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| Purpose | |
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| Constitution and Amendments | |
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| Structure and Preamble "We the people. . ." | |
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| Three Branches of Government | |
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| Legislative (Congress) | |
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| Legislative Power Defined | |
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| House of Representatives | |
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| Composition of House | |
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| Qualifications for Representatives | |
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| Apportionment (Three-Fifths Clause) | |
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| Vacancies | |
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| Rules and Impeachment | |
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| Senate | |
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| Definition of the Senate | |
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| Staggering Terms of Office | |
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| Qualifications for Senators15 | |
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| Role of the Vice President | |
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| Senate Officers | |
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| Senate Impeachment Power | |
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| Limits to Impeachment Power | |
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| Elections and Sessions | |
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| Elections | |
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| Sessions of Congress | |
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| Internal Organization | |
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| Quorum, Attendance, Seating | |
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| Rules, Punishment, Expulsion | |
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| Openness, Secrecy, Roll Call Votes | |
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| Adjournment and Place of Meeting | |
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| Compensation and Limits | |
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| Payment and Immunities | |
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| Incompatibility and Emoluments | |
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| Lawmaking Process | |
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| Tax Laws | |
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| Presentment Clause | |
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| All Bills, Full Legislative Process | |
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| Enumerated Powers | |
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| Taxes, Debt, Welfare, Uniformity | |
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| Congress and Credit | |
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| Commerce Clause | |
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| Naturalization, Bankruptcy | |
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| Money, Standard Weights and Measures | |
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| Counterfeiting | |
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| Post Offices and Post Roads | |
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| Copyright | |
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| Inferior Courts | |
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| High Seas and Laws of Nations | |
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| To Declare War | |
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| Army | |
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| Navy | |
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| Military Code | |
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| Control of Militia | |
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| Division of Militia with States | |
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| District of Columbia | |
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| Necessary and Proper | |
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| Limits on Congress | |
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| Right to Slave Trade | |
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| Habeas Corpus | |
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| Bill of Attainder, Ex Post Facto | |
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| Capitation Tax | |
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| Export Taxes on a State | |
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| State Ports | |
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| Appropriations by Law Only | |
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| Titles and Emoluments | |
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| Limits on States | |
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| No State Shall | |
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| No State Taxes on Interstate Commerce | |
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| No State Port Taxes or Standing Armies | |
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| Executive (President) | |
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| Terms and Electors | |
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| Executive Power and President | |
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| Selecting Electors | |
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| Electoral College | |
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| Election Day | |
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| Eligibility to be President | |
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| Line of Succession | |
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| Presidential Compensation | |
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| Presidential Oath of Office | |
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| Powers of the Executive | |
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| Commander in Chief | |
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| Pardons | |
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| Advice and Consent, Treaties | |
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| Appointments Clause | |
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| Inferior Officers | |
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| Recess Appointments | |
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| Duties of the President | |
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| State of the Union Report | |
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| Emergency Sessions of Congress | |
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| Receive Ambassadors | |
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| Execute the Laws | |
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| Commission Officers | |
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| Impeachment of Executive | |
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| Judiciary (Courts) | |
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| Organization of the Courts | |
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| Scope of Supreme Court | |
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| Judicial Power (Arising) | |
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| Jurisdiction | |
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| Trial by Jury | |
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| Treason | |
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| Defining Treason | |
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| Limits on Punishment for Treason | |
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| Limitations on State Sovereignty | |
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| States | |
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| Full Faith and Credit | |
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| Comity, or Mutual Respect | |
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| Privileges and Immunities | |
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| Extradition Rules | |
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| Fugitive Slave Clause | |
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| Formation of New Stares | |
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| Admissions Clause | |
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| Terrirories | |
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| Guaranty of Republican Government | |
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| Ratification, Amending, and National Supremacy | |
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| Amending Process | |
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| Constitution is Supreme Law | |
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| Continuity Clause | |
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| Supremacy Clause | |
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| Oaths of Office | |
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| Ratification Process | |
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| Amendments | |
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| Bill of Rights (first ten amendments) | |
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| Speech, Press, Assembly, Religion, Petition | |
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| Right to Keep and Bear Arms | |
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| Quartering Troops | |
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| Unreasonable Search and Seizure | |
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| Due Process, Property | |
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| Speedy Trial, Counsel | |
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| Jury Trial | |
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| Cruel and Unusual Punishment | |
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| This List of Rights is Not Complete | |
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| Powers Retained by States, People | |
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| Caveats and Early Refinements | |
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| States Cannot be sued | |
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| Presidential Elections | |
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| New Birth of Freedom: Civil Wa | |
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| Slavery Ended | |
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| Civil Rights | |
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| Right to Vote for Black Males | |
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| Progressive Era | |
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| Income Taxes | |
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| Election of Senators by Voters | |
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| Liquor Outlawed | |
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| Women Gain the Vote | |
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| New Deal Era | |
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| Details about Dares of Office | |
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| Liquor Legalized | |
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| Two Terms for President | |
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| Most Recent | |
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| Electoral Votes for Washington, DC | |
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| Poll Taxes Prohibited | |
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| Presidential Succession | |
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| Eighteen-Year-Olds Gain the Vote | |
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| Congressional Pay Raises Limited | |
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| Beyond the Basics | |
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| The Constitution Ought to Be Simple | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |