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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

MAJORITY of all the States shall be necessary to a choice of President when the election shall

devolve on the House of Representatives. A.......

MAJORITY of the whole number of Senators shall be necessary to a choice of Vice President, when the election of that officer devolves upon the Senate. A.......

MARITIME jurisdiction. The judicial power shall extend to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction

MARQUE and reprisal. Congress shall have power to grant letters of marque and reprisal MARQUE and reprisal. No State shall grant letters of marque and reprisal.. MARYLAND entitled to six Representatives in the first Congress

MEASURES. Congress shall have power to fix the standard of weights and measures... MEASURES. The President shall, from time to time, recommend to the consideration of Congress such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.....

MEETING of Congress. The census to be taken within three years of the first meeting of Con

MEETING. 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. MEMBERS of House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

MIFFLIN, deputy from Pennsylvania, signed this Constitution. Thomas MIGRATION of persons. (See Importation.) MILITIA. Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws

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of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions MILITIA. Congress shall have power to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the

militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States, respectively, the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress... MILITIA. 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.....

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MILITIA. 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.....

MILITIA. 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..........
MINISTERS, public. (See Appointments-Ambassadors.).....

MINISTERS, public. The President shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers.....
MISDEMEANORS. All civil officers shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and con-

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NAMES of the members. 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 NATURAL born citizen. 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 NATURALIZATION. Congress shall have power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.... NAVAL forces. Congress shall have power to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.

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NAVAL forces. No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, &c.

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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 Congress, 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-
and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers
sary
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
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whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State

OFFICE. The President shall hold his office during the term of four years, and the Vice President 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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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

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....

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.

OFFICERS of militia. The appointment of officers of the militia reserved to the States respec-
tively

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

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

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..

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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