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Acts, records and judicial proceedings of each state entitled to faith
and credit in other states..

Amendments to the Constitution, how made

which have been made (see pp. 20-23.)

Appointments to be made by the President.

Apportionment of representatives.

Appropriations by law......

Appropriations for army not to exceed two years.

Armies, Congress to raise and support.

Arms, right of people to keep and bear (see p. 20.)

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

may invest the appointment of inferior officers in the Presi-
dent alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments

may establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court

may declare the punishment of treason.

may prescribe the manner of proving the acts and records of

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to assent to the formation of new States

to pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into

effect

to dispose of and make rules concerning the territory or other
property of the United States..

President may convene and adjourn in certain cases..

Constitution, how amended

laws and treaties declared to be the supreme law
rendered operative by the ratification of nine States

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Electors, no senator or representative, or public officer, shall serve

as.......

Enumeration every ten years.

Executive power vested in the President, (See President).
Exports not to be taxed...

and imports, States prohibited from laying duties on..

Ex post facto law, none shall be passed prohibited to States..

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Fines, excessive, prohibited, (8th amendment, p. 21.)
Fugitives from justice to be delivered up

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from service may be reclaimed..

Habeas Corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion

or invasion..

House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

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Impeachment to, be brought by House of Representatives.

tried by the Senate..

judgment on..

all civil officers liable to..

Importation of slaves, not prohibited till 1808..

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Judges shall hold their office during good behavior

Judiciary, tribunals inferior to Supreme Court may be created..
Judicial power vested in Supreme Court and courts inferior..

their compensation...

powers of the judiciary...

restriction as to suit against a State (11th amendment, p. 22) Judicial proceedings of each State are entitled to faith and credit in. every State

Jury trial secured, and shall be held in the State where the crime shall have been committed.

further regulated, (6th amendment, p. 21.)

secured in suits at common law where the value in controversy
shall exceed twenty dollars, (7th amendment, p. 21.)

Law, what is declared the supreme..

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common, recognized and established, (7th amendment, p. 21.) Laws, President to see them faithfully executed.. Legislative powers vested in Congress. (See Congress.)

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to be commanded by the President

their right to keep and bear arms secured, (2d amendment, p. 20.) Money shall be drawn from the treasury only by appropriation laws. Congress to coin and regulate value of...

States cannot make..

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Naturalization, uniform rules of..

Navy, Congress to provide and govern

Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States..

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Officers, of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the House
of the Senate shall be chosen by the Senate...
civil, may be removed by impeachment..

Order of one house requiring the concurrence of the other...
Oath of the President

of the public officers.

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Petition, right of, (1st amendment, p. 20.)

Persons held to service or labor, their importation or migration into the United States may be prohibited after 1808

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escaping from one State to another shall be delivered up to
those entitled to service..

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Piracy, Congress to prescribe punishment for..
Post Offices and Post Roads, establishment of

Powers not delegated to Congress nor prohibited to the States are re-
served, (10th amendment, p. 21.)

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legislative. (See Congress.)

executive. (See President.)

judicial. (See Judicial.)

Presents from foreign powers to public officers prohibited

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Press, freedom of. (1st amendment, p. 20.)

President of the U. S. vested with the executive power.

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shall be chosen for four years.

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how elected

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may require the written opinions of the heads of departments
may reprieve and pardon

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may make treaties with consent of the Senate

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may appoint to office with consent of the Senate..

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shall fill up vacancies happening during the recess of the Senate

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shall give information to Congress and recommend measures.
may convene both houses or either house

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may adjourn them in case of disagreement..

shall receive ambassadors and public ministers.

shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
shall commission all officers....

Privileges and immunities of members of Congress
of citizens. (See Citizens, also Rights.)

Property, Congress to provide for care of public

shall not be taken for public use without just compensation,
(5th amendment, p. 21.)

Public Debt, not to be questioned, (14th amendment, sec. 4, p. 23.)
Punishment, cruel and unusual, prohibited, (8th amendment, p. 21.)

Quorum for business, what shall be.

Q.

of States in choosing a President by House of Representatives Quartered, no soldier to be quartered on a citizen, (3d amt., p. 20.)

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Receipts and expenditures, accounts of to be published...
Records, how to be authenticated...

Religion, no law to be made, free exercise of, (1st amt., p. 20.)
religious test not required.....

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