The full text of the constitution America (September 17, 1787)

Preface

We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote public welfare, and ensure ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, the United States of America is formulatedConstitution.

Article 1

The first paragraph herein granted all legislative powers belong to the States Congress by the Senate and house of representatives.

The second section of the house every two years by the people of the several States elected legislators. The electors in each state shall have required the state legislature a number of electoral qualifications.

All were under the age of 25, became its selected state residents are not citizens of the United States under the age of 7 years and was elected as member of the house of Representatives, shall not.

The number of Representatives and direct taxes shall be according to the proportion of population under the jurisdiction of the federal state distribution in the states. State population refers to total 3 / 5 person free of all other population of free people and including total must be in a certain number of internal labor person, excluding Indians not taxed. The actual Enumeration shall be made to the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, after 3 years and thereafter every 10 years, according to theLawTo carry out the provisions of. The number of Representatives per 30000 people elected 1 person limited, but each state shall have at least 1 people in the implementation of Representatives; the demographics, New Hampshire can choose 3 people, 8 people of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence 1 plantations, 5 Connecticut, 6 people in New York, 4 in New Jersey state, 8 people in Pennsylvania, 1 people in Delaware, Mali, Lanzhou 6 people, 10 people, 5 people of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 5 people, 3 people of georgia.

Any of the selected States congressman when vacancies happen in the representation, the chief executive election should be released to make up the shortfall.

The house of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment.

Two senators, third States Senate elected by each state legislature, Senator for 6 years, and each Senator shall have one vote.

Assembled at the first election, should as far as possible were divided into three groups: the first group of senators should be in the second year of second groups corresponding to re-election, Senator fourth year election, third group of senators for sixth year for election every two years, so that the total number of L / 3 senators in any state during the parliamentary recess, as a result of the resignation or other reason vacancies happen, before the chief executive next meeting compensate for the shortfall in the state legislature, make temporary appointments.

Who are under 30 years of age, the elected state residents is not a citizen of the United States at the end of over 9 years and was elected senator, not.

Vice president of the United States shall be president of the Senate, but unless the full Senate vote for equality, without the right to vote.

The Senate shall chuse their other officers, in the absence of the vice president or exercise the office of president of the United States, a President pro tempore.

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. Because of censorship impeachment hearing, Senator shall be bound by oath or solemn declaration. The president of the United States Court by the chief justice of the Supreme Court, presided over the trial. Whoever, without attending Senator 2 / 3 people agree, shall be convicted.

Judgment in cases of impeachment, shall be by removal and stripped of its hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust the United States Office of profit or qualification is limited; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be in accordance with the law to accept, trial, judgment and punishment prosecution.

The time, place and method fourth of holding elections for Senators and representatives, shall be prescribed by the State Council by election of senators, but in addition to place a, Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations.

A meeting at least once every year, unless congress Congress, by law or date, this meeting should be held on the first Monday in December.

Paragraph fifth of the hospital should be the judge of the elections, returns and membership. All members shall constitute a quorum at half of the quorum is day by day; when the recess, and in accordance with the provisions of the academy and penalties to compel the attendance of absent members.

Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and by 2 / 3 members agreed to expel a member.

Each house shall keep the record of the meeting, not to be announced, but the court holds that except the need for confidentiality part. The senator for any problem vote should be in accordance with the members present record request load conference 1 / 5.

During the session of Congress, one without the other house consent shall not be for more than 3 days, nor from the house to the conference site.

Sixth. The senators and representatives shall be prescribed by law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States for services rendered in. Members of both houses, except treason, felony and breach of the peace, and in going to and returning from their house way not be arrested during their meeting at the house of Commons; not because of its published in their house speech or debate and questioned in any other place.

No senator or representative shall set up or increase in any civil office under the authority of the United States during this period as elected term; in the United States under the applicants, while continuing to tenure, may act as either House of Congress members.

Seventh. All bills for raising revenue should first come from the house of Representatives, but the Senate may be like the other bills, propose amendments or agreed on amendments.

Every bill by both the house and the Senate, shall be sent to the president of the United States before they become law; if he approve the bill, which shall sign; if not approved, it shall be returned to the bill originally proposed the motion of the house with the objections. The college president should be the objections at recording, and review. If after such reconsideration, the 2 / 3 members agreed to by the bill, which should be sent to the other house together with the objections, which it shall likewise be reconsidered, such as the house of 2 / 3 senators approved the bill becomes law. But in this case the Senate vote, to vote and vote to decide, name MPs vote yes or no to be meeting records are loaded each of the hospital. Such as the bill in 10 days after deliver president (except Sunday) without the president returned, is considered to be signed by the president, the bill becomes law; but if Congress adjourns and hindering the bill returned, the bill does not become law.

All must be approved by the Senate and house of Representatives agreed order, resolution or voting (except on a question of adjournment) shall be sent to the president of the United States, the command above, the resolution shall be subject to approval or vote president takes effect. As the President shall not be approved, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the rules and restrictions for the bill, the Senate and the house of 2 / 3 members to the.

