| Admiralty Clause |
Article III,
§2, clause 1 |
The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and
equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the United States,
and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority;--to
all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers 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;--between a state and citizens of another state;--
between citizens of different states;--between citizens of the same
state claiming lands under grants of different states, and between a
state, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens or
subjects. |
| Advice & Consent Clause |
Article II,
§2, clause 2 |
He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators
present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers
and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the
United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for,
and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest
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. |
| Affirmation Clause |
Article VI, clause 3 |
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the
members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and
judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states,
shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but
no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any
office or public trust under the United States. |
| Appointments Clause |
Article II,§2 |
He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators
present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers
and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the
United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for,
and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest
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. |
| Basket Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 18 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing
powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the
government of the United States, or in any department or officer
thereof. |
| Bill of Rights |
Amendments 1-10 |
|
| Citizenship Clause |
14th Amendment,
§1 |
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States
and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
| Coefficient Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 18 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing
powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the
government of the United States, or in any department or officer
thereof. |
| Coinage Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 5 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To coin money,
regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of
weights and measures; |
| Comity Clause |
Article IV,
§2, clause 1 |
The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all
privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states. |
| Commander in Chief Clause |
Article II,
§2, clause 1 |
The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and
Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, . .
. . |
| Commerce Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 3 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate commerce
with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian
tribes; |
| Compact Clause |
Article I,
§10, clause 3 |
No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any
duty of tonnage, keep troops, or ships of war in time of peace, enter
into any agreement or compact with another state, or with a foreign
power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent
danger as will not admit of delay. |
| Compulsory Process Clause |
6th Amendment |
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the
right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state
and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district
shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the
nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses
against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. |
| Contracts Clause |
Article I,
§10, clause 1 |
No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or
confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit
bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in
payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law
impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. |
| Copyright Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 8 |
The Congress shall have power . . . 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; |
| Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause |
8th Amendment |
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor
excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. |
| Disposing Clause |
Article IV,
§3, clause 2 |
The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all
needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property
belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall
be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of
any particular state. |
| Dormant Commerce Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 3 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate
commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with
the Indian tribes; |
| Double Jeopardy Clause |
5th Amendment |
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or
otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a
grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in
the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor
shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in
jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to
be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be
taken for public use, without just compensation. |
| Due Process Clause |
5th Amendment |
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness
against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use,
without just compensation. |
|
14th Amendment,
§1 |
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
| Elastic Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 18 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing
powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the
government of the United States, or in any department or officer
thereof. |
| Emolument Clause |
Article I,
§9, clause 8 |
No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no
person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without
the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office,
or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state. |
| Equal Protection Clause |
14th Amendment |
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States
and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any
law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
| Establishment Clause |
1st Amendment |
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. |
| Ex Post Facto Clause |
Article I,
§9, clause 3 |
No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. |
|
Article I,
§10, clause 1 |
No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant
letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make
anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any
bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of
contracts, or grant any title of nobility. |
| Exceptions Clause |
Article III,
§2, clause 2 |
In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls,
and those in which a state shall be party, the Supreme Court shall have
original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the
Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and
fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress
shall make. |
| Excessive Fines Clause |
8th Amendment |
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor
cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. |
| Exercise Clause |
1st Amendment |
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. |
| Export Clause |
Article 1,
§10, clause 2 |
No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or
duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary
for executing its inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and
imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use
of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject
to the revision and control of the Congress. |
| Extradition Clause |
Article IV,
§2, clause 2 |
A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who
shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall on demand
of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered
up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime. |
| Faithfully Executed Clause |
Article II,
§3 |
He [The President] shall from time to time give to the Congress
information of the state of the union, and recommend to their
consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient;
he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of
them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time
of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think
proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he
shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall
commission all the officers of the United States. |
| Free Exercise Clause |
1st Amendment |
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. |
| Freedom of the Press Clause |
| Freedom of Speech Clause |
| Full Faith and Credit Clause |
Article IV,
§1 |
Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts,
records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress
may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records,
and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof. |
| Fugitive Slave Clause |
Article IV,
§2, clause 3 |
No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof,
escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be
delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be
due. |
| General Welfare Clause |
Article 1,
§8, clause 1 |
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts
and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and
general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and
excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; |
| Grand Jury Clause |
5th Amendment |
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness
against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use,
without just compensation. |
| Guarantee Clause |
Article IV,
§4 |
The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a
republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against
invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive
(when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence. |
| Import-Export Clause |
Article I,
§10, clause 2 |
No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or
duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary
for executing its inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and
imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use
of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject
to the revision and control of the Congress. |
| Income Tax Clause |
16th Amendment |
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from
whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states,
and without regard to any census of enumeration. |
| Indian Commerce Clause |
Article 1,
§8, clause 3 |
The Congress shall have the power . . . To regulate commerce with
foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian
tribes; |
| Interstate Commerce Clause |
| Just Compensation Clause |
5th Amendment |
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness
against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use,
without just compensation. |
