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80 INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
President of the United States. He may make treaties, by and
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He may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of
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the Senate, ambassadors, other public ministers and
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consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other
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officers whose appointments may be authorized by law
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Congress may vest the appointment of inferior officers in
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He may fill up all vacancies that may happen in the
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recess of the Senate by commissions which shall expire
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He shall give information to Congress of the state of the
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On extraordinary occasions he may convene both Houses
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In case of disagreement between the two Houses as to
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the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such
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He shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers.
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He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed
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He shall commission all the officers of the United States.
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Shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and
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conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes
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No person except a natural-born citizen or a citizen of
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the United States at the adoption of the Constitution
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No person who shall not have attained the age of thirty-
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five years and been fourteen years a citizen of the
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United States shall be eligible to the office of
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President and Vice-President. Manner of choosing. : . . . .j
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President of the Senate, but shall have no vote unless the
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Senate be equally divided. The Vice-President shall be
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President pro tempore. In the absence of the Vice-President
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When the Vice-Presidont shall exercise the office of Presi-
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dent of the United States, the Senate shall choose a
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Press. Congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of
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speech or of the [Amendments.]
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Previous condition of servitude. Suffrage shall not be denied
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or abridged on account of race, color or. [Amend-
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