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Imposts and excises. Congress shall have power to lay and
collect taxes, duties...

Shall be uniform throughout the United States. All taxes,
duties..

Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to regulate com-
merce with the.

Indictment or presentment of a grand jury. No person shall
be held to answer for a capital or infamous crime unless

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Except in cases arising in the land or naval forces or in
the militia when in actual service. [Amendments]..... 5
Indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.
The party convicted in case of impeachment shall never-
theless be liable and subject to .
Infamous crime unless on presentment or indictment of a
grand jury. No person shall be held to answer for a
capital or. [Amendments]........

Inferior courts. Congress shall have power to constitute tri-
bunals inferior to the Supreme Court..

Inferior courts as Congress may establish. The judicial power
of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme
Court and such

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The judges of both the Supreme and inferior courts shall
hold their offices during good behavior...
Their compensation shall not be diminished during their
continuance in office . . . . . .

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Inferior officers in the courts of law, in the President alone, or
in the heads of Departments. Congress, if they think
proper, may by law vest the appointment of.
Debts declared illegal and void which were contracted in
aid of. [Amendments]....

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Insurrections and repel invasions. Congress shall provide for

calling forth the militia to suppress..

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Invasion. No State shall, without the consent of Congress,
engage in war unless actually invaded, or in such immi-
nent danger as will not admit of delay.

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The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless
in case of rebellion or
Invasion and domestic violence.

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The United States shall pro-

tect each State against.
Invasions. Congress shall provide for calling forth the militia

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to suppress insurrections and repel.
Inventors and authors in their inventions and writings. Con-
gress may pass laws to secure for limited times exclu-
sive rights to..

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Involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime,
abolished in the United States. Slavery and. [Amend-
ments]...

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Jeopardy of life or limb for the same offense. No person shall
be twice put in. [Amendments]..

Journal of its proceedings. Each House shall keep a..
Judges in every State shall be bound by the Constitution, the
laws made in pursuance thereof, and treaties of the
United States, which shall be the supreme law of the
land......

Judges of the Supreme and inferior courts shall hold their
offices during good behavior....

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Their compensation shall not be diminished during their
continuance in office.

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Judicial power of the United States. Congress shall have power
to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court... 1 8
The judicial power of the United States shall be vested
in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as
Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
It shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising
under the Constitution, laws and treaties of the United
States.....

To all cases affecting ambassadors, other public minis-
ters and consuls

To all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction....
To controversies to which the United States shall be a
party.....

To controversies between two or more States...

To controversies between a State and citizens of another
State....

To controversies between citizens of different States...
To citizens of the same State claiming lands under grants
of different States...

To controversies between a State or its citizens and
foreign States, citizens or subjects......

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In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers
and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party,
the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction..... 3
In all other cases before mentioned it shall have appellate
jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such excep-
tions and under such regulations as Congress shall
make......

The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment,
shall be by jury..

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Judicial power of the United States. The trial shall be held in
the State where the crimes shall have been committed.
But when not committed in a State, the trial shall be at
such place or places as Congress may by law have
directed....

The judicial power of the United States shall not be held
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. [Amendments]....

Judicial proceedings of every other State. Full faith and
credit shall be given in each State to the acts, records,
and.....

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Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts,
records, and proceedings....

Judicial and executive officers of the United States and of the
several States shall be bound by an oath to support the
Constitution.

Judiciary. The Supreme Court shall have original jurisdic-
tion in all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, and those in which a State may
be a party.

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The Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction both
as to law and fact, with such exceptions and regula-
tions as Congress may make..

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Jury. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeach-
ment, shall be by......

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In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a
speedy and public trial by. [Amendments]. . . . . .
All suits at common law, where the value exceeds twenty
dollars, shall be tried by. [Amendments]............
Where a fact has been tried by a jury it shall not be
re-examined except by the rules of the common law.
[Amendments]...

Just compensation. Private property shall not be taken for
public use without. [Amendments]..

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Labor, in one State, escaping into another State. Fugitives
from service or.......

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Land and naval forces. Congress shall make rules for the
government and regulation of the.....

Law of the land. The Constitution, the laws made in pursu-
ance thereof, and treaties of the United States shall be
the supreme.

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Law of nations. Congress shall provide for punishing offenses
against the......

Laws and treaties of the United States. The judicial power
shall extend to all cases in law and equity arising
under the Constitution or the......

Legal tender in payment of debts. No State shall make any-
thing but gold and silver coin a...
Legislation. Congress shall have power to make all laws nec-
essary and proper for carrying into execution all the
powers vested by the Constitution in the Government
of the United States, or in any department or officer
thereof..

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Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth
amendment by appropriate. [Amendments].......... 13
Congress shall have power to enforce the fourteenth
amendment by appropriate. [Amendments]................... 14 5
Congress shall have power to enforce the fifteenth
amendment by appropriate. [Amendments].
Legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Con-
gress. All........
Legislature or the executive (when the legislature cannot be
convened). The United States shall protect each State
against invasion; and against domestic violence on
the application of the..

Legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall call a
convention for proposing amendments to the Constitu-
tion. On the application of the.....

Letters of marque and reprisal. Congress shall have power
to grant.......

No State shall grant.

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Magazines, arsenals, dockyards and other needful buildings.
Congress shall have exclusive authority over all places
purchased for the erection of......

Maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power shall extend to all
cases of admiralty and....

Marque and reprisal. Congress shall have power to grant
letters of.....

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Maryland entitled to six Representatives in the First Con-
gress.....

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Massachusetts entitled to eight Representatives in the First
Congress...

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Measures. Congress shall fix the standard of weights and..
Militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrections, and repel
invasions. Power and duty of Congress in relation
thereto. Congress shall provide for calling forth the. 1 8 27

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Naturalization. Congress shall have power to establish a
uniform rule of...
Naturalized in the United States, and
diction, shall be citizens of the
the State in which they reside.
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subject to their juris-
United States and of
All persons born or.

Naval forces. Congress shall make rules and regulations for
the government and regulation of the land and........
Navy. Congress shall have power to provide and maintain a
New Hampshire entitled to three Representatives in the First
Congress..

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New Jersey entitled to four Representatives in the First Con-
gress..

New States may be admitted by Congress into this Union....
New York entitled to six Representatives in the First Con-
gress...

Nobility shall be granted by the United States. No title of..
No State shall grant any title of....
Nominations for office by the President.

The President shall
nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors and other public
officers...

He may grant commissions to fill vacancies that happen
in the recess of the Senate, which shall expire at the
end of their next session..

North Carolina entitled to five Representatives in the First
Congress.

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Oath or affirmation. No warrants shall be issued but upon
probable cause, supported by. [Amendments].

Oath or affirmation to support Constitution....

Obligation of contracts.

No State shall pass any ex post facto

law, or law impairing the..
Overt act, of treason how to be proved

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Pardons, except in cases of impeachment. The President
may grant reprieves and......

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Patent rights to inventors. Congress may pass laws for secur-
ing...

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Pensions and bounties, what shall not be questioned..
Pennsylvania entitled to eight Representatives in the First

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Congress.

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Persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable
searches and seizures. The people shall be secure in
their. [Amendments].

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