Art. Sec. Cl.

Crimes and misdemeanors. The President, Vice-
President, and all civil officers shall be removed on
impeachment for and conviction of treason, brib-
ery, or other.

Crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be
tried by jury. All

They shall be tried in the State within which
they may be committed

When not committed in a State, they shall be
tried at the places which Congress may by law
have provided

Criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have a
speedy and public trial by jury in the State and
district where the crime was committed. In all.
[Amendments]

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

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

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The judges in every State, anything in the con-
stitution or laws of a State to the contrary not-
withstanding, shall be bound thereby

Constitution. All officers, legislative, executive, and
judicial, of the United States, and of the several
States, shall be bound by an oath to support the
But no religious test shall ever be required as a
qualification for any office or public trust
Constitution between the States so ratifying the
same. The ratification of the conventions of nine
States shall be sufficient for the establishment of
the

He shall have the assistance of counsel in his de-
fense. [Amendments]

6

Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be con-
strued to deny or disparage others retained by the
people. The enumeration in the. [Amendments) .....
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are
reserved to the States respectively or to the
people. Powers not delegated to the United States
by the. [Amendments)....

Constitution, and then engaged in rebellion against
the United States. Disqualification for office im-
posed upon certain class of persons who took an
oath to support the. [Amendments]

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215

213

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The Vice-President shall succeed to the office of
the President. In case of the [Amendments)...... 25

Constitution. Done in convention by the unanimous
consent of the States present, September 17, 1787.. 7
Contracts. No State shall pass any ex post facto law,
or law impairing the obligation of.
Controversies to which the United States shall be a
party: between two or more States; between a
State and citizens of another State; between citi-
zens of different States; between citizens of the
same State claiming lands under grants of differ-
ent States; between a State or its citizens and for-
eign states, citizens, or subjects. The judicial
power shall extend to

Convene Congress or either House, on extraordinary
occasions. The President may

Convention for proposing amendments to the Con-
stitution. Congress, on the application of two-
thirds of the legislatures of the States, may call a ..
Convention, by the unanimous consent of the States
present on the 17th of September, 1787. Adoption
of the Constitution in

Debts and provide for the common defense and gen-
eral welfare of the United States. Congress shall
have power to pay the

Debts and engagements contracted before the adop-
tion of this Constitution shall be as valid against
the United States, under it, as under the Confeder-
ation..

Debts or obligations incurred in aid of insurrection
or rebellion against the United States, or claims
for the loss or emancipation of any slave. Neither
the United States nor any State shall assume or
pay any. [Amendments]

Declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal,
and make rules concerning captures on land and
water. Congress shall have power to...

Defense, promote the general welfare, &c. To insure
the common. [Preamble]

Defense and general welfare throughout the United
States. Congress shall have power to pay the debts
and provide for the common

Defense. In all criminal prosecutions the accused
shall have the assistance of counsel for his.
[Amendments)

Delaware entitled to one Representative in the first
Congress..

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Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for
the establishment of the Constitution. The ratifi-
cation of the

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Conviction in cases of impeachment shall not be
had without the concurrence of two-thirds of the
members present

Copyrights to authors for limited times. Congress
shall have power to provide for
Corruption of blood. Attainder of treason shall not
work

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Counsel for his defense. In all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall have the assistance of. [Amend-
ments].

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Crime, unless on a presentment of a grand jury. No
person shall be held to answer for a capital or oth-
erwise infamous. [Amendments]

5

Except in cases in the military and naval forces,
or in the militia when in actual service.
(Amendments).......

Credit. No State shall emit bills of

Delay. No State shall, without the consent of Con-
gress, engage in war unless actually invaded, or in
such imminent danger as will not admit of

Delegated to the United States, nor prohibited to the
States, are reserved to the States or to the people.
The powers not. [Amendments]

10

Deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain
rights shall not be construed to. [Amendments]...... 9

Departments upon any subject relating to their
duties. The President may require the written
opinion of the principal officers in each of the ex-
ecutive

Departments. Congress may by law vest the appoint-
ment of inferior officers in the heads of..

