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curing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries...
ASSEMBLE. Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, on the first Monday in De
cember, unless they shall by law appoint a different day..
ASSEMBLE. Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assem
ble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.. ATTAINDER. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.. ATTAINDER. No State shall pass any bill of attainder..
ATTAINDER of treason. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted..
ATTENDANCE. Less than a quorum of either House may compel the attendance of absent members. ATTENDANCE. Members of Congress privileged from arrest during their attendance at ses- sions, &c. (See Arrest.)......
AUTHENTICATION of records, acts, and judicial proceedings of States.. AUTHORS may secure exclusive rights to their writings for a limited time..
BAIL. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted..
BALDWIN, deputy from Georgia, signed this Constitution. Abraham....... BALLOT. The electors shall vote by ballot for President and Vice President of the United States. They shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and, in distinct ballots, the person voted for as Vice President...
BALLOT. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives shall choose, immediately, by ballot, the President.. BANKRUPTCIES. Congress shall have power to establish uniform laws on the subject of
bankruptcies throughout the United States...
BASSETT, deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. Richard.. BEDFORD, jr., deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. Gunning. BILL of attainder. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed..
BILLS. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on other bills....... BILL. 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 be- come a law. But in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively..
BILL. 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 BILL. 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- 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 re-passed by two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill...
BILLS of credit. No State shall emit bills of credit
BLAIR, deputy from Virginia, signed this Constitution. John
BLOOD. No attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted...
BLOUNT, deputy from North Carolina, signed this Constitution. William..
BORROW money. Congress shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the United
BOUND. Persons bound to service for a term of years, included in representative numbers.. BREACH of the peace. For a breach of the peace, a Senator or Representative may be arrested. BREARLEY, deputy from New Jersey, signed this Constitution. David.
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BRIBERY. All civil officers shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, bribery, &c.
BROOM, deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. Jacob.. BUILDINGS. Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation over needful build- ings in places purchased by the consent of the Legislatures of the States BUSINESS. A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business BUTLER, deputy from South Carolina, signed this Constitution. Pierce CAPITAL crime. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger.. CAPITATION tax. No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the
census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken... CAPITATION tax. No amendment shall be made prior to 1808 to affect the preceding clause.. CAPTURES. Congress shall have power to declare war, to grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water
CARE. The President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed CARROLL, deputy from Maryland, signed this Constitution. Daniel CASES to which the judicial power shall extend. (See Judicial Power.).. CAUSE. No warrant shall issue but upon probable cause.. CENSUS to be taken within three years after first meeting of Congress, and every ten years thereafter, in such manner as they shall by law direct...... CENSUS. No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken...
CENSUS. No amendment shall be made prior to 1808 to affect the preceding clause CESSION. On the cession by particular States of a district, (not exceeding ten miles square,) and the acceptance of Congress, it may become the seat of Government of the United States......
CHARGE of treason. A person charged in any State with treason, &c., who may fly from jus- Mitice, to be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.......
CHIEF JUSTICE shall preside when the President of the United States is tried on an impeach
CITIZEN. No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time
of the adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President. CITIZENS. The judicial power shall extend to controversies between a State and 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.......
CITIZENS. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
CITIZENS. 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.....
CIVIL 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... CLAIM. Fugitive slaves shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom they belong, &c... CLAIMS. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regula- tions respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State... CLASSES. The Senators shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. (See Senators.) CLEAR. Vessels bound to or from one State shall not be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another..
CLYMER, Deputy from Pennsylvania, signed this Constitution, George.....
COIN money. Congress shall have power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin.
COIN. (See Counterfeiting.)..
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COIN money. No State shall coin money COIN. No State shall make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts... COLLECT duties. Congress shall have power to lay and collect duties, taxes, imposts, and ex- cises.. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into the actual service of the United States..
COMMERCE. Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among
the several States, and with the Indian tribes.. COMMERCE. No preference shall be given by any regulations of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels, bound to or from one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
COMMISSIONS. The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session..
COMMISSIONS. The President shall commission all the officers of the United States COMMON defence, &c. The Constitution established to provide for the common defence, &c.. COMMON defence. Congress shall have power to provide for the common defence......... COMMON law. 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
COMPACT. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or com- pact with another State or a foreign power. COMPEL the attendance of absent members. A smaller number than a quorum of each House CILINE may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each louse may provide...
COMPENSATION. 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' COMPENSATION of the President of the United States. The President shall, at stated times,
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