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INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED

STATES AND AMENDMENTS THERETO

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Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States shall not be. [Amendments]....... 14
Absent members, in such manner and under such penalties
as it may provide. Each House is authorized to
compel the attendance of.....
Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money
shall be published from time to time. A statement
of the.......

Accusation. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
be informed of the cause and nature of the. [Amend-
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Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all criminal
prosecutions the. [Amendments].

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He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the State and district where the crime was committed. [Amendments]......

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He shall be informed of the nature of the accusation. [Amendments]

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He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him.

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He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor. [Amendments]...

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He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense. [Amendments]..

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Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be tried by jury. [Amendments]..

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Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State.
Full faith and credit shall be given in each State
to the....
Acts. Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving
such acts, records, and proceedings..
Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a quo-
rum of each House may..

Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place
than that in which they shall be sitting. Neither
House shall, during the session of Congress, with-
out the consent of the other....
Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such
time as he shall think proper. In case of disagree-
ment between the two Houses as to...
Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power
shall extend to all cases of....
Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new
State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdic-
tion of any other State. New States may be.......
Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the con-
sent of the legislatures and of Congress......
Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All debts
and engagements contracted by the Confederation
and before the..

Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall
have power to make treaties by and with the......
To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and
consuls by and with the......

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No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause and on oath or. [Amendments]

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To appoint all other officers of the United States not herein otherwise provided for by and with the..... Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall be on oath or.

To be taken by the President of the United States.
Form of the oath or...

To support the Constitution. Senators and Representatives, members of State legislatures, executive and judicial officers, both State and Federal, shall be bound by oath or..

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Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained twenty-five years of

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained thirty years of........ Agreement or compact with another State without the consent of Congress. No State shall enter into any... Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist in levying war against them, adhering to their enemies, and giving them....

Alliance or confederation.

No State shall enter into any

treaty of . . . . . . . Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls. The President may appoint.....

The judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases affecting...

Amendments to the Constitution. Whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress shall propose. . . . .

On application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall call a convention to propose. Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by conventions in, three-fourths of the States... Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on presentment of a grand jury. No person shall be held to. [Amendments].

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Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service. [Amendments].... 5 Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as Congress shall make. In what cases the Supreme Court shall have....

Application of the legislature or the executive of a State.
The United States shall protect each State against
invasion and domestic violence on the ....
Application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States,
Congress shall call a convention for proposing
amendments to the Constitution. On the... . . . .
Appointment of officers and authority to train the militia
reserved to the States respectively..

Of such inferior officers as they may think proper in the
President alone. Congress may by law vest the...

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Appointments in the courts of law or in the heads of

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Departments. Congress may by law vest the. Apportionment of representation and direct taxation among the several States. Provisions relating to the. [Repealed by section 2 of fourteenth amendment.]. Of Representatives among the several States. Provisions relating to the. [Amendments] Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.....

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Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth article, prohibiting slavery, by. [Amendments].. 13 Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth article by. [Amendments].............. 14 Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fifteenth article by. [Amendments] ....... 15 Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies shall be for a longer term than two years. Appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn

But no.

from the Treasury but in consequence of..... Approve and sign a bill before it shall become a law. The President shall ....

He shall return it to the House in which it originated, with his objections, if he do not

Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a longer term than two years. Congress shall have power to raise and support..

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Armies. Congress shall make rules for the government
and regulation of the land and naval forces
Arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia
being necessary to the security of a free State, the
right of the people to keep and bear. [Amendments] 2
Arrest during their attendance at the session of their

respective Houses, and in going to and returning
from the same. Members shall in all cases, except
treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privi-
leged from

Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority
over all places purchased for the erection of.......

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Articles exported from any State. No tax or duty shall
be laid on... . . .
Arts by securing to authors and inventors their patent
rights. Congress may promote the progress of sci-
ence and the useful...

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Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal
prosecutions the accused shall have the.
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Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid of
rebellion or insurrection against the United States.
Provisions against the. [Amendments]....
Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No bill of.
Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga-

tion of contracts. No State shall pass any bill of.. Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted.....

Authors and inventors the exclusive right to their writings and inventions. Congress shall have power to secure to.....

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Bail. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive
fines nor cruel and unusual punishments imposed.
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Ballot for President and Vice-President. The electors
shall vote by. [Amendments] ...
Ballot. If no person have a majority of the electoral
votes for President and Vice-President, the House
of Representatives shall immediately choose the
President by. [Amendments].....

Bankruptcies. Congress shall have power to pass uniform
laws on the subject of...............

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Basis of representation among the several States. Provi-
sions relating to the. [Amendments]
Bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated mili-
tia being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and. [Amendments] 2
Behavior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts
shall hold their offices during good ......
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