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

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
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,
CRO 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, tne 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-

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.

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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 naturaliza-
tion.
NAVAL forces. Congress shall have power to make rules for the government and regulation of
the land and naval forces..

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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NAVY. Congress shall have power to provide and maintain a navy......
NAVY. The President shall be commander-in-chief of the navy
NECESSARY. The President shall, from time to time, recommend to Congress such measures

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as he shall judge necessary and expedient. NECESSARY. The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, &c.

NECESSARY. 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...

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NOMINATE. The President shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Su-
preme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not
herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law

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OATH or affirmation. Senators when sitting to try impeachments shall be on oath or affirmation
OATH of the President United States. Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall
take the following oath or affirmation: "I do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will faith-
fully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States"...

OATH or affirmation. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of
the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United
States and of the several States, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Con-
stitution, but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or pub-
lic trust under the United States....

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

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.

ORDAIN and establish. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme