Word, Phrase	Usage Locations
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quorum	Article I: Sec 5. "...a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business..."
	Article II: Sec 1. "...A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the states..."
	Amend XII "...a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states..." "...a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators..."
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rebellion	Article I: Sec 9. "...unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the..."
	Amend XIV: Sec 2. "...except for participation in rebellion, or other crime..."
	Amend XIV: Sec 3. "...shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the..."
	Amend XIV: Sec 4. "...bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion..."
redress	Amend I "...and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
religion	Article VI "...but no religious test shall ever be required...to any office or public trust..."
	Amend I "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or..."
representative	Article I [This establishes and defines the Congress (Senate and House of Representatives), including powers, powers unique to each body, rules of each body, terms of office, qualifications, limitations of power, protection of members, differences between Senate and House of Representatives (HOR), relationship to the Executive and Judicial branches, and more.]
	Article II [This Article defines the congressional responsibilities in the election of the President and Vice President.]
	Article IV "The Senators and Representatives...shall be bound by oath..."
	Amend: Preamble "Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives..."
	Amend XII [This Amendment modifies the procedure used for electors in selecting the President and Vice President.]
	Amend XIV [This Amendment is re-apportionment of HOR to account for freed slaves; > provides citizenship to freed slaves; > bans from office those who previously held office, then participated in secession; > invalidates any debt incurred in secession; and > invalidates debt "for the loss or emancipation of any slave."]
	Amend XX [This Amendment changes the dates for beginning terms of office to; > President and Vice President - January 20th; > Senators and Representatives - January 3rd; and > provides congressional authority to make laws to cover the possibility of the death of the President or Vice President elect.]
	Amend XXIII "...Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District [of Columbia] would be entitled if it were a state, ..."
	Amend XXIV [Establishes right to vote without paying "poll" or any other tax.]
	Amend XXV [Establishes procedure for the disability of the President.]
	Amend XXVII "No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives shall have intervened."
return	Article I: Sec 5. "...Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and..."
	Article I: Sec 6. "...their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same..."
return it	Article I: Sec 7. "...he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with..." "If any bill shall not be returned by the President within..." "...unless the Congress by their adjournment prevent its return..."
	Article I: Sec 7. "...he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with..."
revenue	Article I: Sec 7. "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House..."
	Article I: Sec 9. "No preference shall be given...of commerce or revenue to..."
rights	Article I: Sec 8 "...and inventors the...right to their...writings and discoveries; ..."
	Amend I "...or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble..."
	Amend II "...militia...a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms..."
	Amend IV "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers..."
	Amend VI "...the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial..."
	Amend VII "...shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved..."
	Amend IX "...enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not..."
	Amend XII "...choose a President whenever the right of choice shall..."
	Amend XIV: Sec 2. "...But when the right to vote at any election for..."
	Amend XV: Sec 2. "...The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not..."[race]
	Amend XIX "...The right of citizens...to vote shall not be denied..."[women]
	Amend XX: Sec 4. "...may choose a President whenever the right of choice..."
	Amend XX: Sec 4. "...Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have..."
	Amend XXIV: Sec 1. "...The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any..."[poll tax]
	Amend XXVI: Sec 1. "...The right of citizens...18 years of age or older, to vote..."
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search	Amend IV "...against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated ...and...describing the place to be searched, and the..."
secret	Article I: Sec 5. "Each House shall keep a journal...and...publish the same, excepting such parts as may...require secrecy; ..."
senate	Article I [This establishes and defines the Congress (Senate and House of Representatives), including powers, powers unique to each body, rules of each body, terms of office, qualifications, limitations of power, protection of members, differences between Senate and House of Representatives (HOR), relationship to the Executive and Judicial branches, and more.]
	Article II [Defines the executive branch. Describes Senate responsibilities in presidential appointments and in the election of the President and Vice President.]
	Article V "...no state...shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."
	Article VI "The Senators and Representatives...shall be bound by oath..."
	Amend: Preamble "Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives..."
	Amend XII [This Amendment modifies the procedure used for electors in selecting the President and Vice President.]
	Amend XIV [This Amendment is re-apportionment of HOR to account for freed slaves; > provides citizenship to freed slaves; > bans from office those who previously held office, then participated in secession; > invalidates any debt incurred in secession; and > invalidates debt "for the loss or emancipation of any slave."]
	Amend XVII - 1913 - [This Amendment changes from appointment by state legislatures to direct election of US senators.]
	Amend XX [This Amendment changes the dates for beginning terms of office to; > President and Vice President - January 20th; > Senators and Representatives - January 3rd; and > provides congressional authority to make laws to cover the possibility of the death of the President or Vice President elect.]
	Amend XXIII "...Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District [of Columbia] would be entitled if it were a state, ..."
	Amend XXIV [Establishes right to vote without paying "poll" or any other tax.]
	Amend XXV [Establishes procedure for the disability of the President.]
	Amend XXVII "No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect until an election of Representatives..."
seize	Amend IV. "...describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
slave	Amend XIII: Sec 1. "Neither slavery nor...servitude, except as a punishment..."
	Amend XIV: Sec 4. "...or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but ..."
speech	Article I: Sec 6. "...and for any speech...in either House, they shall not be..."
	Amend I "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech..."
states	[These references do not include "United States"] [Article I Sec 1. through Sec 9. establishes the states' roll, responsibility and sovereignty within the new central government.]
	Article I: Sec 10. [Defines the limitations on the states.]
	Article II [Defines the roll of the states in electing and dealing with the President and VP.]
	Article III [Defines the United States judiciary and its' relationship to the state courts.]
	Article IV [Relationship between the several states, admission of new states, territories and other non state property, a guaranteed republican form of government in each state, and mutual protection against invasion and domestic violence.]
	Article V [The roll of the states in amending the Constitution.]
	Article VI [Supremacy of US Constitution over state law; state bound thereby. State legislators, executive and judicial officials bound by oath to support US Constitution.]
	Article VII [Ratification required by states. Signers.]
	Amend: Preamble [States desire amendments to Constitution.]
	Amend II "...regulated militia, being necessary to...a free state, the right..."
	Amend VI "...by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein..."
	Amend X "...Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states..."
	Amend XI "...against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state."
	Amend XII [Changes the procedures of the states for electing the President and VP.]
	Amend XIV [Frees slaves and gives them citizenship. Guarantees their rights within the states. Bans from office those who previously held office then participated in secession. Cancels debts for loss or emancipation of slaves.]
	Amend XV "... or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
	Amend XVI "...collect taxes on incomes...among the several states...without regard to any census..."
	Amend XVII [Direct election of Senators, two from each state, and method of filling vacancies.]
	Amend XVIII [The states roll in enforcing prohibition of alcohol.]
	Amend XIX [States may not deny women the right to vote.]
	Amend XX "...three-fourths of the several states within seven years..."
	Amend XXI [Repeal of prohibition. States protection against illegal transport of alcohol.]
	Amend XXII "...three-fourths of the several states within seven years..."
	Amend XXIII [Right to vote for District of Columbia as though it were a state.]
	Amend XXIV "...or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax."
	Amend XXVI "...denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age."
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