Art. II.-Continued.

SEC. 4.-President and Vice-President to be removed on impeach-
ment for treason, bribery, or high crimes.

ARTICLE III.

SEC. 1.-Judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court and inferior

Courts, to be established by Congress.

Judges to hold office during good behavior.

compensation not to be diminished during

continuance in office.

SEC. 2.-1. Jurisdiction to extend to all cases arising under the Con-

stitution, laws, and treaties.

to all cases affecting Ambassadors, Ministers,

and Consuls.

to all cases of admiralty and maritime juris-

diction.

to controversies to which the U. S. is a party.

to controversies between two or more States.

between a State and citizens of another State.

between citizens of different States.

between citizens of the same State claiming

lands under grants of different States.

and between a State, or its citizens, and for-

eign States, citizens, or subjects.

2. Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction

in all cases affecting Ambassadors, Ministers, or

Consuls.

and cases in which a State is a party.

and appellate jurisdiction both as to law and

fact, under regulations to be made by Con-

gress.

3. Trials of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, to be

by jury.

to be had in State where crime has been committed.
when not committed within a State, to be where
Congress may direct.

SEC. 3.-1. Treason consists in levying war against, or adhering to
enemies of the U. S., giving them aid and
comfort.

no conviction unless on testimony of two wit-

nesses.

or on confession in open Court.

2. Congress may declare the punishment for treason.

no attainder shall work corruption of blood or

forfeiture beyond the life of the party at-

tainted.

ARTICLE IV.

SEC. 1.-Full faith and credit to be given to public acts, records, and

judicial proceedings of States.

Congress may prescribe the manner of their proof,

and the effect thereof.

SEC. 2.-1. Citizens of each State are entitled to the privileges and

immunities of citizens in the several States.

2. Fugitives from justice to be delivered up to State having

jurisdiction of the crime.

3. Fugitives from service or labor to be delivered up.

SEC. 3.-1. New States may be admitted by Congress, but they can-
not be formed within the jurisdiction of a State without
consent of its Legislature.

Art. IV, Sec. 3.-Continued.

nor by the junction of two or more States without consent

of States concerned and of Congress.

2. Congress may dispose of and make rules and regulations
for territories or other property belonging to the U. S.
Claims of the U. S. or of a State not to be prejudiced.

SEC. 4.-A republican form of government guaranteed to each State,

and protection of each against invasion,

and against domestic violence.

ARTICLE V.

Congress may propose amendments, when deemed neces-

sary.

or on application of two-thirds of the State Legis-

latures.

convention to be called.

to be ratified by Legislatures or conventions of

three-fourths of the States.

no State, without its consent, can be deprived of

its equal suffrage in the Senate.

ARTICLE VI.

1. All existing liabilities are valid against the U. S.

2. The Constitution, laws, and treaties are the supreme law

of the land,

judges in every State bound thereby.

3. All officers, executive, legislative, and judicial, both Fed-

eral and State, to be bound by oath or affir-

mation to support the Constitution.

no religious test shall be required as a qualifi-

cation to any office.

ARTICLE VII.

The ratification of nine States sufficient.

Attestation clause.

Signatures.

AMENDMENTS.

ARTICLE I.

Congress can make no law respecting religion.

or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.

or the right to peaceably assemble and petition for

redress.

ARTICLE II.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be

infringed.

ARTICLE III.

No soldier to be quartered in any house without the consent

of the owner.

nor in time of war but in a manner prescribed by

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ARTICLE IV.

The right of security against searches and seizures shall not

be violated.

warrants on probable cause to be supported by

oath or affirmation.

the place, person, and thing to be described in the

warrant.

ARTICLE V.

Presentment or indictment before grand jury essential to

trial for crime.

except as to land or naval forces or militia in

time of war.

no person to be put twice in jeopardy.

nor be compelled to be witness against himself.

nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property

without due process of law.

nor shall private property be taken for public

use without compensation.

ARTICLE VI.

In criminal trials, accused shall have the right to a speedy

and public trial.

by a jury, of State and district where crime was

committed.

and to be informed of the nature and cause of

accusation.

and to be confronted with witnesses against him.

and to have compulsory process for witnesses in

his favor.

and to have the assistance of counsel for his de-

fense.

ARTICLE VII.

In civil actions, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved
where the value in controversy exceeds twenty dol-

lars.

facts tried by jury are re-examinable only according
to the rules of common law.

ARTICLE VIII.

Excessive bail shall not be required.

nor excessive fines imposed.

nor cruel nor unusual punishments inflicted.

ARTICLE IX.

The enumeration of rights not to disparage others retained

by the people.

ARTICLE X.

Powers not delegated nor prohibited to the States are re-
served to the States or to the people.

DESTY'S FED. CON.-2.

ARTICLE XI.

The judicial power not to extend to actions against a State

by citizen of another State, or of a foreign State.

ARTICLE XII.

Presidential electors to meet in their respective States.

and vote by ballot for President and Vice-Presi-

dent.

the ballots for each office to be distinct.

distinct lists to be made, signed, certified, and

transmitted to the President of the Senate.

the President of the Senate to open the certifi-
cates in presence of both houses of Congress.

and the votes shall then be counted.

the person having the greatest number of votes

shall be President.

if there be no majority the House of Represent-

atives shall elect from those having the high-

est number, not exceeding three.

the votes shall be taken by States, each State

having one vote.

a quorum shall consist of a representation from

two-thirds of the States.

a majority of all the States necessary to a choice.

if the House neglect to choose a President, the

Vice-President shall act as such.

the person having the greatest number of votes

for Vice-President shall be Vice-President,

if it be a majority of the electors.

if not such majority, then the Senate shall

choose the Vice-President from the two high-

est on the list.

a quorum shall consist of two thirds of the

whole number of Senators.

a majority shall be necessary for a choice.

constitutional ineligibility for President ren-

ders a person ineligible for Vice-President.

ARTICLE XIII.

Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except for crime,
shall exist in the United States.

Congress may enforce this article.

ARTICLE XIV.

SEC. 1.-All persons born or naturalized in the U. S. are citizens of

the U. S. and of the State where they reside.

States cannot abridge the privileges and immu-

nities of citizens.

nor deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop-

erty without due process of law.

nor deny to any person the equal protection of

the law.

SEC. 2.-Representatives shall be apportioned according to the whole

number of persons in each State, exclud-

ing Indians not taxed.

but when the right to vote is denied to male
citizens over twenty-one, the basis of
representation shall be reduced accord-
ingly.

Art. XIV, Sec. 2.—Continued.

except for participation in the rebellion or
for other crimes.

SEC. 3.-Persons engaged in insurrection or rebellion having previ-
ously taken the oath to support the Constitution
of the U. S. are disqualified from holding office.

Congress may by a two-third vote of each house re-

move the disability.

SEC. 4.-The validity of the public debt of the U. S., authorized by

law, shall not be questioned.

debts or obligations incurred in aid of rebellion are ille-

gal and void.

claims for loss or emancipation of any slave are illegal

and void.

SEC. 5.-Congress shall have power to enforce these provisions.

ARTICLE XV.

SEC. 1.-The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied or abridged

on account of race, color, or previous condition of servi-

tude.

SEC. 2.-Congress shall have power to enforce this article.