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Treaties. They shall be the supreme law of the land, and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby.. 6 Treaty, alliance, or confederation. No State shall enter into any.

Trial, judgment, and punishment according to law. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from and disqualification for office; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment .....

Trial by jury. All crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be tried by jury

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Such trial shall be held in the State within which the crime shall have been committed...

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But when not committed within a State, the trial shall be at such place as Congress may by law have directed..

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In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy and public. [Amendments]

Suits at common law, when the amount exceeds twenty dollars, shall be by. [Amendments]...... 7 Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court. Congress shall have power to constitute....

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Troops or ships of war in time of peace without the con-
sent of Congress. No State shall keep......
Trust and profit under the United States shall be an elec-
tor for President and Vice-President. No Senator,
Representative, or person holding any office of.... 2
Two-thirds of the members present. No person shall be
convicted on impeachment without the concurrence
of ...

Two-thirds, may expel a member. Each House, with the
concurrence of ....

Two-thirds. A bill returned by the President with his objections may be repassed by each House by a vote of

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Two-thirds of the Senators present concur. The Presi-
dent shall have power, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided.. 2
Two-thirds of the legislatures of the several States. Con-

gress shall call a convention for proposing amend-
ments to the Constitution on the application of.... 5

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Two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary.

gress shall propose amendments to the Constitution whenever. Two-thirds of the States. When the choice of a President shall devolve on the House of Representatives, a quorum shall consist of a member or members from. [Amendments]...... Two-thirds of the whole number of Senators. A quorum of the Senate, when choosing a Vice-President, shall consist of. [Amendments] .... Two-thirds, may remove the disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth amendment. Congress, by a vote of. [Amendments].... Two years. Appropriations for raising and supporting armies shall not be for a longer term than.

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To establish a more perfect. [Preamble]...

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The President shall, from time to time, give to Congress information of the state of the ..... New States may be admitted by Congress into this... 4 But no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of another State..... Unreasonable searches and seizures. The people shall be secured in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against. [Amendments].,

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And no warrants shall be issued 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. [Amendments].... 4 Unusual punishments inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and. [Amendments]. . . . . .

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Use without just compensation. Private property shall
not be taken for public. [Amendments].......
Useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and
inventors the exclusive right to their writings and
inventions. Congress shall have power to promote
the progress of science and the..

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Vacancies happening in the representation of a State. The
executive thereof shall issue writs of election to fill.
Vacancies happening in the Senate in the recess of the
legislature of a State. How filled...
Vacancies that happened during the recess of the Senate,
by granting commissions which shall expire at the
end of the next session. The President shall have
power to fill....
Validity of the public debt incurred in suppressing insur-
rection against the United States, including debt for
pensions and bounties, shall not be questioned.
[Amendments].

Vessels bound to or from the ports of one State shall not
be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another
State

Veto of a bill by the President. Proceedings of the two
Houses upon the

Vice-President of the United States shall be President of
the Senate....

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He shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided....

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The Senate shall elect a President pro tempore in the absence of the.....

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He shall be chosen for the term of four years..
The number and the manner of appointing electors for
President and....

In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability
of the President, the powers and duties of his office
shall devolve on the .....

Congress may provide by law for the case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability both of the President and

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On impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors shall be removed from office. The.... Vice-President. The manner of choosing the. The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves. [Amendments] ..... 12

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Vice-President. The manner of choosing the. The elect-
ors shall name, in distinct ballots, the person voted
for as Vice-President. [Amendments]...
They shall make distinct lists of the persons voted for
as Vice-President, which lists they shall sign and
certify, and send sealed to the seat of government,
directed to the President of the Senate. [Amend-
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The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of
the Senate and House of Representatives, open all
the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted.
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The person having the greatest number of votes shall
be Vice-President, if such number be a majority of
the whole number of electors. [Amendments].... 12
If no person have a majority, then from the two high-

est numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the
Vice-President. [Amendments]........

A quorum for this 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.
[Amendments].

But if the House shall make no choice of a President before the 4th of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. [Amendments].....

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No person constitutionally ineligible as President shall be eligible as. [Amendments]. Violence. The United States shall guarantee to every State a republican form of government, and shall protect each State against invasion and domestic... 4 Virginia entitled to ten representatives in the First Congress

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The Vice-President, unless the Senate be equally divided, shall have no

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Vote. Each Senator shall have one ...

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Vote requiring the concurrence of the two Houses (except upon a question of adjournment) shall be presented to the President. Every order, resolution, or......

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Vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
or by any State on account of race, color, or pre-
vious condition of servitude. The right of citizens
of the United States to. [Amendments].................... 15
Vote of two-thirds. Each House may expel a member
by a

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A bill vetoed by the President may be repassed in each House by a.....

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No person shall be convicted on an impeachment ex-
cept by
Whenever both Houses shall deem it necessary, Con-
gress may propose amendments to the Constitution
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The President may make treaties, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, by a.....
Disabilities incurred by participation in insurrection
or rebellion may be relieved by Congress by a.
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War, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. Congress shall have power to declare

For governing the land and naval forces. Congress shall have power to make rules and articles of..... No State shall, without the consent of Congress, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay, engage in.. War against the United States, adhering to their enemies, and giving them aid and comfort. Treason shall consist only in levying...... Warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, on oath or affirmation, describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. No. [Amendments]. Weights and measures. Congress shall fix the standard of....

Welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty, etc.

promote the general. [Preamble].... Welfare. Congress shall have power to provide for the common defense and general..

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