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No person shall be a member of either House,
presidential elector, or hold any office under
the United States, or any State, who, having
previously sworn to support the Constitution,
afterward engaged in insurrection or rebellion.
[Amendments)..

But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of
each House, remove such disability. [Amend-
ments]

District of Columbia. Congress shall exercise exclu-
sive legislation in all cases over the

Electors for President and Vice-President, ap-
pointment in such manner as the Congress
may direct. [Amendments]

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Art. Sec. Cl.

Electors for President and Vice-President. Each
State shall appoint, in such manner as the legisla-
ture thereof may direct, a number of electors
equal to the whole number of Senators and Repre-
sentatives to which the State may be entitled in
the Congress

But no Senator or Representative, or person
holding an office of trust or profit under the
United States, shall be appointed an elector......
Congress may determine the time of choosing
the electors and the day on which they shall
give their votes

Which day shall be the same throughout the
United States

The electors shall meet in their respective States
and vote by ballot for President and Vice-
President, one of whom, at least, shall not be
an inhabitant of the same State with them-
selves. [Amendments]

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213

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The District of Columbia, to appoint in such
manner as the Congress may direct, a number
of electors equal to the whole number of Sena-
tors and Representatives to which the District
would be entitled if a State. [Amendments] 23 1

Electors shall name, in their ballots, the person
voted for as President; and in distinct ballots the
person voted for as Vice-President. [Amendments). 12
They shall make distinct lists of the persons
voted for as President and of persons voted for
as Vice-President, which they shall sign and
certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of gov-
ernment, directed to the President of the
Senate. [Amendments]

No person having taken an oath as a legislative,
executive or judicial officer of the United
States, or of any State, and afterwards en-
gaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
United States, shall be an elector

But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of
each House, remove such disability. [Amend-
ments]

Emancipation of any slave shall be held to be illegal
and void. Claims for the loss or. [Amendments]

Emit bills of credit. No State shall

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Dockyards. Congress shall have exclusive authority
over all places purchased for the erection of
Domestic tranquillity, provide for the common de-
fense, &c. To insure. [Preamble)

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Emolument of any kind from any king, prince, or
foreign state, without the consent of Congress. No
person holding any office under the United States
shall accept any

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Enemies. Treason shall consist in levying war
against the United States, in adhering to, or giving
aid and comfort to their

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No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property without. [Amendments]....

Duties and powers of the office of President, in case
of his death, removal, or inability to act, shall de-
volve on the Vice-President

In case of the disability of the President and
Vice-President, Congress shall declare what of-
ficer shall act

Duties, imposts, and excises. Congress shall have
power to lay and collect taxes.

Shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Duties shall be laid on articles exported from any
State. No tax or......

Enumeration of the inhabitants shall be made
within three years after the first meeting of Con-
gress, and within every subsequent term of ten
years thereafter

Ratio of representation not to exceed one for
every 30,000 until the first enumeration shall
be made..

Income tax authorized without regard to.
[Amendments]..

Enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights
shall not be construed to deny or disparage others
retained by the people. The. [Amendments]

Equal protection of the laws. No State shall deny to
any person within its jurisdiction the. [Amend-
ments]..

Equal suffrage in the Senate. No State shall be de-
prived without its consent, of its

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All laws laying such duties shall be subject to
the revision and control of Congress.

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

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Executive of a State. The United States shall protect
each State against invasion and domestic violence,
on the application of the legislature or the...

Executive and judicial officers of the United States
and of the several States shall be bound by an
oath to support the Constitution

Executive departments. On subjects relating to their
duties the President may require the written opin-
ions of the principal officers in each of the

Congress may by law vest the appointment of in-
ferior officers in the heads of..

Executive power shall be vested in a President of the
United States of America. The

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Senators elected by the people. [Amendments).... 17 1

Electors for members of the House of Representa-
tives. Qualifications of.

Expel a member. Each House, with the concurrence
of two-thirds, may

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Electors for Senators. Qualifications of. [Amend-

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

Felony, and breach of the peace. Members of Con-
gress shall not be privileged from arrest for trea-

son

Felonies committed on the high seas. Congress shall
have power to define and punish piracies and
Fines. Excessive fines shall not be imposed. [Amend-
ments]...

