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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [General Info on the ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Amendments of the US ]
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[ ]11-12 [ ]Essay/Report [Constitution ]
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[ ]College [x]Misc [ ]
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Date: 06/94 # of Words:1214 School: ? State: ?
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ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
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Amendment I (1791)
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
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prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
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or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
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petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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Amendment II (1791)
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A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state,
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the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
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Amendment III (1791)
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No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the
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consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed
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by law.
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Amendment IV (1791)
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
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effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
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and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or
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affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
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persons or things to be seized.
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Amendment V (1791)
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No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
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crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
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cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
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actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be
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subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;
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nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
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himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process
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of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just
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compensation.
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Amendment VI (1791)
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In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy
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and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein
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the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been
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previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause
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of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have
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compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the
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assistance of counsel for his defense.
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Amendment VII (1791)
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In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty
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dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried
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by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States,
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than according to the rules of the common law.
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Amendment VIII (1791)
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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor
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cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
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Amendment IX (1791)
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The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
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construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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Amendment X (1791)
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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
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prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or
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to the people.
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Amendment XI (1798)
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The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to
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any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the
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United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of
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any foreign state.
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Amendment XII (1804)
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The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for
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President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an
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inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their
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ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the
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person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of
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all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as
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Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall
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sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the
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United States, directed to the President of the Senate;--The President of
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the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of
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Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be
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counted;--the person having the greatest number of votes for President,
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shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of
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electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the
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persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those
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voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose
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immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the
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votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having
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one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members
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from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be
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necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose
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a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before
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the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act
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as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional
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disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes
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as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a
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majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a
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majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall
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choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of
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two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole
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number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally
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ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of
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Vice-President of the United States.
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Amendment XIII (1865)
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Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
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punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted,
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shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their
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jurisdiction.
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Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate
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legislation.
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Amendment XIV (1868)
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Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and
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subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and
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of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law
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which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United
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States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or
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property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its
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jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states
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according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons
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in each state, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to vote at
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any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of
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the United States, Representatives in Congress, the executive and judicial
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officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied
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to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of
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age, and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged, except for
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participation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis of representation
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therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male
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citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years
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of age in such state.
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Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or
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elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or
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military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having
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previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the
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United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive
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or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United
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States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,
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or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote
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of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
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Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized
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by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for
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services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned.
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But neither the United States nor any state shall assume or pay any debt or
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obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United
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States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all
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such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
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Section 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate
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legislation, the provisions of this article.
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Amendment XV (1870)
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Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
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denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race,
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color, or previous condition of servitude.
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Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
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appropriate legislation.
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Amendment XVI (1913)
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The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from
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whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states,
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and without regard to any census of enumeration.
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Amendment XVII (1913)
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The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each
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state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall
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have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications
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requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state
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legislatures.
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When vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the
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executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill
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such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any state may empower the
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executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the
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vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.
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This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term
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of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
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Amendment XVIII (1919)
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Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the
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manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the
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importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States
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and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes
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is hereby prohibited.
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Section 2. The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power
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to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
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ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the
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several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from
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the date of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.
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Amendment XIX (1920)
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or
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abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.
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Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate
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legislation.
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Amendment XX (1933)
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Section 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon
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on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives
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at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would
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have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their
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successors shall then begin.
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Section 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and
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such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they
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shall by law appoint a different day.
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Section 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the
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President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect
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shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before
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the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect
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shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as
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President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by
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law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice
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President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as
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President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and
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such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall
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have qualified.
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Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any
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of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a
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President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and
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for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may
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choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved
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upon them.
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Section 5. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October
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following the ratification of this article.
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Section 6. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
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ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of
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three-fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its
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submission.
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Amendment XXI (1933)
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Section 1. The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the
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United States is hereby repealed.
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Section 2. The transportation or importation into any state, territory, or
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possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating
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liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
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Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
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ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several
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states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date
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of the submission hereof to the states by the Congress.
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Amendment XXII (1951)
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Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more
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than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as
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President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was
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elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than
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once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of
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President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not
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prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as
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President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from
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holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder
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of such term.
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Section 2. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been
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ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of
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three-fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its
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submission to the states by the Congress.
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Amendment XXIII (1961)
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Section 1. The District constituting the seat of government of the United
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States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:
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A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole
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number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District
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would be entitled if it were a state, but in no event more than the least
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populous state; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the states,
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but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President
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and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a state; and they shall
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meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth
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article of amendment.
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Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
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appropriate legislation.
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Amendment XXIV (1964)
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Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any
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primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for
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President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress,
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shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason
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of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
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Section 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by
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appropriate legislation.
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Amendment XXV (1967)
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Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his
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death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
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Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President,
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the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon
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confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
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Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of
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the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written
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declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his
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office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the
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contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President
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as Acting President.
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Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the
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principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as
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Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the
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Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written
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declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties
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of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and
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duties of the office as Acting President.
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Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of
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the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written
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declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties
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of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the
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principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as
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Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro
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tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their
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written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers
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and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue,
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assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If
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the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written
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declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days
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after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of
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both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties
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of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as
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Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and
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duties of his office.
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Amendment XXVI (1971)
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Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of
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age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
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or any state on account of age.
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Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by
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appropriate legislation.
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