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24 INDEX TO CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
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Art.
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Sec.
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Borrow money on the credit of the United States. Congress shall have
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power to.....................................................
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8
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Bounties and pensions what shall not be questioned. [Amendments]...
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14
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4
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Bribery, treason or other high crimes and misdemeanors, impeachment
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for..........................................................
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2
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4
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C.
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Capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the
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census or enumeration — No...................................
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9
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Captures on land and water. Congress shall make rules concerning.....
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8
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Casting vote. The Vice-President shall have no vote unless the Senate be
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equally divided..............................................
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3
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Census or enumeration of the inhabitants, how and when to be made...
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2
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Choosing electors. Mode of..........................................
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1
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Citizenship. Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges
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and immunities of citizens of the several States................
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2
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All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject
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to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and
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of the State in which they reside. [Amendments].............
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No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
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privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.
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Civil officers of the United States, removal of........................
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4
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Coin a tender in payment of debts. No State shall make anything but
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gold and silver...............................................
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10
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Coin money and regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin. Congress
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shall have power to..........................................
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8
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Coin of the United States. Congress shall provide for punishing the
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counterfeiting the securities and current.......................
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8
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Color, or previous condition of servitude. No denial of suffrage on
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account of. [Amendments]...................................
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Commerce with foreign nations, among the States, and with Indian
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tribes. Congress shall have power to regulate..................
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8
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Commissions to expire at the end of the next session. The President may
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fill vacancies that happen in the recess of the Senate by granting.
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2
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Common law, where the amount involved exceeds twenty dollars, shall be
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tried by jury. Suits at. [Amendments].......................
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Compensation. Private property shall not be taken for public use with-
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out just. [Amendments].....................................
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Confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or.........
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10
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Congress of the United States. All legislative powers shall be vested
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in a.........................................................
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Shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives..........
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Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, which shall be on
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the first Monday of December, unless they by law appoint a dif-
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ferent day..................................................
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4
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May at any time alter regulations for elections of Senators and
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Representatives, except as to the places of choosing Senators...
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4
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Congress. Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and
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qualifications of its own members.............................
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5
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A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business.
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5
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A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may be
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authorized to compel the attendance of absent members.......
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5
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Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its
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members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of
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two-thirds, expel a member...................................
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5
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Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings..............
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5
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Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the
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consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days........
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5
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Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation to be
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ascertained by law...........................................
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6
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They shall in all cases except treason, felony and breach of the
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peace, be privileged from arrest during attendance at their re-
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spective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same..
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