ANALYTICAL INDEX

TO THE

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

AND THE

AMENDMENTS THERETO.

A.

Abridged. The privileges or immunities of citizens of the

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United States shall not be [Amendments]..
Absent members, in such manner and under such penalties
as it may provide. Each House is authorized to com-
pel the attendance of.....
Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money
shall be published from time to time. A statement
of the..

Accusation. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall
be informed of the cause and nature of the [Amend-
ments]..........

Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all criminal

prosecutions the [Amendments]

He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the State and
district where the crime was committed. [Amend-
ments]....

He shall be informed of the nature of the accusation.
[Amendments]....

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He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him.
[Amendments].

He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses
in his favor. [Amendments]..

He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

[Amendments] ....

Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall
be tried by jury. [Amendments].

Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State.
Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to
the.....

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

Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a

quorum of each House may..

Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place
than that in which they shall be sitting. Neither
House shall, during the session of Congress, without
the consent of the other.....

Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such time
as he shall think proper. In case of disagreement
between the two Houses as to.....

Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power
shall extend to all cases of......

Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new State
shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of
any other State. New States may be..
Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of two
or more States, or parts of States, without the con-
sent of the legislatures and of Congress.
Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All debts and
engagements contracted by the confederation and
before the.....

Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall
have power to make treaties by and with the.......
To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and
consuls by and with the .

To appoint all other officers of the United States not
herein otherwise provided for by and with the......
Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall be
on oath or.....

To be taken by the President of the United States.
Form of the oath or..

No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause
and on oath or [Amendments]

To support the Constitution. Senators and Representa-
tives, members of State legislatures, executive and
judicial officers, both State and Federal, shall be
bound by oath or

Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not
have attained twenty-five years of..

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained
thirty years of......

Agreement or compact with another State without the con-
sent of Congress. No state shall enter into any...
Aid and comfort. Treason against the United States shall
consist in levying war against them, adhering to their
enemies, and giving them...

Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into any
treaty of.....

Ambassadors, or other public ministers and consuls. The
President may appoint ...

The judicial power of the United States shall extend to
all cases affecting....

Amendments to the Constitution. Whenever two-thirds of
both Houses shall deem it necessary, Congress shall
propose

To the Constitution. On application of the legislatures
of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall call a con-
vention to propose
Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by
conventions in, three-fourths of the States........
Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on present-
ment of a grand jury. No person shall be held to
[Amendments]

Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in the
militia when in actual service. [Amendments] ..
Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such
exceptions and under such regulations as Congress
shall make. In what cases the Supreme Court shall
have....

Application of the legislature or the executive of a State.
The United States shall protect each State against.
invasion and domestic violence on the ...

Application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States,
Congress shall call a convention for proposing amend-
ments to the Constitution. On the...
Appointment of officers and authority to train the militia
reserved to the States respectively.

Of such inferior officers as they may think proper in the
President alone. Congress may by law vest the...
In the courts of law or in the heads of departments.
Congress may by law vest the......

Apportionment of representation and direct taxation among

the several States. Provisions relating to the [Re-
pealed by sec. 2 of 14th amendment, on page 31]...
Of Representatives among the several States. Provi-
sions relating to the [Amendments]..

Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power to
make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into
execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers
vested by the Constitution in the Government of the
United States, or in any department or officer thereof
Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth arti-
cle, prohibiting slavery by [Amendments]..
Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of
the fourteenth article by [Amendments]..........
Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of
the fifteenth article by [Amendments]......
Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies
shall be for a longer term than two years. But no..
Appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn
from the Treasury but in consequence of.......
Approve and sign a bill before it shall become a law. The
President shall

He shall return it to the House in which it originated,
with his objections, if he do not....

Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a

longer term than two years. Congress shall have
power to raise and support....

Armies. Congress shall make rules for the government
and regulation of the land and naval forces..
Arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being
necessary to the security of a free State, the right of
the people to keep and bear [Amendments]...
Arrest during their attendance at the session of their re-
spective Houses, and in going to and returning from
the same. Members shall in all cases, except trea-
son, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged
from.

Arsenals. Congress shall exercise exclusive authority over
all places purchased for the erection of.........
Articles exported from any State. No tax or duty shall be
laid on.....
Arts by securing to authors and inventors their patent
rights. Congress may promote the progress of science
and the useful..
Assistance of counsel for his defense. In all criminal prose-
cutions the accused shall have the [Amendments].
Assumption of the debt or obligations incurred in aid of
rebellion or insurrection against the United States.
Provisions against the [Amendments]...
Attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No bill of..

Attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obliga-
tion of contracts. No State shall pass any bill of...
Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or
forfeiture, except during the life of the person at-
tainted
Authors and inventors the exclusive right to their writ-
ings and inventions. Congress shall have power to
secure to..

......

B.

Bail. Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines nor cruel and unusual punishments imposed. [Amendments]......

Ballot for President and Vice-President. The electors shall vote by [Amendments]. .

Ballot. If no person have a majority of the electoral votes for President and Vice-President, the House of Representatives shall immediately choose the President by [Amendments].

Bankruptcies. Congress shall have power to pass uniform
laws on the subject of...

Basis of representation among the several States. Provi-
sions relating to the [Amendments]......
Bear arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia
being necessary to the security of a free State, the
right of the people to keep and [Amendments] ..
Behavior. The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts
shall hold their offices during good.......

Bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. No..
Bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the
obligation of contracts. No State shall pass any...

Bills of credit. No State shall emit...

Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives. All...

Bills which shall have passed the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives shall, before they become laws, be pre-
sented to the President..

If he approve, he shall sign them; if he disapprove, he shall return them, with his objections, to that House in which they originated...

Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the President with his objections, if two-thirds of each House agree to pass the same, it shall become a law....... Upon the reconsideration of a bill returned by the President, the question shall be taken by yeas and nays..