Index of Keywords of the Constitution and Amendments
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| accuse | Amend VI "...the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial..." |
| ambassador | Article II: Sec 2. "...shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers..." |
| Article II: Sec 3. "...he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers..." | |
| Article III: Sec 2. "The judicial power shall extend...all cases affecting ambassadors..." | |
| appoint | Article I: Sec 3. "...executive thereof may make temporary appointments..." |
| Article I: Sec 4. "...Congress shall assemble...unless they shall by law appoint..." | |
| Article I: Sec 6. No Senator or Representative shall...be appointed to any civil..." | |
| Article I: Sec 8. "...reserving to the states...appointment of...officers..." | |
| Article II: Sec 1. "...shall appoint...electors, ..." [2 more occurrences in this Sec] | |
| Article II: Sec 2. "...consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors..." [2 more] | |
| Amend XII. "...whole number of electors appointed; and if no..." [1 more] | |
| Amend XVII. "...empower the executive...to make temporary appointments until..." | |
| Amend XX. "...unless they shall by law appoint a different day." | |
| Amend XXIII. "The District...shall appoint...as the Congress may direct..." [2 more] | |
| apportion | Article I: Sec 2. "...direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states...according to their respective numbers..." |
| Amend XIV: Sec 2. "Representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers..." | |
| Amend XVI "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, ...without apportionment ..." | |
| arms | Amend II. "...well regulated militia, ...the right of the people to...bear arms..." |
| army | Article I: Sec 8. "To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years;" "To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the militia, and..." |
| Article II: Sec 2. "The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy..." | |
| arrest | Article I: Sec 6. "...be privileged from arrest during their attendance..." |
| attainder | Article I: Sec 9. "No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed." |
| Article I: Sec 10. "No state shall...pass any bill of attainder..." | |
| Article III: Sec 3. "...but no attainder of treason shall..." | |
| attend | Article I: Sec 5. "...and may be authorized to compel the attendance of ..." |
| Article I: Sec 6. "...be privileged from arrest during their attendance at ..." | |
| assemble | Article I: Sec 3. "...shall be assembled in consequence...first election..." |
| Article I: Sec 4. "...Congress shall assemble at least once in every year..." | |
| Amend: Preamble "...in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses..." | |
| Amend I "...the right of the people peaceably to assemble..." | |
| Amend XX "...Congress shall assemble...once in every year...3d day of January..." | |
| Amend XXV: Sec 4. "...within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble..." | |
| authority | Article I: Sec 2. "When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election..." |
| Article I: Sec 5. "...may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide." | |
| Article I: Sec 6. "No Senator or Representative shall...be appointed to any civil office under the authority of..." | |
| Article I: Sec 8. "...reserving to the states...the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia ..." "...and to exercise like authority over all places purchased..." | |
| Article III: Sec 2. "...and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority; ..." | |
| Article IV: Sec 2. "...shall on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up..." | |
| Article VI "...and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land;..." | |
| Amend XIV: Sec 4. "...the public debt...authorized by law...shall not be questioned." | |
| Amend XVII "...the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: ..." | |
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| bail | Amend VIII. "Excessive bail shall not be required..." |
| bond | [This word does not appear in Constitution nor Amendments] |
| bondage | [This word does not appear in Constitution nor Amendments] |
| bound | Article I: Sec 2. "...including those bound to service for a term of years..." |
| Article I: Sec 9. "...nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one state..." | |
| Article VI "...judges in every state shall be bound thereby..." | |
| Article VI "...Senators and Rep...executive...judicial...shall be bound by oath..." | |
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| census | Article I: Sec 9."...tax...unless in proportion to the census..." |
| Amend XVI"...taxes on incomes...without regard to any census..." | |
| chief justice | Article I: Sec 3. "When the President...is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside..." |
| children | [The words 'child' or 'children' do not appear in Constitution nor Amendments] |
| citizen | Article I: Sec 2. "...Representative...been seven years a citizen..." |
| Article I: Sec 3. "...Senator...age of thirty years...nine years a citizen..." | |
| Article II: Sec 1. "...except a natural born citizen...shall be...President..." | |
| Article III: Sec 2. "...between a state and citizens of another state..." | |
| Article IV: Sec 2. "...citizens...entitled to...privileges and immunities..." | |
| Amend XI "...United States by citizens of another state..." | |
| Amend XIV: Sec 1. "...are citizens of the United States and of the state..." | |
| Amend XIV: Sec 2. "...twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States..." | |
| Amend XV: Sec 1. "...right of citizens of the United States to vote..." | |
| Amend XIX "...right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not..." | |
| Amend XXIV: Sec 1. "...right of citizens of the United States to vote..." | |
| Amend XXVI: Sec 1. "...right of citizens of the United States, who are 18..." | |
| commander in chief | Article II: Sec 2. "...President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy..." |
| commerce | Article I: Sec 8. "...regulate commerce...foreign nations...Indian tribes..." |
| Article I: Sec 9. "...No preference...given...of commerce...of one state..." | |
| compensate | Article I: Sec 6. "The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services..." |
| Article II: Sec 1. "The President shall...receive...a compensation...which shall neither be increased nor diminished during..." | |
| Article III: Sec 1. "The judges...shall...receive...a compensation, which shall not be diminished during..." | |
| Amend V "...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." | |
| Amend XXVII "No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election..." | |
| conflict | [This word or any variation does not appear in Constitution nor Amendments] |
| counsel | Amend VI. "...to have the assistance of counsel for his defense." |
| credit | Article I: Sec 8. "To borrow money on the credit of the United States;" |
| Article I: Sec 10. "No state shall...emit bills of credit; make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; ..." | |
| Article IV: Sec 1. "Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, ...of every other state." | |
| crime | Article II: Sec 4. "...of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes..." |
| Article III: Sec 2. "The trial of all crimes, ...shall be by jury..." | |
| Article IV: Sec 2. "A person charged...other crime...shall...be delivered up..." | |
| Amend V "No person shall be held ...crime, unless...or indictment of a grand jury..." | |
| Amend VI "...by an impartial jury ...wherein the crime shall have been committed..." | |
| Amend XIII: Sec 1. "...except as a punishment for crime whereof the party..." | |
| Amend XIV: Sec 2. "...or other crime...representation...shall be reduced..." | |
| cruel | Amend VIII. "...nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." |
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