| Liberty Clause |
14th Amendment,
§1 |
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
| Loyalty Clause |
Article VI,
§3 |
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of
the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers,
both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by
oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test
shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust
under the United States. |
|
14th Amendment,
§3 |
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector
of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously
taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United
States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or
judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United
States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may
by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. |
| Militia Clause |
Article 1,
§8, clauses 15 and 16 |
The Congress shall have power . . . 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
United States, reserving to the states respectively, the appointment of
the officers, and the authority of training the militia according to the
discipline prescribed by Congress; |
| Natural Born Citizen Clause |
Article II,
§1, clause 5 |
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United
States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be
eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be
eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty
five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States. |
| Naturalization Clause |
14th Amendment,
§1 |
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
| Necessary & Proper Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 18 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall
be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing
powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the
government of the United States, or in any department or officer
thereof. |
| Negative Commerce Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 3 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To regulate commerce with foreign
nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; |
| Oath or Affirmation Clause |
Article VI, clause 3 |
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of
the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers,
both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by
oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test
shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust
under the United States. |
| Obligation of Contracts Clause |
Article I,
§10, clause 1 |
No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant
letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make
anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any
bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of
contracts, or grant any title of nobility. |
| Order, Resolution, or
Vote Clause |
Article 1,
§7, clause 3 |
Every order, resolution, or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate
and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of
adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States;
and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him, or
being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate
and House of Representatives, according to the rules and limitations
prescribed in the case of a bill. |
| Origination Clause |
Article 1,
§7, clause 1 |
All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as
on other Bills. |
| Patent & Copyright Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 8 |
The Congress shall have power . . . 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; |
| Preamble |
|
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect
union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America. |
| Presentment Clause |
Article I,
§7, clause 2 |
Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the
Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of
the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall
return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have
originated, who shall enter the objections at large on their journal,
and proceed to reconsider it. If after such reconsideration two thirds
of that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together
with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be
reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall
become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both Houses shall be
determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and
against the bill shall be entered on the journal of each House
respectively. If any bill shall not be returned by the President within
ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him,
the same shall be a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless
the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return, in which case it
shall not be a law. |
| Privileges & Immunities
Clause |
Article IV,
§2, clause 1 |
The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and
immunities of citizens in the several states. |
| Privileges or Immunities Clause |
14th Amendment,
§1 |
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any
state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of
law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws. |
| Religion Clause |
1st Amendment |
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. |
| Republican Form Clause |
Article IV,
§4 |
The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a
republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against
invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive
(when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence. |
| Reserved Power Clause |
10th Amendment |
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. |
| Right to Bear Arms Amendment |
2d Amendment |
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free
state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be
infringed. |
| Right to Travel Clause |
Article IV,
§2, clause 1 |
|
|
14th Amendment,
§1 |
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state
wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. |
| Search & Seizure Clause |
4th Amendment |
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place
to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. |
| Self-Incrimination Clause |
5th Amendment |
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness
against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use,
without just compensation. |
| Slavery Amendment |
13th Amendment |
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist
within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. |
| Speech & Debate Clause |
Article I,
§6, clause 1 |
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their
services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the
United States. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony and
breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance
at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning
from the same; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall
not be questioned in any other place. |
| Speedy Trial Clause |
6th Amendment |
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district
wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have
been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and
cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against
him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor,
and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense. |
| Statement & Account Clause |
Article I,
§9, clause 7 |
No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of
appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of
receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from
time to time. |
| Sweeping Clause |
Article 1,
§8, clause 18 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To make all laws which shall be
necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers,
and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of
the United States, or in any department or officer thereof. |
| Subscription Cause |
List of signatories |
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| Supremacy Clause |
Article VI, clause 2 |
This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made
in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made,
under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of
the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything
in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary
notwithstanding. |
| Takings Clause |
5th Amendment |
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness
against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use,
without just compensation |
| Three-fifths Clause |
Article I,
§2, clause 3 |
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several
states which may be included within this union, according to their
respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole
number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of
years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other
Persons. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three years after
the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every
subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law
direct. |
| Treaty Clause |
Article II,
§2 |
He [The President] shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present
concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls,
judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States,
whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall
be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest 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.
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| Trial by Jury Clause |
7th Amendment |
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed
twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no
fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the
United States, than according to the rules of the common law. |
| Uniformity Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 1 |
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts
and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and
general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises
shall be uniform throughout the United States;
|
| War Clause |
Article I,
§8, clauses 11-14 |
The Congress shall have power . . . To declare war, grant letters of
marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;
To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use
shall be for a longer term than two years;
To provide and maintain a navy;
To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval
forces;
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| Warrant Clause |
4th Amendment |
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place
to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. |
| "We the People" |
Preamble |
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect
union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the
common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.
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| Welfare Clause |
Article I,
§8, clause 1 |
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts
and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and
general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises
shall be uniform throughout the United States;
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| Women's Suffrage Amendment |
19th Amendment |
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. |
