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ARTICLE X.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

ARTICLE XI.

The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another State, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign State.

ARTICLE XII.

The electors shall meet in their respective States and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each; which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes. shall then be counted;-the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall

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Officers of the Senate shall be chosen by the Senate..................
civil, may be removed by impeachment

Order of one house requiring the concurrence of the other....

Pardons, President may grant.....

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Patents to be granted to inventors

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Persons held to service or labor, their importation or migration

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escaping from one State to another shall be delivered

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Powers not delegated to Congress nor prohibited to the States

are reserved, (10th amendment)..

legislative. (See Congress.)

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Presents from foreign powers to public officers prohibited.... 1 9
Press, freedom of

President of the U. S. vested with the executive power
shall be chosen for four years.

how elected

same, (12th amendment)..

qualifications for .....

who shall act in case of vacancy..

compensation of........

shall take an oath of office.

may be removed by impeachment..

President, commander of army, navy, and militia

may require the written opinions of the heads of
departments.

may reprieve and pardon...

may make treaties with consent of the Senate ....
may appoint to office with consent of the Senate..
shall fill up vacancies happening during the recess
of the Senate

shall give information to Congress and recommend

measures....

may convene both houses or either house

may adjourn them in case of disagreement....

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shall receive ambassadors and public ministers...
shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. 2
shall commission all officers..........

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Privileges and immunities of members of Congress

of citizens. (See Citizens, also Rights.)

Property, Congress to provide for care of public..........

shall not be taken for public use without just com-
pensation, (5th amendment)

Punishments, cruel and unusual, prohibited..

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Q.

Quorum for business, what shall be a..

of States in choosing a President by the House of

Representatives.....

Quartered, no soldier to be quartered on a citizen..

R.

Rebellion, debt incurred in aid of, not to be assumed or paid,
(14th amendment).

disability of persons who have engaged in, (14th

amendment)

Receipts and expenditures, accounts of, to be published..

Records, how to be authenticated...

Religion-no law to be made-free exercise of..

religious test not required.......

Reprieves granted by the President..

Representatives, House of, composed of members chosen every

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Representatives shall not be questioned for speech or debate

in the House....

shall not be appointed to office

shall not serve as electors of President...
and direct taxes apportioned according to num-
bers

how apportioned among the several States,
(14th amendment)

who prohibited from being, (14th amendment)
Representation of a State, vacancies in, supplied until a new
election by executive authority.....

Resolution, order, or vote, requiring the concurrence of both
houses, to undergo the formalities of bills...
Revenue bills to originate in the House of Representatives...
Rights of the citizen declared to be-

privileges of citizens of the several States......
liberty of conscience in matters of religion......
freedom of speech and of the press..

to assemble and petition.

to keep and bear arms.....

to be exempt from the quartering of soldiers.....
to be secure from unreasonable searches and seiz-

ures.

to be free from answering for a crime, unless on
presentment or indictment of a jury.....

not to be twice jeoparded for the same offence....
not to be compelled to be a witness against himself
not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property with-
out due course of law.....

private property not to be taken for public use....
in criminal prosecutions, shall enjoy the right of a
speedy trial by jury, with all the means neces
sary for his defence

in civil cases trial to be by jury, and shall only be
re-examined according to common law

excessive bail shall not be required, excessive
fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment
inflicted...

enumeration of certain rights shall not operate
against retained rights

Rules, each house shall determine its own...

S.

Seat of government, exclusive legislation..

Searches and seizures, security against

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Senate, composed of two senators from each State...........
how chosen, classed, and terms of service...

qualifications of senators....

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what number shall be a quorum...........

any number may adjourn, and compel attendance of
absentees...

may determine its rules....

may punish or expel a member..

shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except
parts requiring secrecy..

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shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any
other place, without the consent of the other house. 1
one-fifth may require the yeas and nays..............
may propose amendments to bills for raising revenue
shall try impeachments......

effect of their judgment on impeachment.
compensation to be ascertained by law.

privileged from arrest

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who prohibited from being, (14th amendment).
Senators and representatives, elections of, how prescribed
Slaves, their importation may be prohibited after 1808..

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escaping from one State to another may be reclaimed. 4
claims for the loss or emancipation of, to be held illegal
and void, (14th amendment)....

Slavery, except as a punishment for crime, prohibited, amend-

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