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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President, as in the
case of the death, or other constitutional disability of the President..

The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President shall be the Vice
President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and
if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate
shall choose the Vice President: a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of
the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to
a choice..

But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President, shall be eligible to
that of Vice President of the United States..

Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they
shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States..

In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or ina-
bility 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..

ELECTIONS. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Represen-
tatives 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 Senators...

ELECTIONS. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of
its own members.....
ELECTOR. No Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under
the United States, shall be appointed an elector of President or Vice President of the
United States..

ELECTORS. The qualifications of electors of Representatives in Congress to be the same as for
electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature...
ELECTORS of President and Vice President of the United States. Appointment, qualifica- {
tion, time of choosing, and duties of electors. (See Election.)..

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ELIGIBILITY of a Representative in Congress. No person shall be a Representative who shall
not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the
United States, and who shall not when elected be an inhabitant of that State in which he
shall be chosen.
ELIGIBILITY of a Senator in Congress. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have
attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States,
and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be
chosen
ELIGIBILITY of electors of President and Vice President of the United States. No Senator or
Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall
be appointed an elector....

ELIGIBILITY of the President of the United States. No person, except a natural born citizen,
or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be
eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who
shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident
within the United States.
ELIGIBILITY of the Vice President of the United States. No person constitutionally ineli-
gible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United
States..
EMOLUMENTS. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was
elected, be appointed 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..
EMOLUMENT. No person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States, shall,
without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any
kind whatever from any King, Prince, or foreign State

EMOLUMENT of the President of the United States. The President shall receive a stated

compensation, but no other emolument from the United States, or either of them........
ENEMIES. Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them,
or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort......
ENGAGEMENTS entered into. All debts contracted or engagements entered into before the
adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Con-
stitution as under the Confederation.....

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

ENSURE domestic tranquillity. The Constitution established in order to ensure domestic tranquillity, &c.

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ENTER. Vessels bound to or from one State shall not be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties
in another.......
ENTITLED. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of
citizens in the several States...
ENUMERATION of the people to be made within three years after first meeting of Congress,
and every ten years thereafter, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The.....
ENUMERATION. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the

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census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken..

ENUMERATION of rights. The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be

construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.......

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

EQUITY. The Judicial power shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising under this
Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties made or which shall be made
under their authority.

EQUITY. 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......
ESCAPING. Persons held to service or labor (or slaves) escaping into another State shall be

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

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ESTABLISH justice. The Constitution formed in order to establish justice, &c. .....
ESTABLISH. The Judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court
and in such Inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish
ESTABLISHMENT of the Constitution. We, the people of the United States, in order to form
a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the com-
mon defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of Ame-
rica..

ESTABLISHMENT of this Constitution. The ratification of the conventions of nine States

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shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same.....

ESTABLISHMENT of religion. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.

EXCESSIVE bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishents inflicted....

EXCISES. Congress shall have power to lay excises.....

EXCISES. All duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States....
EXCLUSIVE rights to writings and discoveries in science and the useful arts may be secured to
authors and inventors for a limited time....

EXCLUSIVE legislation in all cases whatsoever shall be exercised by Congress over such dis-
trict (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the
acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States.......
EXECUTE. The militia may be called forth to execute the laws of the Union...
EXECUTE. The President is required to take an oath faithfully to execute the office of Presi-
dent of the United States

EXECUTED. The President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed..
EXECUTION of the powers of the Government. Congress shall have power to make all laws
which shall be necessary 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
any department or office thereof.....

EXECUTION. Before the President enters upon the execution of his office, he shall take the
following oath or affirmation. (See Oath.).....

EXECUTIVE authority of any State shall issue writs of election to fill vacancies that may happen in the representation of such State. The

EXECUTIVE of any State may make temporary appointments to fill vacancies in seats of Senators until the next meeting of the Legislature of such State, which shall then fill such vacancies. The.

EXECUTIVE power. The Executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America

EXECUTIVE departments. 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...

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

EXECUTIVE authority of a State. On demand of the Executive authority of a State, fugitives from justice shall be delivered up, &c.....

EXECUTIVE of a State. The United States shall, on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive of any State when the Legislature cannot be convened, protect each of them against domestic violence..

EXECUTIVE officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath

or affirmation to support this Constitution..

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EXPEDIENT. The President shall, from time to time, recommend to Congress such measures

as he shall judge necessary and expedient..

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EXPEL a member. Either House of Congress may, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a

EXPENDITURES. A regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time......

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EXPORTS. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State..
EXPORTS, &c. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty on imports or

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EX POST facto law. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed..
EX POST facto law. No State shall pass any ex post facto law.
EXTRAORDINARY occasions. The President may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both
Houses of Congress, or either of them...

FACT and law. The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, &c.
FAITH and credit to be given to public acts, records, and proceedings of States, &c...
FELONIES. Congress shall have power to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on
the high seas, and offences against the law of nations

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FELONY. For felony a Senator or Representative may be arrested......... FELONY. A person charged with felony, and fleeing from one State to another, to be delivered

up on demand of the State having jurisdiction

FEW, deputy from Georgia, signed this Constitution. William.. FINES. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual

punishments inflicted..

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