Bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts. No State shall pass any..

Bills of credit. No State shall emit ....

Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of

Representatives. All.

Bills which have passed the Senate and House of Representatives shall, before they become laws, be pre

sented to the President.... . . .

If he approve, he shall sign them; if he disapprove, he
shall return them, with his objections, to that House
in which they originated......
Bills. Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the
President, with his objections, if two-thirds of each
House agree to pass the same, it shall become a
law.....

Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the
President, the question shall be taken by yeas and
nays.....

Not returned by the President within ten days (Sun-
days excepted), shall, unless Congress adjourn,
become laws...

Borrow money on the credit of the United States. Con-
gress shall have power to...
Bounties and pensions, shall not be questioned. The
validity of the public debt incurred in suppressing
insurrection and rebellion against the United States,
including the debt for. [Amendments] ....
Breach of the peace, shall be privileged from arrest while ́
attending the session, and in going to and returning
from the same. Senators and Representatives,
except for treason, felony, and ...

Bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. The
President, Vice-President, and all civil officers shall
be removed on impeachment for and conviction of
treason

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Capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on indictment of a grand jury, except in certain specified cases. No person shall be held to answer for a. [Amendments].....

Capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in pro-
portion to the census or enumeration. No.......
Captures on land and water. Congress shall make rules
concerning..

Casting vote. The Vice-President shall have no vote
unless the Senate be equally divided..
Census or enumeration of the inhabitants shall be made
within three years after the first meeting of Con-
gress, and within every subsequent term of ten
years thereafter....

Census or enumeration. No capitation or other direct tax
shall be laid except in proportion to the....
Chief Justice shall preside when the President of the
United States is tried upon impeachment. The........
Choosing the electors and the day on which they shall
give their votes, which shall be the same through-
out the United States. Congress may determine the
time of....

Citizen of the United States at the adoption of the Consti-
tution shall be eligible to the office of President.
No person not a natural born...

Citizen of the United States. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years and been nine years a

No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years and been seven years a.... Citizenship. Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States....

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State in which they reside. [Amendments].....

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States. [Amendments]........

Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. [Amendments]

Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. [Amendments].

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Citizens or subjects of a foreign state. The judicial power
of the United States shall not extend to suits in law
or equity brought against one of the States by the
citizens of another State, or by. [Amendments].. 11
Civil officers of the United States shall, on impeachment
for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other
high crimes and misdemeanors, be removed. All..
Claims of the United States or any particular State in the
Territory or public property. Nothing in this Con-
stitution shall be construed to prejudice...
Classification of Senators. Immediately after they shall
be assembled after the first election, they shall be
divided as equally as may be into three classes.....
The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be
vacated at the expiration of the second year...

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The seats of the Senators of the second class at the expiration of the fourth year..

The seats of the Senators of the third class at the expiration of the sixth year.....

Coin a tender in payment of debts. No State shall make
anything but gold and silver..

Coin money and regulate the value thereof and of foreign
coin. Congress shall have power to......
Coin of the United States. Congress shall provide for
punishing the counterfeiting the securities and cur-
rent....

Color, or previous condition of servitude. The right of
citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of race. [Amendments]......
Comfort. Treason against the United States shall consist
in levying war against them, and giving their ene-
mies aid and
Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, and of the
militia when in actual service. The President shall
be ......
Commerce with foreign nations, among the States, and
with Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to
regulate

Commerce or revenue. No preference shall be given to the
ports of one State over those of another by any regu-
lation of....

Commerce or revenue.

Vessels clearing from the ports of

one State shall not pay duties in those of another... Commissions to expire at the end of the next session. The President may fill vacancies that happen in the recess of the Senate by granting ...

Common defense, promote the general welfare, etc. To insure the. [Preamble].

Common defense and general welfare. Congress shall

have power to provide for the ....

Common law, where the amount involved exceeds twenty dollars, shall be tried by jury. Suits at. [Amendments]

No fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the. [Amendments]..... Compact with another State. No State shall, without the

consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or.. I Compact with a foreign power. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement

or ..

Compensation of Senators and Representatives to be ascer-
tained by law
Compensation of the President shall not be increased nor
diminished during the period for which he shall be
elected......

Compensation of the judges of the Supreme and inferior
courts shall not be diminished during their continu-
ance in office..
Compensation. Private property shall not be taken for
public use without just. [Amendments] ..........
Compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor.
In criminal prosecutions the accused shall have.
[Amendments].

Confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty, alli-
ance, or..

Confederation. All debts contracted and engagements

entered into before the adoption of this Constitution
shall be as valid against the United States under it
as under the....

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Confession in open court. Conviction of treason shall be on the testimony of two persons to the overt act, or upon

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Congress of the United States. All legislative powers shall
be vested in a

Shall consist of a Senate and House of Representa-
tives.....

Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, which
shall be on the first Monday of December, unless
they by law appoint a different day.....
May at any time alter regulations for elections of
Senators and Representatives, except as to the places
of choosing Senators.....

Each House shall be the judge of the elections,
returns, and qualifications of its own members ....
A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to
do business

A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and
may be authorized to compel the attendance of
absent members...

Each House may determine the rules of its proceed-
ings, punish its members for disorderly behavior,
and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a
member.....

Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings..
Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall,
without the consent of the other, adjourn for more
than three days.....
Senators and Representatives shall receive a compen-
sation to be ascertained by law....

They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and
breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest dur-
ing attendance at their respective Houses, and in
going to and returning from the same

No Senator or Representative shall, during his term,
be appointed to any civil office which shall have
been created, or of which the emoluments shall
have been increased, during such term....

No person holding any office under the United States
shall, while in office, be a member of either House
of Congress.

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
House of Representatives ...

Proceedings in cases of bills returned by the President
with his objections