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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
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 defence, promote the general Welfare, and
secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,
do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States
of America.
Article I
Section 1.
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a
Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate
and House of Representatives.
Section 2.
[1] The House of Representatives shall be composed of
Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several
States, and the Electors in each State shall have the
Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch
of the State Legislature.
[2] No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have
attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a
Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be
an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
[3] Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned
among the several States which may be included within this Union,
according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined
by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those
bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not
taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. The actual Enumeration
shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the
Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term
of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The
Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty
Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative;
and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New
Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachussetts eight,
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Maryland six,
Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and
Georgia three.
[4] When vacancies happen in the Representation from any
State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of
Election to fill such Vacancies.
[5] The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker
and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Section 3.
[1] The Senate of the United States shall be composed of
two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof,
for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
[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 at the Expiration of the fourth
Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year,
so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if
Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess
of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make
temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature,
which shall then fill such Vacancies.
[3] No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have
attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a
Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be
an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
[4] The Vice President of the United States shall be
President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they
shall be equally divided.
[5] The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a
President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or
when he shall excercise the Office of President of the United
States.
[6] The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all
Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on
Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is
tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be
convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members
present.
[7] Judgement in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend
further than to removal from Office, and disqualification to hold
and enjoy any Office of honor, Trust, or Profit under the United
States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and
subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgement, and Punishment,
according to Law.
Section 4.
[1] The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for
Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State
by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by
Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of
chusing Senators.
[2] The Congress shall assemble at least once in every
Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December
unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Section 5.
[1] Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections,
Returns, and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of
each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller
Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to
compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and
under such Penalties as each House may provide.
[2] Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings,
punish its Members for disorderly Behavior, and, with the
Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
[3] Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and
from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may
in their Judgement require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the
Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of
one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
[4] Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall,
without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three
days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses
shall be sitting.
Section 6.
[1] The Senators and Representatives shall receive a
Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and
paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all
Cases, except Treason, Felony Breach of the Peace, be privileged
from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their
respective Houses, and in going to and from the same; and for any
Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in
any other Place.
[2] No Senator or Repre