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26 INDEX TO CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Constitution, between the States so ratifying the same. The ratification
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of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the
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establishment of the.........................................
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Contracts. No State shall pass any ex post facto law, or law impair-
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ing the obligation of........................................
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Copyrights to authors for limited times. Congress shall have power
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to provide for.........................................
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Corruption of blood. Attainder of treason shall not work.............
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Counsel for his defense. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
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have the assistance of. [Amendments].......................
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Counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States. Con-
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gress shall provide for the punishment of.....................
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Courts. Congress shall have power to constitute tribunals inferior to
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the supreme court............................................
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Courts of law. Congress may by law vest the appointment of such in-
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ferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the
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heads of Departments, or in the..............................
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Courts as Congress may establish. The judicial power of the United
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States shall be vested in one Supreme Court and such inferior..
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Credit. No State shall emit bills of...................................
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Credit of the United States. Congress shall have power to borrow money
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on the..........................................
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Credit shall be given in every other State to the public acts, records
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and judicial proceedings of each State. Full faith and..........
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Crime, unless on a presentment of a grand jury. No person shall be held
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to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous. [Amendments]..
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Except in cases in the military and naval forces, or in the militia,
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when in actual service. [Amendments]........................
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Crime. Crimes shall be tried by a jury in the State within which they
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may be committed...........................................
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When not committed in a State, they shall be tried at the places
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which Congress may by law have provided....................
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Criminal prosecutions, how conducted. [Amendments]................
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Criminate himself. No person as witness shall be compelled to. [Amend-
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ments]......................................................
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Cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be
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required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor. [Amendments].....
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Debt of the United States, including debts for pensions and bounties
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incurred in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be
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questioned. The validity of the public. [Amendments]........
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Debts and engagements contracted before the adoption of this Constitu-
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tion shall be as valid against the United States under it as under
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the Confederation..........................................
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Defense. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the assis-
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tance of counsel for his. [Amendments].....................
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Delaware entitled to one Representative in the First Congress..........
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Departments. Congress may by law vest the appointment of inferior
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officers in the heads of........................................
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Direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumera-
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tion. No capitation or other..................................
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Direct taxes and Representatives, how apportioned among the several
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States. [Repealed by the second section of the fourteenth
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amendment]................................................
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Disagreement between the two Houses as to the time of adjournment,
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the President may adjourn them to such time as he may think
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proper. In case of...........................................
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Disqualifications of Senator or Representative to hold office during such
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term........................................................
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District of Columbia. Congress shall exercise exclusive legislation in all
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cases over the...............................................
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