U.S. Constitution

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U.S. Constittution

U.S. Constitution

Preamble

Article I. The Congress

SECTION 1. Legislative power vested in Congress

SECTION 2. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Clause 1. Composition and election of Members
Clause 2. Qualifications of Members
Clause 3. Apportionment of Representatives and taxes
Clause 4. Vacancies
Clause 5. Speaker and other officers; Impeachment

SECTION 3. SENATE

Clause 1. Composition; Election of Senators
Clause 2. Classification of Senators; Vacancies
Clause 3. Qualifications of Senators
Clause 4. Vice President as President of Senate
Clause 5. President pro tempore and other officers
Clause 6. Trial of Impeachment
Clause 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment; Punishment on conviction

SECTION 4. CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS

Clause 1. Time, place, and manner of holding
Clause 2. Sessions of Congress

SECTION 5. Powers and Duties of the Houses

Clause 1. Judging Elections, Returns, and Qualifications of Members
Clause 2. Rules of Each House
Clause 3. The Journal of Each House
Clause 4. Adjournment

SECTION 6. COMPENSATION, PRIVILEGES, AND RESTRICTIONS ON HOLDING CIVIL OFFICE

Clause 1. Compensation and legal protection
Clause 2. Independence from the executive

SECTION 7. BILLS

Clause 1. Origination of Revenue Bills
Clause 2. Presentment to President: House and Senate Bills;  Veto and Override
Clause 3. Presentment to the President: Orders, Resolutions, or Votes; Veto and Override

SECTION 8. POWERS OF CONGRESS

Clause 1. Taxes, Common Defense, General Welfare
Clause 2. Power to Borrow Money
Clause 3. Power to Regulate Commerce
Clause 4. Naturalization and Bankruptcy
Clause 5. Coinage of Money
Clause 6. Punishment for Counterfeiting
Clause 7. Establishment of Post Office
Clause 8. Copyrights and Patents
Clause 9. Creation of Lower Courts
Clause 10. Maritime Crimes and Offenses Against the Law of Nations
Clause 11. Declarations of War
Clause 12. Raising Armies
Clause 13. The Navy
Clause 14. Rules and Regulations for Army and Navy
Clause 15. The Militia
Clause 16. Regulating the Militia
Clause 17. District of Columbia; Federal Property
Clause 18. All Laws Necessary and Proper

SECTION 9. LIMITS ON CONGRESS

Clause 1. Importation of Such Persons and the States Think It Proper To Admit
Clause 2. Writ of Habeas Corpus
Clause 3. Bills of Attainder and Ex Post Facto Laws
Clause 4. Capitation or Direct Taxes
Clause 5. Duties on Exports from States
Clause 6. Preference of Ports
Clause 7. Appropriations and Accounting of Public Money
Clause 8. Titles of Nobility

SECTION 10. Powers Denied to THE STATES

Clause 1. Treaties, Coining Money, Impairing Contracts
Clause 2. Duties on Exports and Imports
Clause 3. Tonnage Duties and Interstate Compacts

Article II

SECTION 1. PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

Clause 1. Powers and Term of President
Clause 2. Method of Choosing Electors
Clause 3. Electors
Clause 4. Election Day
Clause 5. Qualifications for Office
Clause 6. Vacancy and Disability
Clause 7. Salary
Clause 8. Oath or Affirmation

SECTION 2. PRESIDENTIAL POWERS

Clause 1. Command of military; Opinions of cabinet secretaries; Pardons
Clause 2. Advice and Consent Clause
Clause 3. Recess appointments

SECTION 3. PRESIDENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Clause 1. State of the Union
Clause 2. Making recommendations to Congress
Clause 3. Convening and adjourning of Congress
Clause 4. Receiving foreign representatives
Clause 5. Caring for the faithful execution of the law
Clause 6. Officers’ commissions

SECTION 4. IMPEACHMENT

Article III

Section 1. Federal courts

Clause 1. Number of courts
Clause 2. Tenure
Clause 3. Salaries

SECTION 2. JUDICIAL POWER, JURISDICTION, AND TRIAL BY JURY

Clause 1. Cases and controversies
Clause 2. Original and appellate jurisdiction
Clause 3. Federal trials

Section 3. Treason

Article IV. The States

SECTION 1. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT

SECTION 2. RIGHTS OF STATE CITIZENS; RIGHTS OF EXTRA-DITION

Clause 1. Privileges and Immunities
Clause 2. Extradition of fugitives
Clause 3. Fugitive Slave Clause

SECTION 3: NEW STATES AND FEDERAL PROPERTY

Clause 1. New states
Clause 2. Property Clause

SECTION 4: OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES

Clause 1. Republican government
Clause 2. Protection from invasion and domestic violence

Article V. Prior Debts, National Supremacy, Oaths of Office

Article VI. Laws and Treaties

Clause 1. Debts
Clause 2. Supremacy
Clause 3. Oaths

Article VII. Ratification

 

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Clause 1. Origination of Revenue Bills

The drafting of the62).