The eighth section of the Congress shall have power to:

To lay and collect taxes, indirect tax, import tax and tax on goods, to provide the United States the common defense and public welfare, to pay the debts, but all indirect tax, import duties and taxes shall be uniform throughout the;

To borrow money on the credit of the United states;

Between the United States and the management of foreign states, and with the Indian tribes trade;

To establish an uniform rule of naturalization andBankruptcy law;

To coin money, determine the currency and foreign currency value, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and currency of the United states;

To establish post offices and post roads;

Security to authors and inventors to their respective writings and inventions in a limited period of proprietary rights, in order to promote the progress of science and useful arts;

The establishment of tribunals inferior to the Supreme court;

To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and breachInternational LawCriminal behavior;

A declaration of war, captured enemy ships issued permits and letters of reprisal, formulating captures on land and water regulation;

To raise and support armies, but the use of funds shall not exceed 2 years;

To provide and maintain a navy;

To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces act;

To provide for calling forth the militia, to execute the laws of the union, to quell the insurgency and resisting foreign aggression regulations;

Provisions of militia organization, equipment and discipline regulations, the militia management measures for the service of the United States, but the militia officer appointed by Congress and rules of discipline, training the militia authority reserved to the states;

In any case, by some states, the United States, the acceptance of Congress, the United States government as the location of the area (the area not exceeding 10 square miles) of legislative power to exercise exclusive; and the state legislature agreed to all purchased by the United States in the state is used to repair the fortress, magazines, arsenals, shipyards and other necessary buildings place to exercise the same powers;

Make for the execution of the foregoing powers according to the Constitution and the award of any authority or the government of the United States government officials or all other powers are necessary and proper laws.

Ninth any of the states now think should accept the migration or importation of personnel, to prohibit Congress before 1808 may not, but for immigrants may be levied for each no more than 10 dollars in taxes or duties.

According to the habeas corpus privileges, except in cases of rebellion or invasion, public security need to terminate this privilege, shall not terminate.

Shall not pass the bill of attainder or ex post facto law.

In addition to the to the census or enumeration specified proportion license tax, not a poll tax or other taxes.

For any state output of goods, no tax or duty:

Any trade regulations or tax regulations give a state to another state in superior port preferential; ship to or from a state shall not be obliged to enter, in another state, clear or pay duties.

According to the legal provisions in addition to money shall be drawn from the treasury payment receipts and expenditures of all public money; reports and accounts shall be published from time to time.

The United States shall not be granted a peerage; hold any office of profit or trust in the United States, without the consent of the Congress, and shall not accept any foreign prince or state of the gift of any gift, amount, office or rank.

Tenth no state shall enter into any treaty alliance or confederation; shall not be issued to the enemy ship license and letters of reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; legal currency shall not be anything but gold and silver as payment of debts; not law impairing the obligation of contracts, or through a civil rights bill, deprived of retroactivity the law; or grant any title of nobility.

No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, to levy import tax or indirect tax of import and export of goods, but for the execution of the state law is absolutely necessary to check that this restriction shall not apply to. All indirect taxes and import duties of any state with the consent of the import or export of goods of net income should be used as the Treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the congress.

No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, shall keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, not with another state or foreign conclude an agreement or treaty, unless actually invaded, or encounter crunch time risk, or engage in war.

Article second

1. The executive power belongs to the president of the United States of america. The president for a term of 4 years, the vice presidency and presidential term of the same. Election of president and vice president:

Each state in accordance with the provisions of the State Council of representatives a number of electors, the person shall be entitled in the Senate and house of representatives of the State shall be equal to the whole number of; but the senator or representative in the government of the United States, or an office of trust or profit may not be appointed an elector.

The electors shall meet in their respective states, vote for 2 people, of which at least 1 people not electoral states residents. The electors shall make a list of all the candidates, written by and the number of votes for each; witness list, sealed and sent to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the president of the senate. The president of the Senate shall open all the certificates in front of the Senate and house of representatives of all the members, the counting of votes. The most votes, such as more than half of the total number of votes is elected president election. If more than 1 people have obtained more than half and have an equal number of votes, the house of Representatives shall immediately voted 1 of them for the president. And if no person have a majority, then the house of Representatives shall in like manner from the list the most votes in the election of 5 1 for president. But the house of Representatives elect the president, shall be taken by States vote, each state represents a 1 vote; a quorum for the presidential election of 2 / 3 states each have 1 or more representative, and shall obtain a majority of all the States ticket was elected. The president is elected, the election of people to obtain the greatest number of votes is elected vice president; but if there are two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall vote on 1 of them for the vice president.

Congress could decide the election of people's time and electoral vote date, the date must be unified.

No person except a born citizen of the United States or in the constitution is a citizen of the United States, shall be eligible to the office of president. Before 35 years of age and living in the United States living within less than 14 years shall not be elected president.

In case the president dismissed, death, resignation or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the job, should be transferred to the vice president. The president and vice president are removal, death, resignation or incapacity, Congress have announced an official shall act for the president in accordance with the law, the official is the acting president, until President recovery capabilities or a new president is elected.

Getting the president's service return within the prescribed time, the reward shall not increase or decrease during the elected president. The President shall not be any other remuneration from the United States or any of them in term of office.

