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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

House of Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of adjournment,) shall be presented 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 repassed by two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations prescribed in the case of a bill. (See Bills.)..

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RETURNS. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members

REVENUE. 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
REVENUE. No preference shall be given, by any regulation of commerce or revenue, to the
ports of one State over those of another.

RHODE Island and Providence Plantations entitled to one Representative in first Congress...
RIGHT of conscience. (See Religion.)
Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to
to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

RIGHT of the people. 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.... RIGHT of the people. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized

RIGHT of. (See Life-Liberty-Property.)

RIGHT of evidence and defence in criminal prosecutions. RIGHT of trial by jury. In suits at common law, where twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be

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shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the
rules of the common law.

RIGHTS. Exclusive rights to writings and discoveries may be secured to their authors and in-
ventors for a limited time.

RIGHTS of domestic security. No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house with-
out the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law
RIGHTS. The enumeration, in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny
or disparage others retained by the people....
ROADS. Congress shall have power to establish post offices and post roads.
RULES of proceedings. Each House of Congress may determine the rules of its proceedings....
RULES concerning captures. Congress shall have power to make rules concerning captures on
land and water......
RULES and articles of war.
regulation of the land
RULES of the common law. 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..
RUNAWAY slaves, or persons held to service or labor, and fugitives from justice, shall be de-
livered up, &c.
John..

Congress shall have power to make rules for the government and
and naval forces.

RUTLEDGE, deputy from South Carolina, signed this Constitution.

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SCIENCE and useful arts. Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and
useful arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to
their respective writings and discoveries

SEARCHES and seizures. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated, and no war-
rant shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particu-
larly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized
SEAT of Government. Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the con-
sent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in
which the two Houses shall be sitting

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SEAT of Government. Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (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

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other needful buildings.

SEAT of Government of the United States. The list of electoral votes for President and Vice

President shall be transmitted, sealed, to the seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate...... SEATS of Senators. Terms at which the seats of the several classes of Senators shall be vacated SECRECY. Each House of Congress shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy SECURE the blessings of liberty. The Constitution established to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, &c...

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SECURE. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated..
SECURITIES. Congress shall have power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the
securities and current coin of the United States

SECURITY of a free State. 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...
SEIZURES. The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable seizures shall not be vio-
lated. (See Searches.)...

SENATE and House of Representatives. The Congress of the United States shall consist of a

SENATE and House of Representatives. (See Congress.)

SENATE. The Senate shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legis

lature for six years, and each Senator shall have one vote...

SENATE. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless they be equally divided...

SENATE. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States

SENATE. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments: wheu sitting for that purpose they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is

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tried, the Chief Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted without the con-
currence of two-thirds of the members present
SENATE. The judgment of the Senate, in cases of impeachment, shall not extend further than
to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy an office of honor, trust, or
profit under the United States, but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and
subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.......
SENATE of the United States. The Senate shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and
qualifications of its own members; a majority shall constitute a quorum to do business,
but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the
SEXY attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as that House
may provide..

SENATE. The Senate may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for dis

orderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member
SENATE. The Senate shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the
same, excepting such parts as may, in their judgment, require secrecy; and the yeas and
nays of the members, on any question, shall, at the desire of one-fifth of those present, be
entered on the Journal..

SENATE. The Senate shall not, during the session of Congress, without the consent of the
House of Representatives, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than
that in which the two Houses shall be sitting..

SENATE. 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. (See Bills.)
SENATE. Every bill, order, resolution, and vote, (except on a question of adjournment,) origi-
nating in either House of Congress, shall be presented to the President of the United
States. (For proceedings, see Bill-Resolution.)...

SENATE. Action of Senate on bills, resolutions, orders, and votes. (See Bills, &c.)
SENATE. The President shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nomi-
nate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors,
other public ministers, and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers
of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which
shall be established by law. But the Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in
the heads of departments.
SENATE. The President shall have power to fill up all vacencies that may happen during the
recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next
session.
SENATE. The President may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses of Congress, or
either of them

SENATE. No State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate..
SENATE. The lists of votes of electors of President and Vice President shall be directed to the
President of the Senate.....

SENATE. The President of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives, open all the certificates of the electors of President and Vice President of
the United States..

SENATE. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes as Vice President, 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........

SENATOR. Each Senator shall have one vote.....
SENATOR. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of 30 years-been
9 years a citizen of the United States, and, when elected, an inhabitant of the State for
which he shall be chosen

SENATOR or Representative. 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; and no person holding any office under the United States shall be a
member of either House during his continuance in office......

SENATOR. No Senator shall be appointed an elector of President or Vice President United
States...

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SENATORS. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each
State

SENATORS. Two Senators shall be chosen by the Legislature of each State for six years.....

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