..

Quartered-no soldier to be quartered on a citizen.

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Receipts and expenditures, accounts of, to be published...... 1

Records, how to be authenticated...

Religion-no law to be made-free exercise of..

religious test not required

Reprieves granted by the President

Representatives House of, composed of members chosen every

second year.

qualifications of voters

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qualifications of members.

apportionment of................

vacancies, how supplied.

shall choose their officers..

shall have the power of impeachment .

shall be the judge of the election and quali

fications of its members..

what shall be a quorum..

any number may adjourn, and compel the at-
tendance of absentees...

may determine the rules of proceeding.
may punish or expel a member

shall keep a journal and publish the same...
shall not adjourn for more than three days,
nor to any other place, without the con-
sent of the Senate....

one-fifth may require the yeas and nays
shall originate bills for raising revenue.....
compensation to be ascertained by law

privileged from arrest, except in certain cases.

Representatives shall not be questioned for speech or debate in

the House.....

shall not be appointed to office

shall not serve as electors of President....
and direct taxes apportioned according to num-
bers.....

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Representation of a State, vacancies in, supplied until a new
election by executive authority
Resolution, order, or vote, requiring the concurrence of both
houses, to undergo the formalities of bills..... 1

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Revenue bills to originate in the House of Representatives... 1 7
Rights of the citizen declared to be—

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to be free from answering for a crime, unless on
presentment or indictment of a jury....
not to be twice jeoparded for the same offence....
not to be compelled to be a witness against himself
not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without due course of law

private property not to be taken for public use ...
in criminal prosecutions, shall enjoy the right of
a speedy trial by jury, with all the means neces-
sary for his defence

in civil cases, trial to be by a jury, and shall only
be re-examined according to common law
excessive bail shall not be required, excessive
fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment
inflicted

enumeration of certain rights shall not operate
against retained rights

Rules, each house shall determine its own

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Seat of government, exclusive legislation

Searches and seizures, security against...

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Senate, shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except parts requiring secrecy..

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States, new, may be admitted into the Union......

may be formed within the jurisdiction of others, or by
the junction of two or more, with the consent of
Congress and the legislatures concerned.......

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State judges bound to consider treaties, the Constitution, and the laws under it, as supreme....

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