INDEX

TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

ABSENTEES

from each house, may be compelled to attend by less than a
quorum

ACCOUNTS

and statements of receipts and expenditures. (See Receipts.) ACCUSED. (See Trial and Rights.)

ACTS

public, in each State. (See Faith and Congress.) ADJOURNMENT

From day to day, the, of each house, may be by a smaller
number than a quorum......

The, of either house for more than three days, or to any other
place, not permitted without the consent of the other.......
The, of both houses, by a concurrent vote, to take effect with-
out reference to the President's sanction......
The, of both houses, in case of disagreement between them with
respect to the time of, may be by the President...............

ADMIRALTY

and maritime jurisdiction, the judicial power extended to all
cases of........

No State permitted, without the consent of Congress, to enter
into any, with another State, or with a foreign power......

AID AND COMFORT

to the enemies of the U. S. (See Disability and Treason.)

ALLIANCE

No State permitted to enter into any..................

AMBASSADORS

The President to nominate, and, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, to appoint...........

The President to receive........

The judicial power to extend to all cases affecting..

AMENDMENTS

of money to raise and support armies, not to be for a longer
term than two years....

No money to be drawn from the Treasury except upon, made
by law.......

ARMIES

Congress may raise and support.........

Congress may make rules for the government and regulation
of the..

(Note 4.) This power is delegated to the Secretary of War,
under the direction of the President......

ARMS-

The right of the people to keep and bear, not to be infringed.
(2d Amendment.)

ARREST-

Members of Congress privileged from, except in cases of trea-
son, felony and breach of the peace......
ARSENALS. (See Forts.)

ARTS, and Sciences. (See Copyrights and Patents.)
ASSEMBLE-

The right of the people peaceably to, not to be abridged. (1st
Amendment.).

ATTAINDER. (See Bill of Attainder and Treason.)

AUTHORS-

BAIL-

Congress may secure to, for a limited time, the exclusive right
to their writings..........

Excessive, not to be required. (8th Amendment.)...............................
BANKRUPTCIES-

Congress may establish uniform laws on the subject of...........
BALLOT. (See Votes.)

BASIS-

of representation. (See Representation.)
BILLETING-

of soldiers, in time of peace to be with the consent of the owner
of the house, and in time of war as prescribed by law. (3d
Amendment.)....

(Note 14.) The manner of billeting, not having been prescribed
by statute, has been in accordance with the "customs of
war in like cases.".

for raising revenue, all, to originate in the House of Represen-
tatives

before becoming laws, must pass through certain defined stages
of credit, no State to emit...

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corruption of. (See Treason.)

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BLOOD-

BORROWING. (See Money.)

BOUNTIES-

The validity of debts incurred for payment of, not to be ques-
tioned. (14th Amendment.)....

BRIBERY-

On impeachment for, and conviction of, the President, Vice-
President, and all civil officers of the U. S., to be removed
from office.......

BUILDINGS. (See Forts.)

CAPITATION TAX-

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No, to be laid, unless in proportion to the census...............
CAPTURES-

on land and water, Congress may make rules concerning .....
CENSUS-

at the trial of the President upon articles of impeachment, to
preside over the Senate.......

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CITIZENS. (See also Rights.)

The President to be a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the
U. S. at the time of the adoption of this Constitution......
The Vice-President, ditto. (12th Amendment.)......

of each State, to be entitled to the privileges and immunities of
citizens in the several States....

All persons born or naturalized in the U. S., and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the U. S., and of the
State wherein they reside. (14th Amendment).

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CITIZENS-Continued.
No State to make or enforce any law abridging the privileges
or immunities of, of the U. S. (14th Amendment.).......
The right of, of the U. S., to vote, not to be denied or abridged
on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
(15th Amendment.)..........
CIVIL CASES. (See Trial.)
CIVIL OFFICERS. (See Officers.)

CLAIMS-

Nothing in this Constitution to be construed to the prejudice
of any of the U. S., or of any State.........

for loss or emancipation of slaves. (See States.)

CLEAR-

Vessels bound to or from one State not to be obliged to, in
another......

COASTING TRADE-

Regulations respecting............

COIN-

Congress may regulate the value of foreign..........
Congress may provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the

current

No State to make anything but gold and silver, a tender in
payment of debts

COLOR-

The right of citizens to vote, not to be denied or abridged on
account of. (15th Amendment.).............
COMFORT. (See Aid.)
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF-

The President to be the, of the army and navy of the U. S., and
of the militia when called into actual service

COMMERCE-

Congress may regulate, with foreign nations, among the several
States, and with the Indian tribes.....

By no regulation of, shall preference be given to the ports of
one State over those of another.........

COMMISSIONS-

The President may grant, till the end of its next session, to fill
up all vacancies happening during the recess of the Senate.
The, of all the officers of the U. S., to be issued by the President.
COMMON LAW. (See Jury.)
COMPACT-

No State, without the consent of Congress, to enter into any,
with another State or with a foreign power.....

COMPENSATION-

of Senators and Representatives, to be ascertained by law, and
paid out of the treasury of the U. S..............
of the judges of the Supreme and inferior courts, not to be
diminished during their continuance in office......
No private property to be taken for public use without just.
(5th Amendment.)

