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COURTS. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and
YOU in such inferior courts as the Congress may, from time to time, ordain and establish. (See
Judicial power.).....
CREDIT of the United States. Congress shall have power to borrow money on the credit of the
United States

CREDIT. Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State..

CRIME. A person charged with treason, felony, or other crime, and fleeing from justice, to be delivered up to the State having jurisdiction of the crime...

CRIME. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on

CRIMES. (See Removal of Civil Officers.)......

CRIMES. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury.

CRIMINAL case. Nor shall any person be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself...

CRIMINAL prosecutions. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime
shall have been committed; which district shall have been previously ascertained by law,
and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the
witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor;
and to have the assistance of counsel for his defence.....

CRUEL and unusual punishment. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines im-
posed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted...

DANGER. (See Public Danger.)

DAYTON, deputy from New Jersey, signed this Constitution. Jonathan..
DEATH. In case of the death of the President, the duties of that office shall devolve on the Vice
President, and in case of the death of both President and Vice President, Congress shall
by law declare what officer shall then act as President..

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS--Continued.

DEBATE. Senators and Representatives, for any speech or debate in either House, shall not be

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DELAWARE entitled to one Representative in first Congress..
DELEGATED. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor pro-
hibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people....... 10th amend.
DELEGATES or members of State Legislatures shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support
this Constitution....
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jurisdiction of the crime....
Fugitives from justice to be delivered up to be removed to the State having
DELIVERED up. Persons held to service or labor (or slaves) escaping into another State shall
be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due..
DEMAND. A fugitive from justice shall, on demand of the Executive authority of the State
from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the

DEPARTMENT of the Government. Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall
be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other
department or office thereof.......
powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any

DEPARTMENTS. The President may require the opinion in writing of the principal officer in each of the Executive departments......

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DEPARTMENTS. The Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as

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they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law or in the heads of departments.... DEPRIVED. No State without its consent shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. 5 DEVOLVE. In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President.......

DICKINSON, deputy from Delaware, signed this Constitution. John...

DIRECT tax. Representatives and direct taxes to be apportioned among the States according to

their respective numbers, &c. (See Representatives.)

DIRECT tax. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census
or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken

DISCHARGED from service or labor. No person held to service or labor in one State shall
be discharged from such service or labor in another
DISCIPLINING the militia. Congress shall have power to provide for organizing, arming, and
disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the
service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the
officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by
Congress...
DISCOVERIES. Exclusive right to discoveries may be secured by inventors for a limited time.
DISORDERLY behavior. Each House may punish its members for disorderly behavior........
DISTRICT not exceeding ten miles square. 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 United States

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DIVIDED. The Vice President shall have no vote unless the Senate be equally divided DOCK yards, &c. Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation over dock yards, &c.

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS-Continued.

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DOMESTIC tranquillity. The Constitution established to ensure domestic tranquillity
DOMESTIC violence. The United States shall, on application of the Legislature, or of the
Executive, (when the Legislature cannot be convened,) protect each State against domes-
tic violence..

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DURING good behavior. The Judges, both of the Supreme and Inferior courts, shall hold their
offices during good behavior.

DUTIES.

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DUTIES. All duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States
DUTIES. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports
of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to or from one State be obliged
to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
DUTIES on imports. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or
duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its
inspection laws: and the nett produce of all duties and imposts laid by any State on im-
ports or exports shall be for the use of the Treasury of the United States, and all such
laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress

DUTIES. In case of the death, removal, resignation, or inability of the President to discharge
the powers and duties of that office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President, &c...
DUTIES. The President may require the opinion in writing of the principal officer in each of
the Executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective
offices.

DUTY or tax might have been imposed on imported persons (or slaves) up to 1808.
DUTY. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State

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DUTY of tonnage. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage..

EFFECT of proceedings of States. Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the effect of the
public acts, records, and proceedings of States.

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EFFECTS. The right of the people to be secure in their effects against unreasonable searches
and seizures shall not be violated..

ELECTED. Representatives in Congress shall be chosen or elected every second year by the
people of the several States..

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ELECTED. Two Senators from each State shall be chosen or elected by the Legislature

ELECT. The Senate shall elect or 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......

ELECTION. When vacancies happen in the representation from a State, the Executive thereof
shall issue writs of election to fill them..

ELECTION of President and Vice President United States. The President shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows:..

ELECTION. President and Vice President United States

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