| Term | Definition |
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| 1:1 | All legislative powers granted in the constitution shall be vested in Congress, which shall have a Senate and House of rep. |
| 1:2:1 | House of rep. composed of members elected every 2nd year |
| 1:2:2 | All representatives must be 25+ years old and must have been a U.S. citizen for 7. Must inhabit the state which they are elected to represent. |
| 1:2:3 | Taxes proportionate to population; representatives cannot be more than 1 for every 30,000; each state has at least 1 rep. |
| 1:2:4 | When a position representation of any state goes vacant, the executive authority will issue writs of election to fill said vacancy |
| 1:2:5 | House of rep. shall choose their speaker and officers, has sole power of impeachment |
| 1:3:1 | Senate composed of 2 senators from each state for 6 years; each senator has 1 vote |
| 1:3:2 | After first election, senate divided into 3 classes so that one third of senate may be chosen every 2nd year; if vacancies happen during the recess of any state legislature, state executive may make temporary appointments |
| 1:3:3 | All senators must be 30+ year old and must have been a U.S. citizen for 9; must inhabit the state they are elected to represent |
| 1:3:4 | VP is president of the senate, but has no vote besides being the tiebreaker |
| 1:3:5 | Senate chooses its officers and its president pro tempore in the VP's absence |
| 1:3:6 | Senate has sole power to try all impeachments; should be under oath when doing so; if President is tried, chief justice will preside; no person convicted without 2/3 member concurrence. |
| 1:3:7 | Judgement in impeachments will not go beyond removal from office or disqualification from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit in U.S.; party convicted still subject to indictment, trial, judgement, and punishment by the law |
| 1:4:1 | Time, place and manner of senatorial/representative elections determined by state legislatures; congress may make laws altering such regulations, except places |
| 1:4:2 | Congress will assemble at least once annually on the 1st Monday in December unless changed by law |
| 1:5:1 | Each house is the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members; majority of each constitutes quorum for business; smaller number may adjourn daily; authorized to compel attendance of absent members |
| 1:5:2 | Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and expel members with a 2/3 concurrence |
| 1:5:3 | Each house will keep a journal of its proceedings and publish it periodically, excepting some parts in the interest of secrecy. Votes of each member shall be recorded. |
| 1:5:4 | Neither house shall adjourn for more than 3 days or to a different place than designated during sessions |
| 1:6:1 | Senators and representatives will receive compensation from the U.S. treasury. Excepting cases of treason, felony, and breaches of peace they will be exempt from arrest during session. For any speech in either house they will not be questioned in any other place. |
| 1:6:2 | No senator or representative will, during the time they are elected, be appointed to any civil office under U.S. authority which has been newly created or had its emoluments increased. No person in any office under U.S. may be a member of either house during said employment. |
| 1:7:1 | All bills for raising revenue will originate in the house of rep., but senate may propose or concur with amendments like with other bills |
| 1:7:2 | Vetoes |
| 1:7:3 | Every order, resolution, or vote which needs the concurrence of the senate and house may be presented to and approved by the President, as well as being repassed by 2/3 of senate and house |
| 1:8:1 | Congress has power to lay/collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises to use in the interest of the U.S.. All of said taxes will be uniform throughout the states |
| 1:8:2 | Congress has power to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. |
| 1:8:3 | Congress has power to regulate commerce with other nations, between the states, and with Indian tribes |
| 1:8:4 | Congress has power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization and uniform laws regarding bankruptcies throughout the U.S. |
| 1:8:5 | Congress has power to coin money, regulate its value, and fix the standard of weights and measures |
| 1:8:6 | Congress has power to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting |
| 1:8:7 | Congress has power to establish post offices and post roads |
| 1:8:8 | Congress has power to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing exclusive rights to the work of authors and inventors for limited times |
| 1:8:9 | Congress has power to constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court |
| 1:8:10 | Congress has power to define and punish piracies and felonies |
| 1:8:11 | Congress has power to declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water |
| 1:8:12 | Congress has power to raise and support armies; but no grant of money to that use will last for longer than 2 years |
| 1:8:13 | Congress has power to provide and maintain a navy |
| 1:8:14 | Congress has power to make rules for the government and regulation of land and naval forces |
| 1:8:15 | Congress has power to provide for calling forth the military to execute the laws of the union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions |
