Preamble 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 the general welfare, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty, but for the United States to develop and establish this constitution.The legislative constitution
1 the provisions, the United States Congress, Congress is composed of a Senate and house of representatives.Second
house by the people of the several States, elected every two years for the members, the electors in each state shall have the qualifications, the largest number of the State Council electoral required.Who are under twenty-five years of age, or a citizen of the United States under seven years, or in some States elected not residents of the state, shall be appointed rep..The number of Representatives and direct taxes, distribution according to federal jurisdiction state population proportion calculation method, the number of the population, should be in all free people -- including short-term contract for servants, but not including tax by the end of the Indians - number, 3/5 of all other persons plus.The actual population survey, should be held in the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, three years after, and subsequently held once every ten years, in such manner as prescribed by law.The number of Representatives shall not exceed thirty thousand of the population is, each one representative, but each state shall have at least one representative
; until such enumeration shall be made, the state of the number of election of representatives in accordance with the following:
NH three, Massachusetts eight, Rhodes island and Providence plantations one, five, Connecticut New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania four six. Eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.Any congressman when vacancies happen, the state chief executives should be awarded the writ of election, elected representatives to fill such vacancies.The house of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers
; only the house of Representatives has put forward the impeachment power.Third
United States Senate composition from each state legislature elected two senators, the Senate for a term of six years, and each Senator shall have one vote.Senator in the first election held after the meeting when, should immediately try to divided equally into three groups.The first group of senators term expires at the end of the year, to second years, second groups at the expiration of the fourth year, the third groups at the expiration of the sixth year, so that 1/3 may be chosen every second year
re-election; if
recess in a legislature, a senator or other reasons for resignation vacancy, the state the chief executive may make temporary Appointments, wait until the next meeting of the legislature, the election again.Who are under thirty years of age, or a citizen of the United States under the age of nine years, or in some States elected not residents of the state, shall be a senator.Vice president of the United States shall be president of the Senate, unless the votes are equal, the speaker does not have the right to vote.The Senate shall chuse their other officers, in the absence of the vice president, or execute the office of president of the United States, and also a President pro tempore.All cases of impeachment, only the Senate has the right to trial.In the trial of impeachment, the senators shall be bound by oath or affirmation.As president of the United States is tried, the chief justice of the Supreme Court by President
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in the late of 2/3 of the members present agreed, no person shall be convicted.Judgment in cases of impeachment, shall not exceed the removal and cancel the United States government any honor, duty or stipendiary job qualification
; but was sentenced to the must still obey the charges, according to the laws made by the trial, judgment and punishment.Fourth state legislatures should be specified in the elections for Senators and representatives, time, place and procedures;
but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, but the vote is not in.The Congress shall meet at least once a year, the date of the meeting should be the first Monday in December, unless they passed a law to specify a date.
fifth. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, election returns and qualifications of its own members members, each college is composed of half the statutory number can be
; but a smaller number, can be a day to push a heaven and earth to postpone the meeting, and shall have the right to house the in accordance with the prescribed procedures and penalties absent members, forcing.Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly, and with the concurrence of 2/3, expelled from the house of parliament.Each house shall keep a journal, and often published, but the school should keep secret the part except
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members of both houses on each issue approval or disapproval, such as 1/5 members present request, should be recorded in the minutes of proceedings.During the session of Congress, any house without the consent of the other, may not, for more than three days, nor to any other place than the Senate meeting.
paragraph sixth of the senators and representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, payment amount by law, and by the United States treasury.Members of both houses except treason, felony and breach of the peace, during their attendance at the Council and from the hospital on the way, there is no privileged from arrest
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houses within the MPs in the house argued free applications, on the other.No senator or representative shall, as the government of the United States, any time in which he was elected, in position, or withdrawal of its term in office have increased position shall
; office under the United States, not as members of Congress during his continuance in office.All bills seventh relevant taxation shall originate in the house of Representatives; but the Senate
become a law, the amendment suggestions or representation.Through the house of Representatives and the Senate bill, before it become a law, be presented to the president as the president of the United States;
approval, be signed, if not approved, should be with his objections to it back to the original proposed the house, the house should be credited to the objection on the record in detail, and then.If after such reconsideration, 2/3 of that house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be the bill together with the objections, to the other house, by which also be reconsidered, if the other house with 2/3 of the majority, it shall become a law.But in all such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by agreement or disagreement, and for and against the bill shall be the names of the persons, houses were recorded on the Journal of each house.As the president received a bill for ten days (except Sunday)
, the bill shall not be returned, as if he had signed by the president, became law "quasi when Congress returns and therefore cannot be returned when the bill, the bill, it shall not be a.Every order, resolution or voting
person (about 3 except), payable by the Senate and house of representatives to be agreed, shall be presented to the president of the United States this quasi; by the
after binding, as the president, shall not be approved by the house and Senate, then according to pass a bill to the rules and limitations prescribed, each with the majority of the 2/3, then.Eighth
the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, customs duties and other taxes, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense of the United States and the national welfare fund
; but all taxes, customs duties and other taxes, shall be uniform throughout the United States to impose; United States credit debt; management and foreign, state and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes trade
; formulation of naturalization is consistent throughout the United States, and the relevant bankruptcy agreement applicable laws; coin money, regulate the value, and the currency value, and the development of degree metrology standard
; to provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and money of the United States; to establish post offices and post roads
