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38 INDEX TO CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
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Art.
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Sec.
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South Carolina entitled to five Representatives in the First Congress....
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Speaker and other officers. The House of Representatives shall choose
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their........................................................
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Speedy and public trial by a jury. In all criminal prosecutions the
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accused shall have a. [Amendments]..........................
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Standard of weights and measures. Congress shall fix the..............
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State of the Union. The President shall, from time to time, give Con-
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gress information of the......................................
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State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers of the United
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States, shall take an oath to support the Constitution. All mem-
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bers of the several............................................
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States. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the
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executive authority shall issue writs of election to fill such
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vacancies....................................................
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Congress shall have power to regulate commerce among the
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several......................................................
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No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation....
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10
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Shall not grant letters of marque and reprisal....................
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Shall not coin money...........................................
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Shall not emit bills of credit....................................
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Shall not make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in pay-
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ment of debts................................................
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Shall not pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law im-
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pairing the obligation of contracts.............................
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Shall not grant any title of nobility.............................
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Shall not, without the consent of Congress, lay any duties on im-
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ports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for
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executing its inspection laws..................................
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Shall not, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of ton-
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nage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into
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any agreement or compact with another State or with a foreign
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power, or engage in war unless actually invaded or in such im-
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minent danger as will not admit of delay......................
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Full faith and credit in every other State shall be given to the
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public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each State......
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States. Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts, records,
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and proceedings.............................................
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Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and im-
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munities of citizens in the several States.......................
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New States may be admitted by Congress into this Union........
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But no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdic-
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tion of another State.........................................
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Nor any State formed by the junction of two or more States or
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parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures as well as
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of Congress.................................................
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No State shall be deprived, without its consent, of its equal
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suffrage in the Senate........................................
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Three-fourths of the legislatures of the States or conventions of
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three-fourths of the States, as Congress shall prescribe, may
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ratify amendments to the Constitution........................
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The United States shall guarantee a republican form of govern-
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ment to every State in the Union.............................
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They shall protect each State against invasion...................
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And on application of the legislature, or the executive (when the
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legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.....
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The ratification by nine States shall be sufficient to establish the
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Constitution between the States so ratifying the same..........
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When the choice of President shall devolve on the House of Repre-
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sentatives, the vote shall be taken by States. [Amendments]...
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But in choosing the President the vote shall be taken by States,
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the representation from each State having one vote. [Amend-
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ments]......................................................
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A quorum for choice of President shall consist of a member or
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members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the
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States shall be necessary to a choice. [Amendments]............
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