| 1:8:16 | Congress has power to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining of a military and governing those employed in its service. Appointment of officers and training of the military is reserved to the states |
| 1:8:17 | Congress has power to exercise exclusive legislation over the district which serves as the seat of the U.S. government. May also exercise authority over forts, magazines, arsenals, dock yards |
| 1:8:18 | Congress has power to make all laws necessary and proper for executing the powers enumerated to the government |
| 1:9:1 | Slavery will not be prohibited until 1808 but a tax not exceeding $10/person may be imposed. |
| 1:9:2 | Habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety requires it |
| 1:9:3 | No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed |
| 1:9:4 | No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken |
| 1:9:5 | No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state |
| 1:9:6 | No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to or from one state be obliged to pay duties in another |
| 1:9:7 | No money shall be drawn from the treasury without appropriation by law and a record of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published at intervals |
| 1:9:8 | No title of nobility shall be granted by the U.S.; no person holding any office under the U.S. shall accept any emolument, office, or title from any king, prince, or foreign state without consent of congress |
| 1:10:1 | No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal, coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin tender; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility |
| 1:10:2 | No state shall (without consent of congress) lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except which are necessary to execute its inspection laws. The net produce of all duties laid by any state will be for the use of the U.S. treasury; all such laws subject to control of congress |
| 1:10:3 | No state shall (without consent of congress) lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in a time of peace, enter into any agreement with another state, or with a foreign power, or engage in war unless it is invaded |
| 2:1:1 | Executive power vested in the President of the U.S. He shall hold office during a term of 4 years with the VP |
| 2:1:2 | Each state shall appoint a number of electors equal to the number of state senators and representatives, but no person holding office under the U.S. will be an elector |
| 2:1:3 | Electoral voting process |
| 2:1:4 | Congress may determine the time of choosing electors and the day on which they vote, which shall be the same throughout the U.S. |
| 2:1:5 | No person except a natural born citizen shall be eligible to the office of president, and any person running for said office must be 35+ years old and have lived in the U.S. for 14 years |
| 2:1:6 | If President dies or is unable to govern it is the VP's duty |
| 2:1:7 | President shall receive compensation which shall be neither increased or diminished during his time in office. May not receive any other emolument from the U.S. during his service |
| 2:1:8 | President must take an oath before entering office |
| 2:2:1 | President=commander in chief of the army and navy; has power to grant pardons for offenses besides impeachment |
| 2:2:2 | President has power to make treaties with a 2/3 senate concurrence; shall appoint ambassadors, public ministers, judges of the Supreme Court, and other officers of the U.S. |
| 2:2:3 | President has power to fill up any vacancies that may happen during senate recess by granting commissions which will expire at the end of the next session |
| 2:3 | President shall give a state of the union address to congress; may convene both houses in times of great need; shall take care that laws be faithfully executed |
| 2:4 | President, VP, and other civil officers of the U.S. will be removed on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes |
| 3:1 | Judicial power of the U.S. vested in the Supreme Court and any inferior courts congress may establish. Judges will hold their offices during good behavior |
| 3:2:1 | Categories in which judicial power is extended |
| 3:2:2 | Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a state is a party. Appellate jurisdiction in all other cases |
| 3:2:3 | Trial of all crimes shall be by jury |
| 3:3:1 | Treason against the U.S. consists only in levying war against them, adhering to their enemies, or giving them aid and comfort. No person will be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of 2 witnesses to the same act or confession in open court |
| 3:3:2 | Congress has power to declare the punishment of treason |
| 4:1 | Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states |
| 4:2:1 | Citizens of each state entitled to privileges and immunities of citizens in every state |
| 4:2:2 | Person charged in any state with a crime who flees from justice and is found in another state will be delivered to the state with original jurisdiction of the crime |
| 4:2:3 | Any person held to service in one state cannot obtain freedom by fleeing to another |
| 4:3:1 | New states may be admitted by congress, but no new states will be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of another state, nor may 2 states conjoin without the consent of congress and the legislatures of the states concerned |
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