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Trust No person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States shall be ap

pointed an elector..
Trust. No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust

under the United States.....
Try all impeachments. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments......
Twenty dollars. In suits at common law, when the value in controversy shall exceed twenty

dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved..
Two-thirds. No person shall be convicted by the Senate on an impeachment without the

concurrence of two-thirds of the members present..
Two-thirds. Each House of Congress may, by the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member
Two-thirds. Bills returned with objections by the President, may be passed by two-thirds of

both Houses of Congress and become a law......
Two-thirds. Any order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate and

House of Representatives may be necessary, (except on a question of adjourn-
ment,) and returned with objections by the President, may be re-passed by two-

thirds of both Houses of Congress...
Two-thirds. The President shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-

ate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the Senators present concur.
Two-thirds. The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary,

shall propose amendments to this Constitution....
Two-thirds. On the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, Con-

gress shall call a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution......
Two-thirds. A quorum (of the House of Representatives for the election of President) shall

consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of

all the States shall be necessary to a choice.
Two-thirds. A quorum (for the election of Vice President by the Senate) shall consist of

two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number
shall be necessary to a choice..

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ALPHABETICAL ANALYSIS. Continued.

8

Art. sec. cl. page.
Uniform. All duties, imports, and excises, shall be uniform throughout the U. S......... 1 8 1
Uniform. Congress shall have power to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uni-
form laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States.

1 8 4 8
Union. The Constitution established in order to form a more perfect Union.

Preamble. 1
Union. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which

may be included within this Union according to their respective numbers, &c..... 1 2 3 2
Union. 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.....

2 3 1 16
Union. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union....

4 3 1 20
Union. The United States shall guaranty to every State in the Union a republican form of
government..

4 4 1 20
United States, or Government of the United States. We the people of the United States, &c.,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.. .... Preamble.

1
United States. All legislative powers herein granted, shall be vested in a Congress of the U. S. 1 1 1 1
United States. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of
25 years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States. .

1 2 2 2
United States. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from
each State...

1 3 1 3
United States. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal

from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit,
under the United States...

1 3 7 4 United States. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their ser

vices, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. 1 6 1 6 United States. No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected,

be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall

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have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased, during such time: and no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a

member of either House during his continuance in office. United States. Congress shall have power to provide for the common defence and general

welfare of the United States. United States. All duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States United States. Congress shall have power to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and

uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States.
United States. Congress shall have power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting

the securities and current coin of the United States..
United States. Establishment of the seat of Government of the United States.
United States. 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 office thereof...
United States. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States..
United States Treasury. (See Treasury.)
United States. No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any imposts or duties on

imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its in-
spection laws, and the nett 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...
United States. The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of

America..
United States. No Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit

under the United States, shall be appointed an elector of President and Vice Pres

ident... United States. The time of choosing electors shall be the same throughout the United States United States. No person except a natural born citizen, or citizen of the United States at the

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time of the adoption of the Constitution, nor unless he shall have attained the age
of 35 years, and been 14 years a resident of the United States, shall be President of

the United States.
United States. The President shall be Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy of the

United States, and of the militia of the several States, when called into actual ser

vice of the U. S..
United States. The President shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences

against the U. States, except in cases of impeachment.
United States. The President shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the

Senate, appoint officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein

otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law.
United States. The President shall commission all officers of the United States.
United States. The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States,

shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bri

bery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
United States. The Judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme

Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and

establish..
United States. The Judicial power shall extend to all controversies to which the United States

shall be a party.
United States. 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...
United States. Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against

them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. United States. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and

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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....

4 3 2 20
United States. The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican

form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on appli-
cation of the Legislature, or of the Executive, (when the Legislature cannot be con-
vened,) against domestic violence....

4 4 1 20
United States. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty
years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States..

..... 1 3 3 4
United States. All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this

Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as
under the Confederation...

6

1 21 United States. 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.....

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2 21
United States. 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....

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United States court. 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 re-examined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law..

7th amend. 27 United States. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor pro

hibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.. 10th amend. 28 United States. 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....... l1th amend. 28

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