; to promote the progress of science and useful arts, the writer and inventor of the works and inventions, patent right within a certain time limit protection; constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court
; to define and punish the crime of piracy, felonies committed on the high seas and offences against the law of nations the declaration of war, civil ship; to arrest and charge the enemy ship issued and reprisal, set in the land and sea captured war Lijing rules
; to raise and support the army, but each time the appropriationThe cost of money, its effective period shall not exceed two years; to provide and maintain a navy; make the management and control of the various regulations and * * *
; to provide for calling forth the militia, to execute the laws of the union, to suppress the rebellion and repel invasions
; provisions militia organization, equipment and training, and the militia to the service of the United States the measures for the administration of the appointment of the officers, but states retain the right, and in accordance with the provisions of the regulations on congress training their power
; for by the particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, to serve as the seat of government of the United States District (not exceeding ten miles square), with all legislation to everything right;
Parliament for the state to state, to buy, to building a fortress, ammunition depots, arsenals, shipyards and other necessary buildings place, also has the same power;
- and to exercise the power of officials, and the exercise of the constitutional states government or its departments or the power, making all necessary and appropriate.Should be quasi - the migration or importation of people ninth
any of the states now existing thought, in the one eight O eight years ago, shall not be prohibited by the Congress, but can be levied on immigration, but not exceeding ten dollars for each person.Shall not be suspended the writ of habeas corpus privileges, but in cases of rebellion or invasion, necessary for the public safety when the limit.Shall not pass any bill of attainder or ex post facto laws.Unless in proportion to the provisions of the constitution of the census or enumeration, shall not levy any tax or other direct population.Goods to the state output, tax shall be laid.Any business or tax regulations, shall be given a state port preferential treatment in
; also shall not be compelled to or from a state of the ship, to enter or exit the another state, or to another state tax.In addition to funding in accordance with the law, shall not raise any money from the state treasury; public
all budget report and accounts, often should.The United States shall not grant any title of Nobility:
all the exercise or have a responsibility in the United States at the end of the post, the consent of the Congress, and shall not accept any king, prince or any gift, salary, job or foreign.Tenth
state shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation; not to issue civil ship arrest and charge the enemy ship and reprisal; coin money; not issuing notes;
statutory make anything but gold and silver coin as debt money; not law and damage by any contract. Civil Rights Act, retroactive law;
or grant any.Without the consent of the Congress, the states are not allowed to import goods or export goods to levy any taxes, but in order to implement the state inspection laws: and there is absolutely necessary, this restriction shall not apply
; any state on import and export goods of the duties, the net proceeds to be used by the Treasury of the United States;
has this kind of check the law, the revision and control of the congress.Without the consent of the Congress, the States shall not impose tonnage tax, shall keep * * * and ships of war in time of peace, and not of another state or country to enter into any agreement or contract, unless actually invaded, or encountered a critical situation brook no delay time, or engage in war.
second section 1. The executive power to the United states.The presidential term of four years, with the same term president and vice president, should according to the following procedures: each state election
should discuss procedures prescribed in accordance with the club of the state, the specified number of electors, their number should be equal to the total number of Congress and the state in the senators and representatives
; but, all such member members and any in the United States government as responsible and pay the duty person, shall be designated as the election.The electors shall belong to its own in the state assembly elections, each two people, including at least one person is not a resident of the state.Electoral shall make a list of all the persons voted for, indicate the number of votes for each
; they shall sign and seal that, after the list is sent to the seat of government of the United States and the senate.The president of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and house of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the counting of votes.Who gets the most votes, if more than half of all the electoral votes, the president
; if there be more than one who have a majority, Dan and have an equal number of votes, then the house of Representatives shall immediately after the vote, elected president of
; and if no person have a majority, then the house of Representatives shall be the most votes before five methods with the same name in the election.But this method to elect the president, shall be taken by States, the representation from each state having one vote;
such as the national 2/3 States each have one or more representatives attend, namely legal constitution presidential election number;
elected president of all the states are required by the.In each such elections, after the choice of the president, the people the greatest number of votes to win the election, is the vice president.But if there are more than two or two votes are equal, by the Senate vote, choose one of them for the vice president.The Congress may determine the States elect period and their voting day
voting date; national will.Only the birth for the citizens of America, or in the implementation of the constitution is a citizen of the United States, can be elected president;
who are under thirty-five years of age, or resident within the United States less than fourteen years, shall be eligible to.In case of the removal of the president from office, or of his death, resignation, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the president, by the vice president.The Congress may by law, the president and vice president are removed, or death, resignation or inability, by whom the acting president, the people should obey this assume office, to the president the ability to recover, or the new president was elected.The president for their services within the time specified in the acceptance shall, in its tenure, salary amount shall not be increased or reduced, he may not be in this term, since the government of the United States, and any state government then love other remuneration.In his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:
-- "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, maintain, protect and defend the United states.Second
president for the commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States, and in the state militia called the United States mission commander in chief;
he can charge for each administrative officials of any proposed relating to the duties of their written opinions
event, except in cases of impeachment, he has the right to violate the laws of the United States were granted probation and.The president has the right to conclude treaties, but must seek the advice and consent of the Senate, and to attend the 2/3 senators were in favor of
; he shall nominate, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed ambassador, Ambassador and Consul, a judge of the Supreme Court, and all other in the Constitution without that, but will be in accordance with laws and regulations and set the officers of the United States
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Parliament can make laws, as appropriate, to these lower level officials were appointed, granting the president himself, conferred on the court, or to the administrative department.During the recess of the Senate, in case of a vacancy, the president has the authority to appoint officials to fill such vacancies, the end of term in the Senate the next meeting.