Foreign coin. Congress shall have power to coin
money, fix the standard of weights and measures,
and to regulate the value of

Foreign nations, among the States, and with the
Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to regu-
late commerce with

Foreign power. No State shall, without the consent
of Congress, enter into any compact or agreement
with any

Forfeiture, except during the life of the person at-
tainted. Attainder of treason shall not work....
Formation of new States. Provisions relating to the..
Form of government. The United States shall guar-
antee to every State in this Union a republican
And shall protect each of them against invasion;
and on application of the legislature or of the
executive (when the legislature cannot be con-
vened), against domestic violence

Forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and other
needful buildings. Congress shall exercise exclu-
sive authority over all places purchased for the
erection of

Freedom of speech or the press. Congress shall make
no law abridging the. [Amendments]

Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated mili-
tia being necessary to the security of a. [Amend-
ments).

Fugitives from crime found in another State shall,
on demand, be delivered up to the authorities of
the State from which they may flee.

Fugitives from service or labor in one State, escap-
ing into another State, shall be delivered up to the
party to whom such service or labor may be due .....

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Less than a majority may adjourn from day to
day, and compel the attendance of absent
members

May determine its own rules of proceedings...
May punish its members for disorderly behavior,
and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel
a member

Shall keep a journal of its proceedings.

Shall not adjourn for more than three days
during the session of Congress without the
consent of the Senate

Members shall not be questioned for any speech
or debate in either House or in any other place
No person holding any office under the United
States shall, while holding such office, be a
member of the

No person, while a member of either House,
shall be appointed to an office which shall
have been created or the emoluments in-
creased during his membership.

All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the
The votes for President and Vice-President shall
be counted in the presence of the Senate and.
[Amendments)..

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If no person have a majority of electoral votes,
then from the three highest on the list the
House of Representatives shall immediately,
by ballot, choose a President. [Amendments].... 12
They shall vote by States, each State counting
one vote. [Amendments]

A quorum shall consist of a member or members
from two-thirds of the States, and a majority
of all the States shall be necessary to the
choice of a President. [Amendments]

No person having as a legislative, executive, or
judicial officer of the United States, or of any
State, taken an oath to support the Constitu-
tion, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the United States, shall be a
member of the. (Amendments]

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Good behavior. The judges of the Supreme and infe-
rior courts shall hold their offices during
Government. The United States shall guarantee to
every State in this Union a republican form of
And shall protect each of them against invasion,
and on application of the legislature or of the
executive (when the legislature cannot be con-
vened), against domestic violence

Grand jury. No person shall be held to answer for a
capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on the
presentment of a. [Amendments]

Except in cases arising in the land and naval
forces, and in the militia when in actual serv-
ice. [Amendments].

Guarantee to every State in this Union a republican
form of government. The United States shall
And shall protect each of them against invasion;
and on application of the legislature or of the
executive (when the legislature cannot be con-
vened), against domestic violence

No soldier shall be quartered in any house with-
out the consent of the owner in time of peace.
[Amendments).

3

No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of life
and limb for the same offense. [Amendments].. 5

All persons born or naturalized in the United
States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,
are citizens of the United States and of the
State in which they reside. [Amendments)

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Nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of the law. [Amendments) 14 1

Impeachment. The President may grant reprieves
and pardons except in cases of.

The House of Representatives shall have the
sole power of

Impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery,
and other high crimes and misdemeanors. The
President, Vice-President, and all civil officers
shall be removed upon

Impeachments. The Senate shall have the sole
power to try all

The Senate shall be on oath, or affirmation,
when sitting for the trial of

When the President of the United States is tried
the Chief Justice shall preside

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136

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Importation of slaves prior to 1808 shall not be pro-
hibited by the Congress

191

But a tax or duty of ten dollars for each person
may be imposed on such

191

Imports or exports except what may be absolutely
necessary for executing its inspection laws. No
State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay
any imposts or duties on

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Imports or exports laid by any State shall be for the
use of the Treasury. The net produce of all duties

on...

