INDEX

TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

A.

ARTS AND SCIENCES, to be promoted
Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State entitled

to faith and credit in other States -
AMENDMENTS to the Constitution, how made

made
APPOINTMENTS, to be made by the President
APPORTIONMENT of Representatives
APPROPRIATIONS by law
APPROPRIATION FOR ARMY, not to exceed two years -
ARMIES, Congress to raise and support
Arms, right of the people to keep and bear
ASSEMBLE, people may -
ATTAINDER, bill of, prohibited to Congress

prohibited to the States
of treason, shall not work corruption of blood,

or forfeiture, except during the life of the
person attainted

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B.
Bail, excessive, not required -

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BANKRUPTCY laws to be uniform

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Bills for raising revenue, shall originate in the House of
Representatives

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before they become laws, shall be passed by both

Houses, and approved by President; or, if dis-
approved, shall be passed by two-thirds of each
House

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not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment in-
tervene, shall be laws

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BORROW MONEY, Congress may

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Art.

C.
CAPITATION TAX, apportionment of. (See also v. Wheat. 1

317; iii. Dall. 171.)*
Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years

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CITIZENS of each State shall be entitled to the privileges

and immunities of citizens in the several States. (See 4

also iv. Johns' Chancery Reports, 430.)*
Claims, no prejudice to certain

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CLAIMS of the United States, or of the several States, not

to be prejudiced by any construction of the Consti-
tution

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COASTING TRADE, regulations respecting -

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no preference given
Coins, Congress fix value of foreign

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COMMERCE, Congress to ulate

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regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform 1
COMMISSIONS, to be granted by the President

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COMMON LAW, recognised and established
CONGRESS, vested with power

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may alter the regulations of State Legislatures

concerning elections of Senators and Repre-
sentatives, except as to place of choosing Sena-
tors

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shall assemble once every year

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officers of Government cannot be members of 1
may provide for cases of removal, death, &c., of
President and Vice President

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may determine the time of choosing electors of
President and Vice President

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may invest the appointment of inferior officers

in the President alone, in the courts of law,
or the Heads of Departments

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may establish courts inferior to the Supreme
Court

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may declare the punishment of treason
may prescribe the manner of proving the acts
and records of each State

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to assent to the formation of new States

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may propose amendments to Constitution, or call
a Convention

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to lay and collect taxes, duties, pay debts, &c. 1

(See also v. Wheat. 317.)*

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Congress to borrow money. (See also ii. Pet. 465.) 1 8 17

to regulate commerce. (See also ix. Wheat. 1 ; 1 8 17

xvii. Johns, 488.)
to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and natu-

ralization. (See also ix. Wheat. 1; xvii. 483; 1 8 17
i. Pet. 251; iv. Wash. C. C, R. 317; vi. Pet.
515; ii. Wheat. 269; iv. Wheat. 122, 192,

209; xii. Wheat. 213; xx. Johns, 693.)
to coin money, regulate the value of coin, and fix
a standard of weights and measures

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to punish counterfeiting -

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to establish post offices and post roads

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to authorize patents to authors and inventors.

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(See also iii. Wheat. Ap. 2, p. vii. Wheat. 356.)
to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme
Court. (See also i. Pet. 546.)

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to define and punish piracies, felonies on the

high seas, and offences against the laws of
nations. (See also iii. Wheat. 336; v. Wheat. 1 8 19

76, 153, 186.)
to declare war, grant letters of marque, and make

rules concerning captures. (See also viii. 1 8 19

Cranch, 110, 154.)
to raise and support armies

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to provide and maintain a navy. (See also iv. 1 8 19

Binn. 487.)
to make rules for the government of the army

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to call out the militia in certain cases.

(See also 1

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v. Wheat. 1; xix. Johns, 7.)
to organize, arm, and discipline militia. (See 1 8 19

also iii. S. & R. 169; v. Wheat. l; xix.

Johns, 7.)
to exercise exclusive legislation over seat of Gov-

ernment. (See also v. Wheat. 317, 324; vi. 1 8 19

Wheat. 440; xvii. Johns, 225.)
to
pass
laws necessary

to

carry the enumerated
powers into effect. (See also iv. Wheat. 413; 1 8 20

vi. Wheat. 204.)
limitations of the powers of. (See also i. Wash. 9 20

C. C. R. 500.)
to dispose of, and make rules concerning the ter-

ritory or other property of the United States 4 3 35

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and navy

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CONGRESS, President may convene and adjourn in certain

cases

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CONSTITUTION, how amended

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laws and treaties, declared to be the su-
preme law

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rendered operative by the ratification of

nine States. (See also v. Wheat. 422.) 7
CONTRACTS, no law impairing
CONVENTIONS, for proposing amendments to the Constitu-
tion

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COUNTERFEITING, Congress to provide for punishment 1
Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction. 3

(See also v. Serg. & Rawle, 544; i. Binney, 138;

i. Wheat. 327; vii. Pet. 276.)
Courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, may be ordained by

Congress
Ditto

ditto

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CRIMES, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be de

manded. (See also iv. Johns' Chanc. Rep. 106.) 4
how to be tried -

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CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS, proceedings in cases of

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D.
DEBTS, against the Confederation, to be valid

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DUTIES, to be laid by Congress, and to be uniform

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further provision respecting

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cannot be laid by the States
on exports prohibited

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on imports and exports, imposed by States, shall

inure to the Treasury of the United States

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E.
ELECTIONS, of Senators and Representatives, shall be pre-
scribed by the States

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qualifications and returns of members of Con-

gress, to be determined by each House 1
ELECTORS of President and Vice President, how chosen,

and their duties
altered

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to'vote the same day throughout the U. States 2
no Senator, or Representative, or public officer,
shall serve as

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ENUMERATION, every ten years

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EXECUTIVE POWER vested in a President. (See President) 2 1 24
EXPORTS, not to be taxed

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and imports, States prohibited from laying duties

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Ex POST FACTO LAW, none shall be passed. (See also iii. 1 9 21

Dall. 386, 396; vi. Binn. 271.)
prohibited to States -

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H.
HABEAS CORPUS, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of
rebellion or invasion -

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House of REPRESENTATIVES. (See Representatives.)

each may expel a member. (i. Hall's Am. Law
Journal, 459.)

I.
IMPEACHMENT, to be brought by House of Representatives 1 2 8
tried by the Senate

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judgment on

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all civil officers liable to

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IMPORTATION OF SLAVES, not prohibited till 1808

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303;

J.
JUDGES, shall hold their offices during good behavior. (See
also i. Pet. 546.)

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JUDICIARY, tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be
created

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Judges, their compensation. (See also vii. Johns' Ch. R., 3

i. Wheat. 327; i. Pet. 546.)
JUDICIAL POWER, vested in a Supreme Court, and courts
inferior

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powers of the Judiciary. (See Amend- 3

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