Elliot's Debates: Volume 1
Digest of the Constitution
House. (See Senate.) To be exempt from the quartering of soldiers in any house, in time of peace, without the consent of the owner; and in time of war, unless prescribed by law 3 To be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures 4 To be free, except in the army, navy, and militia, from answering for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury 5 Not to be jeopardized twice for the same offence 5 Not to be compelled, in criminal cases, to be a witness against himself 5 Not to be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due course of law 5 Private property shall not be taken for public use, without just compensation 5
| Art. | Sec. | |||
| Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state, entitled to faith and credit in other states | 4 | 1 | ||
| Amendments to the Constitution, how made | 5 | |||
| Appropriations by law. (See Treasury.) | 1 | 9 | ||
| Attainder, bill of, prohibited | 1 | 9 | ||
| Attainder of treason shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of the person attainted | 3 | 3 | ||
| Bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives | 1 | 7 | ||
| Before they become laws, shall be passed by both houses, and approved by the President; or, if disapproved, shall be passed by two thirds of each house | 1 | 7 | ||
| Bills not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene, shall be considered as approved | 1 | 7 | ||
| Capitation Tax. (See Tax.) | 1 | 9 | ||
| Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years | 1 | 2 | ||
| Claims of the United States, or of the several states, not to be prejudiced by any construction of the Constitution | 4 | 3 | ||
| Citizens of each state shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states | 4 | 2 | ||
| Commerce, regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform | 1 | 9 | ||
| Congress, vested with legislative power | 1 | 1 | ||
| May alter the regulations of state legislatures concerning elections of senators and representatives, except as to place of choosing senators | 1 | 4 | ||
| Shall assemble once every year | 1 | 4 | ||
| May provide for cases of removal of President and Vice-President | 2 | 1 | ||
| May determine the time of choosing electors of President and Vice-President | 2 | 1 | ||
| May invest the appointment of inferior officers in the President alone, in the courts of law, or the heads of departments | 2 | 2 | ||
| May from time to time establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court | 3 | 1 | ||
| May (with one limitation) declare the punishment of treason | 3 | 3 | ||
| May prescribe the manner of proving the acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state | 4 | 1 | ||
| The assent of required to the formation of a new state within the jurisdiction of any other, or by the junction of two or more | 4 | 3 | ||
| May propose amendments to the Constitution, or, on application, call a convention | 5 | |||
| The assent of required to the admission of new states into the Union | 4 | 3 | ||
| To lay and collect duties on imposts and excises | 1 | 8 | ||
| To borrow money | 1 | 8 | ||
| To regulate commerce | 1 | 8 | ||
| To establish uniform laws of bankruptcy and naturalization | 1 | 8 | ||
| To coin money, regulate the value of coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures | 1 | 8 | ||
| To punish counterfeiting | 1 | 8 | ||
| To establish post-offices and post-roads | 1 | 8 | ||
| To authorize patents to authors and inventors | 1 | 8 | ||
| To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court | 1 | 8 | ||
| To define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and offences against the laws of nations | 1 | 8 | ||
| To declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules concerning captures | 1 | 8 | ||
| To raise and support armies | 1 | 8 | ||
| To provide and maintain a navy | 1 | 8 | ||
| To make rules for the government of the army and navy | 1 | 8 | ||
| To call for the militia in certain cases | 1 | 8 | ||
| To organize, arm, and discipline, the militia | 1 | 8 | ||
| To exercise exclusive legislation over ten miles square | 1 | 8 | ||
| To pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into effect | 1 | 8 | ||
| To dispose of, and make rules concerning, the territory or other property of the United States | 4 | 3 | ||
| Constitution, formed by the people of the United States, Preamble | ||||
| How amended | 5 | |||
| And the laws under it, and treaties, declared to be the supreme law | 6 | |||
