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Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State entitled to faith and

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Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. 1
before they become laws, shall be passed by both houses and
approved by the President; or, if disapproved, shall be passed
by two-thirds of each house.

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not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene,
shall be laws.

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Citizens of United States, not to be abridged on account of color, race, or

previous condition of servi-
tude, (15th amendment) .

Citizens of each State shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of

citizens in the several States. .

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Claims, no prejudice to certain.

of the United States, or of the several States, not to be
prejudiced by any construction of the Constitution.

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ART. SEC. PAGE.

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may alter the regulations of State legislatures concerning elec-
tions of senators and representatives, except as to place of
choosing senators. .

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may provide for cases of removal, death, &c., of President and
Vice-President .

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may determine the time of choosing electors of President and
Vice-President . .

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may invest the appointment of inferior officers in the President
alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments.
may establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court.
may declare the punishment of treason. .

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may prescribe the manner of proving the acts and records of
each State...

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may propose amendments to Constitution or call a convention. 5
to lay and collect duties.

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to establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and naturalization.
to coin money, to regulate the value of coin, and fix a standard

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to define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and of-
fenses against the laws of nations. .

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to declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules concern-
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to exercise exclusive legislation over seat of government.
to pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into
effect. . .

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to dispose of and make rules concerning the territory or other
property of the United States. . .

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President may convene and adjourn in certain cases
may enforce prohibition of slavery by appropriate legislation,
(amendment). . .

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ART.

Congress may, by a two-third's vote, remove disability of persons who en-
gaged in rebellion, (14th amendment)..

shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the pro-
visions of Article XIV, (14th amendment).

shall have power to enforce the provisions of Article XV, (15th
amendment)...

representation in, how apportioned, (14th amendment).

Constitution, how amended. . .

laws and treaties declared to be the supreme law. .
rendered operative by the ratification of nine States. .

Contracts, no law impairing . . .

Conventions for proposing amendments to the Constitution.
Counterfeiting, Congress to provide for punishment of.
Court, Supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction.

Courts inferior to the Supreme Court may be ordained by Congress .

Ditto.

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Crimes, persons accused of, fleeing from justice, may be demanded.
how to be tried.

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Debt, public, authorized by law, shall not be questioned, (14th amend-
ment). . .

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

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on exports prohibited. .

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on imports and exports imposed by States shall inure to the treasu-
ry of the United States.

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Elections of Senators and representative shall be prescribed by the
States'. . .

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qualifications and returns of members of Congress to be de-
termined by each house.

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Electors of President and Vice-President, how chosen, and their duties. .
altered (see 12th amendment).

to vote the same day throughout the United States.

no senator or representative, or public officer, shall serve as
Enumeration every ten years.

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Habeas corpus, writ of, can be suspended in cases of rebellion or in-

vasion

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