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Jeopardy of life and limb for the same offense. No
person shall be twice put in. [Amendments]
Journal of its proceedings. Each House shall keер а..
Judges in every State shall be bound by the Consti-
tution, the laws and treaties of the United States,
which shall be the supreme law of the land.
Judges of the Supreme and inferior courts shall hold
their offices during good behavior

Their compensation shall not be diminished
during their continuance in office.

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend
further to than removal from office, and disquali-
fication to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit
under the United States.

But the party convicted shall nevertheless be
liable and subject to indictment, trial, judg-
ment, and punishment according to law

Judicial power of the United States. Congress shall
have power to constitute tribunals inferior to the
Supreme Court..

The judicial power of the United States shall be
vested in one Supreme Court, and in such infe-
rior courts as Congress may from time to time
ordain and establish

The judges of the Supreme and inferior courts
shall hold their offices during good behavior
Their compensation shall not be diminished
during their continuance in office...

16

It shall extend to all cases in law and equity aris-
ing under the Constitution, laws, and treaties
of the United States

321

Indian tribes. Congress shall have power to regulate
commerce with the...

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Indictment or presentment of a grand jury. No
person shall be held to answer for a capital or in-
famous crime unless on [Amendments]...

Except in cases arising in the land and naval
forces, and in the militia when in actual serv-
ice. [Amendments]...

Indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, ac-
cording to law. The party convicted in case of im-
peachment shall nevertheless be liable and subject
to........

To controversies between a State and citizens of
another State..

321

Infamous crime unless on presentment or indict-
ment of a grand jury. No person shall be held to
answer for a capital or. [Amendments]..

To citizens of the same State claiming lands
under grants of different States

321

Inferior courts. Congress shall have power to consti-
tute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court
Inferior courts as Congress may establish. The judi-
cial power of the United States shall be vested in
one Supreme Court and such

The judges of both the Supreme and inferior
courts shall hold their offices during good be-
havior

Their compensation shall not be diminished
during their continuance in office...

Inferior officers in the courts of law, in the Presi-
dent alone, or in the heads of Departments, Con-
gress, if they think proper, may by law vest the ap-
pointment of.

Inhabitant of the State for which he shall be chosen.
No person shall be a Senator who shall not have
attained the age of thirty years, been nine years a
citizen of the United States, and who shall not,
when elected, be an

Insurrection or rebellion against the United States.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in
Congress, or presidential elector, or hold any
office, civil or military, under the United States, or
any State, who, having taken an oath as a legisla-
tive, executive, or judicial officer of the United
States, or of a State, afterwards engaged in.
[Amendments]

But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of
each House, remove such disabilities. [Amend-
ments]

Debts declared illegal and void which were con-
tracted in aid of. [Amendments]

Insurrections and repel invasions. Congress shall
provide for calling forth the militia to suppress
Intoricating liquors. Prohibition of manufacture,
sale and transportation. [Amendments]

Repeal of Eighteenth Amendment. [Amend-
ments]

Transportation in states prohibiting use therein
prohibited. [Amendments).

Invasion. No State shall, without the consent of
Congress, engage in war unless actually invaded,
or in such imminent danger as will not admit of
delay

The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspend-
ed unless in case of rebellion or

Invasion and domestic violence. The United States
shall protect each State against
Invasions. Congress shall provide for calling forth
the militia to suppress insurrections and repel..
Inventors and authors in their inventions and writ-
ings. Congress may pass laws to secure for limited
times exclusive rights to........

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But when not committed in a State, the trial
shall be at such place or places as Congress
may by law have directed.

The judicial power of the United States shall not
be held 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.
[Amendments]...

Judicial proceedings of every other State. Full faith
and credit shall be given in each State to the acts,
records, and

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

Judicial and executive officers of the United States
and of the several States shall be bound by an
oath to support the Constitution

Judiciary. The Supreme Court shall have original
jurisdiction in all cases affecting ambassadors,
other public ministers and consuls, and those in
which a State may be a party

The Supreme Court shall have appellate juris-
diction both as to law and fact, with such ex-
ceptions and regulations as Congress may
make..

Junction of two or more States or parts of States
without the consent of the legislatures and of Con-
gress. No State shall be formed by the.....