| Rendered operative by the ratification of the Conventions of nine states | 7 | |||
| Conventions, for proposing amendments to the Constitution | 5 | |||
| Court, Supreme, its orginal and appellate jurisdiction | 3 | 2 | ||
| Courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, may be ordained by Congress | 3 | 1 | ||
| Crimes, persons accused of, fleeting from justice, may be demanded | 4 | 2 | ||
| Debts against the Confederation to be valid against the United States under this Constitution | 6 | |||
| Duties on exports prohibited | 1 | 9 | ||
| On imports and exports, imposed by states, shall enure to the treasury of the United States | 1 | 10 | ||
| Elections, of senators and representatives, shall be prescribed by the state legislatures, as to time, place, and manner | 1 | 4 | ||
| Qualifications and returns of members of Congress to be determined by each house | 1 | 5 | ||
| Electors of President and Vice-President, how chosen, and their duties | 2 | 1 | ||
| and 12th amendment | 2 | 1 | ||
| Shall vote the same day, throughout the United States | 2 | 1 | ||
| No senator or representative, holding office under the United States, shall serve as | 2 | 1 | ||
| Enumeration (See Census.) | 1 | 2 | ||
| Executive power shall be vested in a President | 2 | 1 | ||
| (See President.) | ||||
| Exports. (See Tax) | ||||
| And imports, duties on by states to be payable into the treasury of the United States | 1 | 10 | ||
| Ex post facto Law, none shall be passed | 1 | 9 | ||
| Habeas Corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion | 1 | 9 | ||
| House of Representatives. (See Representatives.) | ||||
| Impeachment, all civil officers liable to | 2 | 4 | ||
| Persons found guilty by, liable to indictment and punishment for the offence | 1 | 3 | ||
| Importation of Slaves, until prohibited, a duty authorized on, after 1808 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Judges shall hold their offices during good behavior | 3 | 1 | ||
| The compensations of, shall not be diminished during continuance in office | 3 | 1 | ||
| Judical power, vested in a Supreme Court and courts inferior | 3 | 1 | ||
| The cases to which it extends | 3 | 2 | ||
| Judicial Proceedings, records, and acts of each state, are entitled to faith and credit in every other state | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jury trial shall be held in the state where the crime shall have been committed | 3 | 2 | ||
| If the crime have not been committed within a state, the trial shall be held at the place Congress shall have directed | 3 | 2 | ||
| Jury, trial by, secured, in prosecutions for all crimes, except in cases of impeachment | 3 | 2 | ||
| And in suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars. 7th amendment | 3 | 2 | ||
| Law, supreme, the Constitution, the laws under it, and treaties declared to be | 6 | |||
| Legislative powers vested in Congress. (See Congress.) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Money shall be drawn from the treasury only by laws appropriating | 1 | 9 | ||
| Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States | 1 | 9 | ||
| Officers of the Senate, except their president, shall be chosen by the Senate | 1 | 3 | ||
| Civil, may be removed by impeachment | 2 | 4 | ||
| Orders of one house, requiring the concurrence of the other. (See Resolution,) | 1 | 7 | ||
| Persons held liable to labor or service, their importation or migration into the United States may be prohibited after 1808 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Escaping from one state into another, shall be delivered up to those entitled to service | 4 | 2 | ||
| Powers not delegated are reserved to the people, or, when not prohibited, to the states, 10th amendment | ||||
| Legislative. (See Congress,) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Executive. (See President.) | 2 | 1 | ||
| Judicial. (See Judicial.) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Presents, emoluments, office, or title from, a foreign king, prince, or state, to persons holding offices of profit or trust, proibited | 1 | 9 | ||
| President of the United States, vested with the executive power, shall be chosen for four years | 2 | 1 | ||
| How elected | 2 | 1 | ||
| Qualifications for | 2 | 1 | ||
| Compensation for | 2 | 1 | ||
| Shall take the oath of office | 2 | 1 | ||
| May be removed by impeachment | 2 | 4 | ||
| President of the United States, powers of | ||||
| Shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy | 2 | 2 | ||
| May require the written opinions of the heads of departments | 2 | 2 | ||
