INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Art. Sec. Acts, etc., of each State entitled to credit in other States ...... Attainder, of treason, not to work corruption of blood, etc.. Bills, not returned in ten days considered approved.. Capitation tar..... Census, to be taken every ten years.. Claims, of the United States, or of the several States, not to be preju- diced.. Commerce, regulations of, to be equal, etc......... Congress, vested with legislative power.... Amendment may alter the regulations of State Legislatures concerning shall assemble every year............................................ may provide for cases of removal, etc., of President and Vice may determine time of choosing Electors of President and may vest the appointment of inferior officers in the President may declare the punishment of treason........ the assent of, required to formation of a new State within the assent of, required to the admission of new States into the to regulate commerce....... 13 3 to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and naturalization Art. Sec. Congress (continued) to punish counterfeiting... to establish Post Offices and post roads.... to authorize patents to authors and inventors..... to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court... to declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules to raise and support armies..... to provide and maintain a navy. to make rules for the government of the army and navy... to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the to exercise exclusive legislation over certain places...... to dispose of and make rules concerning the territory or to enforce thirteenth amendment..... to enforce fifteenth amendment.... ...Amendment 13 15 6 7 Constitution, laws, and treaties declared to be the supreme law....... established by the ratification of nine States................. Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction.. inferior, may be established..... ............... Crimes, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be demanded.. Duties, on exports, prohibited..... on imports and exports, not to be laid by the States without on persons imported...... Elections, of Senators and Representatives to be prescribed by the States qualifications and returns of members of Congress to be determined by each house....... right of all citizens to vote at...... .Amendment Electors, of President and Vice President, how chosen and their duties same... ...Amendment shall vote the same day throughout the United States................ serve as.... Executive power, shall be vested in a President...... Exports, duties on, prohibited. Er post facto law, prohibited... Habeas corpus, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion Imposts, power to levy..... Importation, of persons, not to be prohibited prior to 1808.. Judges, to hold office during good behavior..... compensation, not to be diminished. Judicial power, where vested... the cases to which it extends........... limitation on............................ Amendment in every other State trial in suits at common law........... Judicial proceedings, etc., of each State entitled to full faith and credit Jury, trial by, secured....... trial by, secured.... Amendment Law, the Constitution, the laws, and treaties of the United States de clared the supreme...... Legislative Power, vested in Congress......... ...................... Money, to be drawn from the Treasury only by laws appropriating.. Officers, civil, removable by impeachment of Senate, how chosen.... Order, to be approved by the President..... Office, certain, not to be filled by members of Congress..... persons holding office under the United States not to be a member of either House....... certain persons disqualified from holding... Persons, importation of, not to be prohibited prior to eighteen hundred and eight.... escaping from one State to another to be delivered up...... Powers, not delegated, reserved-Tenth Amendment........ Presents, emoluments, office or title, from foreign State, prohibited.. President of the United States, vested with executive powers...... shall be chosen for four years. how elected..... same- -Twelfth Amendment............ compensation of oath of office...... removable by impeachment..... shall be Commander in Chief of the army and navy. may require the written opinions of the heads of departments.. may make treaties with consent of Senate...... may appoint to office with consent of Senate. shall fill vacancies happening during the recess of Senate..... shall receive Ambassadors, etc............ shall take care that the laws be executed... shall commission all officers of the United States.... in case of death of, etc., on whom to devolve.... Property, shall not be taken for public use without just compensation Fifth Amendment..... public debts not to be questioned nor repudiated. Quorum, for business..... .......... of States, in choosing a President by the House of Repre- Receipts and Expenditures, account of, to be published... Representatives, Houses of, how composed... qualifications of members who are disqualified how apportioned. not to exceed one for every thirty thousand how apportioned to choose their officers............... vacancies, how filled... shall have power of impeachment....... judge of the election, etc., of its members quorum of...... 1 1 Amendment 14 1 1 any number may adjourn and compel absentees to attend.. may punish or expel a member..... shall keep a journal and publish the same, except the parts Representatives (continued)- shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other one fifth of, present may require the yeas and nays....... privilege from arrest. Representatives, not to be questioned for speech or debate. not to be appointed to certain offices... can, whilst serving, hold no office under the United States... Resolution, order, or vote, requiring concurrence of both houses (except Rights of the citizen declared to be: liberty of conscience in matters of religion........Amendment to assemble and petition.......... to keep and bear arms....... to be exempt from quartering soldiers in any house in time not to be compelled, in criminal cases, to be a witness against 5 not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due 5 private property not to be taken for public use without just that the accused, in criminal prosecutions, shall enjoy the right of a speedy public trial, by an impartial jury of the vicinage, and the means necessary for his defense that, in civil cases, facts tried by a jury shall only be reëxamined according to the rules of the common law... that, in suits at common law, where the value shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved that excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines imposed, or cruel or unusual punishments inflicted....... Rights, that the enumeration of certain shall not operate to disparage others retained.......... Rules, each house shall determine its own...... Senate of the United States, composed of two Senators from each State how chosen, classified, and terms of service.. qualifications of members....... shall choose their officers, except the President...... shall be judge of election, etc., of its members............. any number may adjourn, and compel the attendance of ab sentees.. may determine its rules........ may punish or expel a member shall keep a journal and publish the same.. shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other one fifth of, present, may require the yeas and nays..... their judgments, extent of....... members of, shall receive a compensation to be ascertained privileged from arrest................................. ......................... |