Jurisdiction of another State. No new State shall,
without the consent of Congress, be formed or
erected within the

Jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such ex-
ceptions and under such regulations as Congress
may make. The Supreme Court shall have appel-
late

Jurisdiction. In all cases affecting ambassadors and
other public ministers and consuls, and in cases
where a State is a party, the Supreme Court shall
have original.

Jury. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im-
peachment, shall be by....

In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, and those in which a
State shall be a party, the Supreme Court
shall have original jurisdiction..

322

In all other cases before mentioned, it shall have
appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact,
with such exceptions and under such regula-
tions as Congress shall make

322

The trial of all crimes, except in cases of im-
peachment, shall be by jury

323

The trial shall be held in the State where the
crimes shall have been committed..

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Meeting of Congress. The Congress shall assemble at
least once in every year, and such meeting shall be
on the first Monday in December, unless they
shall by law appoint a different day

Members of Congress and of State legislatures shall
be bound by oath or affirmation to support the
Constitution

Militia to execute the laws, suppress insurrections,
and repel invasions. Congress shall provide for
calling forth the.

Congress shall provide for organizing, arming,
and disciplining the..

Congress shall provide for governing such part
of them as may be employed by the United
States

Reserving to the States the appointment of the
officers and the right to train the militia ас-
cording to the discipline prescribed by Con-

gress.

A well-regulated militia being necessary to the
security of a free State, the right of the people
to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
[Amendments]...

Misdemeanors. The President, Vice-President, and
all civil officers shall be removed on impeachment
for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other
high crimes and

Money on the credit of the United States. Congress
shall have power to borrow

18 17

Over all places purchased for the erection of
forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards, and
other needful buildings. Congress shall exer-
cise exclusive.

Regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin.
Congress shall have power to coin...

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Legislation. Congress shall have power to make all
laws necessary and proper for carrying into execu-
tion all the powers vested by the Constitution in
the Government of the United States or in any de-
partment or officer thereof

Congress shall have power to enforce article xiii,
prohibiting slavery, by appropriate. [Amend-
ments]

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Liberty to ourselves and our posterity, &c. To secure
the blessings of. [Preamble]

Legislature, or the Executive (when the legislature
cannot be convened). The United States shall pro-
tect each State against invasion and domestic vio-
lence, on the application of the..

Legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress
shall call a convention for proposing amendments
to the Constitution. On the application of the
Letters of marque and reprisal. Congress shall have
power to grant..

No State shall grant

Life, liberty, and property without due process of
law. No person shall be compelled in any criminal
case to be a witness against himself, nor be de-
prived of. (Amendments]

No State shall abridge the privileges or immuni-
ties of citizens of the United States, nor de-
prive any person of. [Amendments]

Life or limb for the same offense. No person shall be
twice put in jeopardy of. [Amendments]
Loss or emancipation of any slave shall be held il-
legal and void. Claims for the. [Amendments)

5

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Naval forces. Congress shall make rules and regula-
tions for the government and regulation of the
land and.

Navy. Congress shall have power to provide and
maintain a..

New Hampshire entitled to three Representatives in
the first Congress

New Jersey entitled to four Representatives in the
first Congress

New States may be admitted by Congress into this
Union

But no new State shall be formed within the ju-
risdiction of another State without the consent
of Congress..

Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of
two or more States or parts of States, without
the consent of the legislatures and of Congress
New York entitled to six Representatives in the first
Congress
Nobility shall be granted by the United States. No
title of

No State shall grant any title of

Nominations for office by the President. The Presi-
dent shall nominate, and, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassa-
dors and other public officers

He may grant commissions to fill vacancies that
happen in the recess of the Senate, which shall
expire at the end of their next session
The President shall nominate a successor to the
Vice-President whenever a vacancy in office
occurs [Amendments)

North Carolina entitled to five Representatives in
the first Congress

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Naturalization. Congress shall have power to estab-
lish a uniform rule of.

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Naturalized in the United States, and subject to
their jurisdiction, shall be citizens of the United
States and of the States in which they reside. All
persons born, or. [Amendments)

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