| May reprieve and pardon | 2 | 2 | ||
| May make treaties, with the consent of the Senate | 2 | 2 | ||
| May appoint to office, with consent of the Senate | 2 | 2 | ||
| Shall fill up vacancies happening during the recess of the Senate | 2 | 2 | ||
| President of the United States, duties of | ||||
| Shall give information to Congress, amd recommend measures | 2 | 3 | ||
| May convene both houses, or either house | 2 | 3 | ||
| May adjourn them in case of disagreement | 2 | 3 | ||
| Shall recieve ambassadors and other public ministers | 2 | 3 | ||
| Shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed | 2 | 3 | ||
| Shall commission all officers of the United States | 2 | 3 | ||
| In case of death, &c., shall devovle on the Vice-President, and on such other officer as may be provided by law | 2 | 1 | ||
| Privileges and immunities of citizens of state. (See Citizens) | ||||
| Property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation 5th amendment | ||||
| Quorum, what shall be, for business | 1 | 5 | ||
| Of states, in choosing a President by the House of Representatives | 2 | 1 | ||
| Receipts and expeditures, accounts of, to be published | 1 | 9 | ||
| Records. (See Judicial Proceedings.) | 4 | 1 | ||
| Representative, House of, composed of members chosen every second year | 1 | 2 | ||
| Qualifications of the electors of its members | 1 | 2 | ||
| Qualifications of members | 1 | 2 | ||
| Shall not exceed one for 30,000 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Shall choose its speaker and other officers | 1 | 2 | ||
| Shall have the power of impeachment | 1 | 2 | ||
| Shall be the judge of the returns, elections, and qualifications of its members | 1 | 5 | ||
| What shall be a quorum of | 1 | 5 | ||
| Any number may adjourn, and compel the attendance of absentees | 1 | 5 | ||
| May determine the rules of proceeding | 1 | 5 | ||
| May punish or expel a member | 1 | 5 | ||
| Shall keep a journal, an publish the same, except the parts requiring secrecy | 1 | 5 | ||
| Shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place, without the consent of the Senate | 1 | 5 | ||
| One fifth of present may require the yeas and nays | 1 | 5 | ||
| Shall originate bills for raising revenue | 1 | 7 | ||
| Shall recieve a compensation, to be ascertain by law | 1 | 6 | ||
| Privileged from arrest druing attendance, and in going and returning, except in certain cases | 1 | 6 | ||
| Privileged from arrest druing attendance, and in going and returning, except in certain cases | 1 | 6 | ||
| Shall not be questioned elsewhere for any speech or debate in the house | 1 | 6 | ||
| Shall not be appointed to the offices created, or whose compensations shall have been increased, during the time for which they are elected | 1 | 6 | ||
| Can, whilst serving, hold no office under the United States | 1 | 6 | ||
| Shall not serve as primary electors of President | 2 | 1 | ||
| Representatives and direct taxes apportioned according to numbers | 1 | 2 | ||
| Representation of a state, vacancies in, supplied until a new election by the executive authority thereof | 1 | 2 | ||
| Resolution, order, or vote, requiring the concurrence of both houses (except for an adjournment,) shall be presented to the President, and undergo the formalities of bills | 1 | 7 | ||
| Revenue. (See Vessels.) | ||||
| Rights of the citizens declared to be | 1 | |||
| Liberty of conscience in matters of religion, Amendment | 1 | |||
| Freedom of speech and of the press | 1 | |||
| To assemble and petition | 1 | |||
| To keep and bear arms | 2 | |||
| That the accused, in criminal prosecutions, shall enjoy the right of a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the vicinage; and the means necessary for his defence | 6 | |||
| That, in civil cases, facts tried by a jury shall only be reexamined according to the rules of the common law | 7 | |||
| That in suits at common law, where the value shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved | 7 | |||
| That excessive bail shall not be required, excessive fines imposed, not cruel or unusual punishments inflicted | 8 | |||
| That the enumeration of certain rights shall not operate constructively against the retained rights | 9 | |||
| Rules, each house shall determine its own | 1 | 5 | ||
| Senate of the United States, composed of two senators from each state | 1 | 3 | ||
| How chosen, classed, and terms of service | 1 | 3 | ||
| Qualifications of members, thirty years of age, nine years a citizen,and an inhabitant of the state | 1 | 3 | ||
| Shall choose its officers, except the President | 1 | 3 | ||
| Shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications, of its members | 1 | 5 | ||
| What numbers shall be a quorum | 1 | 5 | ||
| Any number may adjourn, and compel attendance of absentees | 1 | 5 | ||
| May determine its rules | 1 | 5 | ||
| May punish or expel a member | 1 | 5 | ||
| Shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except parts requiring secrecy | 1 | 5 | ||
| Shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other plate, without the consent of the other house | 1 | 5 | ||
| One fifth of present may require the yeas and nays | 1 | 5 | ||
| May propose amendments to bills for raising revenue | 1 | 7 | ||
| Shall try impeachments | 1 | 3 | ||
| Their judgments only to extend to removal from office, and to disqualify for any other | 1 | 3 | ||
| Members shall recieve a compensation, to be ascertained by law | 1 | 6 | ||
| Privileged from arrest | 1 | 6 | ||
| Shall not be questioned elsewhere for any speech or debate in the house | 1 | 6 | ||
| Shall not be appointed to offices of the United States created, or whose emoluments shall have been increased, during the terms for which they were created | 1 | 6 | ||
| Senators and Representatives, elections of, how prescribed | 1 | 4 | ||
| Slaves. (See Persons held to service.) | ||||
| Senator shall notbe an elector of President | 2 | 1 | ||
| Speaker, how chosen | 1 | 2 | ||
| States prohibited from | ||||
| Entering into any treaty, alliance, or confederation | 1 | 10 | ||
| Granting letters of marque | 1 | 10 | ||
| Coining money | 1 | 10 | ||
| Emitting bills of credit | 1 | 10 | ||
| Making any thing a tender but gold and silver coin | 1 | 10 | ||
| States prohibited from | ||||
| Passing bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, or laws impairing contracts | 1 | 10 | ||
| Granting titles of nobility | 1 | 10 | ||
| Laying imposts, or duties on imports and exports, for their own use | 1 | 10 | ||
| Laying duties on tonnage without the consent of Congress | 1 | 10 | ||
| Entering into any contract or agreement with another state, or a foreign power | 1 | 10 | ||
| Engaging in war, unless invaded or in imminent danger | 1 | 10 | ||
| States, new, may be admitted into the Union | 4 | 3 | ||
| May be formed within the jurisdiction of others, or by the junction of two or more, with the consent of Congress and the legislatures concerned | 4 | 3 | ||
| States, judges of, bound to consider the treaties, the Constitution, and the laws under it, as supreme | 6 | |||
| States, majority of all, necessary to the choice of President | 2 | 1 | ||
| State, each, to be guarantied a republican form of government; protected against invasion; and secured, upon application, against domestic violence | 4 | 4 | ||
| Tax, capitation or direct shall be laid only in proportion to census | 1 | 9 | ||
| Tax on exports from a state prohibited | 1 | 9 | ||
| Taxes, direct, shall be apportioned according to representation | 1 | 2 | ||
| Territory, or property belonging to the United States, Congress may make rules concerning | 4 | 3 | ||
| Test, religious, shall not be required | 1 | |||
| Titles. (See Nobility.) | 1 | 9 | ||
| Title, from the foreign state. (See Presents.) | 1 | 9 | ||
| Treason, defined, | 3 | 3 | ||
| Two witnesses, or confession, necessary for conviction | 3 | 3 | ||
| Punishments of, may be prescribed by Congress with one limitation | 3 | 3 | ||
| Treason, or other crime, persons charged with in one state, fleeing into another, shall, on demand, be delivered up | 4 | 2 | ||
| Treasury, money drawn from only by appropriation | 1 | 9 | ||
| Treaties, the supreme law | 6 | 1 | ||
| Vacancies happening during recess of the Senate may be filled temporarily by the President | 2 | 2 | ||
| In representation in Congress, how filled | 1 | 2 | ||
| Vessels to enter, clear, and pay duties in the states in which they arrive, or from which they depart | 1 | 9 | ||
| Vice-President of the United States | ||||
| To be President of the Senate, except when exercising the office of President of the United States | 1 | 3 | ||
| How elected | 2 | 1 | ||
| Qualifications for. 12th amendment | ||||
| Shall, in certain cases, discharge the duties of President | 2 | 1 | ||
| May be removed by impeachment | 2 | 4 | ||
| Vote of one house requiring concurrence of the other | 1 | 7 | ||
| Warrants for searches and seizures, when and how they shall issue. 4th amendment | 4 | |||
| Witness, in criminal cases, no one compelled to be against himself. 5th amendment | 5 |
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