CONFEDERATION-

No State to enter into any

(Note 12.) Officers in the military establishment, under the,
were furnished by the States in proportion to their quotas.
All debts contracted and engagements entered into, under the, to
be as valid against the U.S. under this Constitution as before

CONGRESS-
Powers vested in, namely:

All legislative, herein granted....

to make or alter such regulations as are prescribed by State
legislatures concerning elections of Senators and Repre-
sentatives, except as to places of choosing Senators.........

to lay and collect taxes....

to lay and collect uniform duties, imposts, and excises...

to pay the debts of the U. S........

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CONGRESS-Continued.

to borrow money on the credit of the U. S.

to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the
several States, and with the Indian tribes..........

to establish a uniform rule of naturalization.........
to establish uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies........
to coin money and regulate the value thereof, and of foreign
coin

to fix the standard of weights and measures...

to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities
and current coin of the U. S...........

to establish post-offices and post-roads.......

to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing
for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive
right to their respective writings and discoveries...........
to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court..........
to define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the
high seas.....

to define and punish offenses against the law of nations...
to declare war.................

to grant letters of marque and reprisal................

to raise and support armies....

to make rules concerning captures on land and water

to provide and maintain a navy................................

to make rules for the government and regulation of the land
and naval forces.

to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of
the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions......
to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia,
and for governing such part of them as may be employed
in the service of the U. S..

to exercise exclusive jurisdiction over the District of Colum-
bia, or seat of government, and over all places purchased,
by the consent of the particular State legislature, for the
erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and
other needful buildings......

to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execu-
tion the foregoing and all other powers vested by this
Constitution in the government of the U. S., or in any
department or officer thereof...

to impose a tax or duty of ten dollars upon each slave im-
ported..........

to invest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think
proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in
the heads of departments....

to declare the punishment of treason.............

to prescribe, by general laws, the manner in which the acts,
records, and judicial proceedings in each State shall be
proved, and the effect thereof, in view of their full faith
and credit in every other State........

to admit new States into the Union......

to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations re-
specting the territory or other property of the U. S.........
(Note 13.) To decide what government is the established

one in a State

to enforce by appropriate legislation the 13th Amendment,
prohibiting slavery or involuntary servitude except for
crime. (13th Amendment.).......

to remove, by a vote of two-thirds of each house, the disability
imposed for having engaged in rebellion. (14th Amend-
ment.)............
to enforce by appropriate legislation the 14th Amendment,
relating to citizenship; representation; disability arising
from participation in rebellion; debts incurred to suppress
or to aid rebellion: and claims for the loss of slaves. (14th
Amendment.)............

CONGRESS-Continued.
to enforce by appropriate legislation the 15th Amendment,
forbidding the denial or abridgment of the right of citi-
zens of the U. S. to vote, on account of race, color, or pre-
vious condition of servitude. (15th Amendment.)

Powers denied to, namely:

to prescribe the places of choosing Senators........

to appropriate money to raise and support armies, for a longer
term than two years.....

to appoint the officers of the militia, and to authorize the train-
ing of the militia..........

to prohibit the migration or importation of slaves, prior to 1808
to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, unless
when, in case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may
require it.......

to pass any bill of attainder or ex post facto law..............
to lay any capitation or other direct tax, unless in proportion
to the census...

to lay any tax or duty on articles exported from any State; to
give any preference to the ports of one State over those of
another; or to oblige vessels bound to or from one State, to
enter, clear, or pay duties in another..............

to draw money from the treasury, but in consequence of appro-
priations made by law..

to grant any title of nobility..

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to deprive any State, without its consent, of its equal suffrage
in the Senate.....

to require any religious test as a qualification to any office or
public trust under the U. S.....

to make any law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof. (1st Amendment.).
to make any law abridging the freedom of speech or of the
press. (1st Amendment.)

to make any law abridging the right to assemble, and to peti-
tion. (1st Amendment.).......

to assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of in-
surrection or rebellion against the U. S. (14th Amendment.)

to assume or pay any claim for the loss or emancipation of any
slave. (14th Amendment.)......

(15th

to abridge the right of citizens of the U. S. to vote, on account
of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Amendment.)....

Those not delegated by the Constitution to the U. S., nor pro-
hibited by it to the States. (10th Amendment.).....
Required:

to consist of a Senate and House of Representatives....
to revise and control all State laws laying imposts or duties....

to take the census every ten years........

to assemble at least once in every year...........

to guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of
government...............

to protect each State against invasion................

to protect each State against domestic violence, on the applica-
tion of the legislature, or of the executive (when the leg-
islature cannot be convened)......

to propose amendments to this Constitution, whenever two-
thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary..........

to call a convention for proposing amendments, on the applica-
tion of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States
Powers vested in each house of, namely:

when the number is smaller than a quorum, to adjourn from
day to day, and, if authorized, to compel the attendance
of absent members.......

to determine the rule of its proceedings.

to punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the
concurrence of two-thirds, to expel a member.....