A brief exposition of the Constitution of the United States

1. Legislative department : Section I. Congress in general

Section II. House of Representatives : Organization of the house ; Qualifications of representatives ; Apportionment of representatives ; Vacancies ; Officers and power of impeachments

Section III. Senate : Organization of senate ; Classification and vacancies ; Qualifications ; Presiding officers ; Other officers ; Trial of impeachments ; Judgment in impeachments

Section IV. Both houses : Election of members ; Meeting of congress ; Section V. The houses separately : Contested seats, quorum, powers of a minority ; Rules of proceeding ; Journal, yeas and nays ; Power of adjournment

Section VI. Privileges and disabilities of members : Compensation of members ; Freedom from arrest ; Freedom of speech ; Disqualifications of members

Section VII. Mode of passing laws : Revenue bills ; The president's veto ; Second passage of a bill ; Other resolutions besides bills

Section VIII. Powers granted to Congress : Laying taxes ; Borrowing money ; Regulating commerce ; Naturalization and bankruptcy ; Coinage, weights and measures ; Punishment of counterfeiting ; Post office ; Copy rights and patent rights ; District courts ; Piracy ; Declaration of war ; The army ; The navy ; Rules for army and navy ; The militia ; Organization of do ; Seat of government, dockyards ; General power

Section IX. Powers denied to the United States : Importation of slaves ; Writs of habeas corpus ; Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws ; Direct taxes ; Export duties ; The treasury ; Titles of nobility

Section X. Powers denied to the states : Treaties, coinage ; Duties, army, navy

2. Executive department : Section I. President and Vice President : Term of service ; Presidential electors ; Mode of choosing presidents and vice president ; Amendment to article ; Time of choosing electors ; Qualifications for the presidency ; Vacancy in do ; Compensation of the president ; Oath of office

Section II. Powers of the president : Commander in chief pardoning power ; Treaties, appointment of officers ; Power to fill vacancies

Section III. Duties of the President : Messages to congress ; Extra sessions ; Adjournment

Section IV. Impeachment of the President : The officers liable to impeachment ; Penalty

3. Judicial department : Section I. United States courts : Supreme courts ; District courts, do. Tenure of office

Section II. Jurisdiction of the United States courts : Extent of jurisdiction ; Amendment, article XI ; Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court ; Mode and place of trial

Section III. Treason : Definition of treason ; Proof of treason ; Punishment of treason

4. Article IV : Section I: State records: credit of state records

Section II. Privileges of citizens : Rights of Citizenship ; Restoration of criminals ; Restoration of persons held to service or labor

Section III. New states and territories : Admission of new states ; Government of territories

Section IV. Guarantee to the states : Guarantee of republicans government ; protection against invasion

5. Power of amendment : Necessity of such a power

Mode of making amendments

Limitation to the power of amendment

6. Public debt : Assumption by the United States of the debts of the confederation : Supremacy of the constitution laws and treaties of the United States ; Oath of office ; Religious tests

7. Ratification of the constitution : Mode of ratifying the constitution

8. Amendments to the constitution : Article I. Freedom of religion ect. : Freedom of religion ; Freedom of speech, and of the press. Article II. Right to bear arms: right to bear arms ; Article IIII. Quartering soldiers on citizens: origin of this provision ; Article IV. Search warrants: the right to be free from unreasonable searches ; Article V. Trials for crime: The grand jury ; Mode of making indictments ; Courts martial

Article VI. Rights of accused persons: right of trial by jury ; Article VII. Suits at common law: right of trial by jury, in civil suits ; Article VIII. Excessive bail: origin of this provision ; ARticle IX., X. Mode of construing the constitution ; ARticle XI., XII., XIII., XIV; Article XV