third President shall report to Congress the federal often to Congress, he deems necessary and appropriate to the measures, for its consideration
; in special circumstances, he may call one or both house and Senate meeting, in the recess of disagreement, both houses adjourned to command he deems appropriate period so far
; he shall receive ambassadors and ministers; he should pay attention to the effective implementation of the law, and the appointment of all.Fourth
president, vice president and all civil officers, treason, bribery or other felony and misdemeanor, impeachment and conviction, shall be removed from office.Judicial power of the first paragraph of article third of the United States
be vested in one Supreme Court, and the Congress may from time to time ordered to set up a lower court.The Supreme Court and lower court judges, if loyal, should continue to serve, and to accept as a reward for their services shall, during his continuance in office, it shall be cut.The right
second judicial scope, should be included in the constitution, the laws of the United States and the United States have been ordered, and the treaty will set under all relates to common law and equity cases
; everything about ambassador, ministers and consuls; all the relevant maritime jurisdiction and maritime jurisdiction of the case; the United States is a party to the proceedings and;
state between the litigation, the state and another state among the citizens of the state law, a citizen of a state and the other between citizens, between citizens of different states of assignment for the state land and dispute v. belongs to litigation, as well as a state, or the citizens with foreign governments, citizens or its people.In all the relevant ambassador, minister, consular and state is a party in the case, the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction.In all the other cases, the Supreme Court of law and the fact that the right of appeal, but the Congress shall make an exception and otherwise Disposal Ordinance, the limit.The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the state
crime; but if the crime took place not within any state, the trial shall be according to the law designated locations in Congress or places.Third
only against the United States launched the war, or to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort, consisting of treason.No matter who, if not through the testimony of two witnesses his blatant act of treason, or on confession in open court, shall be convicted of treason.The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but for treason attainder, its future generations of inheritance is not affected by the person, property or Forfeiture except during the life of my.The first paragraph of article fourth
public act of every other state, records, and judicial proceedings, should give full trust and.The Congress may make rules, how to prove to the provisions of this act, records, and judicial proceedings and the effect thereof.
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citizens of each state shall be entitled to all the privileges of citizenship.A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime walker, escape outside the law and in a state of seized, the state should be requested in accordance with the criminals escape the executive authority of the state, the criminals to surrender, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of criminal cases.Where a state according to law shall be served in the state or condition of servitude, flee to another state, not because of any laws or regulations of a state, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be entitled to such service or labour as a request, to surrender.
third States may be admitted by the Congress into federal; if there is no state legislatures and Congress agreed, shall not be in any state to establish jurisdiction, NSW;
also state number shall not be merged two state or states, or part of the.Congress has the power to dispose of the territorial and other industries, and set about these all needful rules and regulations
; any of the provisions of this constitution, shall be as to prejudice any right of the United States or any state interpretation.The Fourth United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, protect them against invasion
; and according to the State Council or the administrative department (when the legislature cannot be convened) request, against domestic violence.Fifth
all members of both houses of the 2/3 of the most when it deems necessary, Congress should propose amendments to this constitution; or,
when existing states 2/3 State Council's request, Congress shall convene the constituent assembly, the above two kinds of amendments, such as the general assembly by the legislatures of 3/4 states or 3/4 of the state constitution approval, namely one of the parts of the Constitution and be in full force and effect, to use that kind of way of approval, then by the Congress
; but one eight, eight years before the amendment which may be made, in any case, not the first ninth of the first of this paragraph, article four two
; any state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal vote in the senate.The debt owed by the government of the United States sixth
before the constitution was approved and signed the treaty, after the adoption of the constitution, with and as under the confederation.This constitution, and the United States have enacted laws in accordance with the constitution of the United States; and all the
has been signed and will conclude a treaty, both the highest national laws;
and the judges in every state shall be subject to the constraint, either in the constitution or laws of any content and conflict, are not contrary to this.The senators and representatives, the State Council, the United States and the states of all executive and judicial officers, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support the constitution of the United States
; but to any office or public, are not in any * * * standard required as a qualification.Seventh
the ratification of the nine state constitutional convention, began to take effect between the ratification of the constitution states.
the Constitution in 1787, Twelfth years after the independence of the United States of America in the September 17th by the Convention, the consensus states would agree.We hereby witness.......
according to Article fifth of the constitution, proposed by Congress and the States approved the constitution of the United States and the United States to modify the add. .