The president made the following oath or affirmation before taking office: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm), I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, strain every nerve, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United states."

Second the president is commander in chief of the army and Navy, the United States, and in the state militia was called up for the service of the United States when Ren Min commander in chief of mission; the president may request the administrative department chief put forward written opinions regarding its responsibilities, and have the right to crimes against the United States Interests reprieves and pardons, except in cases of impeachment.

The president in consultation with the Senate and the Senators present 2 / 3 in favor of, have the right to conclude a treaty; the president should put forward candidates, and in consultation with the Senate and obtain his consent, appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court and the appointment procedures without the constitution on the other bank obligations stipulated by law all other states officials. But Congress considered appropriate, according to the law will lower the appointment of officials the right to grant the president, or in the courts or the minister.

The president has the power to appoint staff to fill the Senate may happen during the recess of the official vacancies, the appointment should be at the end of their next meeting.

Third he shall from time to time about the situation and will report to Congress, as he considers necessary and proper motion submitted to Congress; president in very period called both houses of Congress or any one meeting, as both have differences of opinions on recess, the president can make the two house that he deems appropriate until the time the president; shall receive ambassadors and other diplomats; should earnestly implement supervision of all laws, all the officials and the appointment of the United states.

The fourth paragraph of the president, vice president and all civil officers of the United States for treason, bribery or other felony and misdemeanor and elastic strength and conviction, shall be removed from office.

Article third

The first section of the judicial power of the United States Supreme Court and Congress at any time to such inferior courts. The Supreme Court and lower court judges continue to serve as good behaviour, and shall be compensation for services within the prescribed time, the rewards in their continued tenure may not reduce.

The range of the second paragraph of the judicial power is as follows: all equitable this constitution, the laws of the United States and the United States concluded according to the authority or the treaties and the common law cases based on; in all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; all Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction over a case is to the United States; litigation; between two or more states litigation; between a state and citizens of another state; -- between citizens of different states; he states, land ownership on the state of litigation between citizens; a state, or the citizens and foreign citizens or subjects of litigation.

Relates to the ambassador, other public ministers and consuls and a state for all parties of the case, the trial right belongs to the Supreme court. In all the other cases before mentioned, both as to law and fact, the Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction, subject to the exceptions and rules imposed by congress.

Of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury trial; trial shall be held in the crime occurred in the state; but if not committed within any state, a place or places the trial shall be stipulated by laws in Congress are.

Third only to the United States launched the war or attachment, help, sheltering enemies of the union, was guilty of treason. Whoever, without the two witnesses to the same overt behavior to give evidence or on confession in open court, shall be convicted of treason. Congress has the power to declare the punishment of the crimes of deprivation in order; but treason criminal civil rights, shall not affect the inheritance of human rights, in addition to deprivation of civil rights for life outside the person, not including the confiscation of property.

Article fourth

Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the other state of the first paragraph of the public acts, records and judicial proceedings. The Congress may by general law method and effect of posterior such acts, records and judicial proceedings.

Second. The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.

A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, people on the run and be found in another state, that state should be based on the people fled, on demand of the executive authority of the hand, to be removed to having jurisdiction of the crime.

Where under a state law must be in the state of military service or labour have fled to another state, not according to the law or regulations, to be discharged from such service or labour, but according to have the right to such service or labour parties request will surrender.

Third new states may be admitted by the Congress into this union; but not under the jurisdiction of any other state within the composition or erected; shall not without the approval of relevant state legislatures and Congress agreed to build the new parts of the merger of the two state or states.

All the necessary rules and regulations Congress has the power to dispose of and make the United States territory or other property. The ConstitutionThe lawWe shall not do damage to any of the rights of the United States or of any particular state interpretation.

The fourth section of the United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, according to the State Council or the State Commissioner (when the legislature cannot be convened) request put down civil strife.

Article fifth

In the 2 / 3 of both houses of Congress members that the necessary amendments to the constitution should be put forward, or according to the national 2 / 3 State Council request meeting proposed amendment. The proposed amendment of any of the above circumstances, the national 3 / 4 state legislatures or after 3 / 4, the assembly approved, which became part of the Constitution and the actual effect; the way of approval by the congress. But the amendment to the established before 1808 shall not in any form of the Ninth Section of the first article first and fourth; no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the senate.

Article Sixth

All the negative constitution went into effect before the debt and all contracts required in this constitution valid against the United States, as under the confederation.

The Constitution and formulated in accordance with this Constitution and laws of the United States, according to the United States or which shall be made by the power of all the treaty, are the supreme law of the land; even with any state constitution or law, the judge should still comply with state.

The senators and representatives, members of the several state legislatures, and the United States and of the several States all administrative, judicial officials shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this constitution; but not in religious belief required as a qualification to any office or public.

Article seventh

Approved by the nine state convention, which is sufficient to enable the establishment of this Constitution in the ratification of the constitution of the state.

The constitution to the Jesus era in 1878, Twelfth years after the independence of the United States of America in the September 17th by the state constitution, attended the unanimous consent of the States set.