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... union , establish justice , ensure domestic tranquility , provide for the common defence , promote the general welfare , and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our poster- ity , do ordain and establish this Constitution ...
... union , establish justice , ensure domestic tranquility , provide for the common defence , promote the general welfare , and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our poster- ity , do ordain and establish this Constitution ...
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... union , suppress insurrections , and repel invasions : 16. To provide for organizing , arming and disciplining the mili- tia , and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States , reserving to the ...
... union , suppress insurrections , and repel invasions : 16. To provide for organizing , arming and disciplining the mili- tia , and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States , reserving to the ...
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... the Senate , by granting com- missions which shall expire at the end of their next session . SEC . III . - 1 . He shall , from time to time , give to the Congress information of the state of the union , and recommend UNITED STATES . 11.
... the Senate , by granting com- missions which shall expire at the end of their next session . SEC . III . - 1 . He shall , from time to time , give to the Congress information of the state of the union , and recommend UNITED STATES . 11.
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... union , and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and ex- pedient ; he may , on extraordinary occasions , convene both houses , or either of them , and in case of disagreement between them , with ...
... union , and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and ex- pedient ; he may , on extraordinary occasions , convene both houses , or either of them , and in case of disagreement between them , with ...
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... union ; but no new state shall be formed or erected with- in the jurisdiction of any other state ; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states , or parts of states , without the consent of the legislature of the states ...
... union ; but no new state shall be formed or erected with- in the jurisdiction of any other state ; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states , or parts of states , without the consent of the legislature of the states ...
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Page 8 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 2 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 23 - But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
Page 34 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 14 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 6 - ... 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports...
Page 20 - ... agitated in every direction were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging, in situations in which not unfrequently want of success has countenanced the spirit of criticism, the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts, and a guarantee of the plans by which they were effected.
Page 7 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 19 - I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or propriety; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that, in the present circumstances of our country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.