From 102341d7ae8793c29d44fa416d3b5b797d1eca3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clay Smith Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 01:09:09 -0500 Subject: First commit --- text.txt | 213 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 213 insertions(+) create mode 100644 text.txt (limited to 'text.txt') diff --git a/text.txt b/text.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f7baa26 --- /dev/null +++ b/text.txt @@ -0,0 +1,213 @@ + +THE +CONSTITUTION +oftheUnitedStates +NATIONAL CONSTITUTION CENTER +C O N S T I T U T I O N O F T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S +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 Sen- +ate and House of Representatives. +SECTION. 2. +The House of Representatives shall be composed of Mem- +bers chosen every second Year by the People of the several +States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifi - +cations requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch +of the State Legislature. +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. +[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 fi fths of +all other Persons.]* The actual Enumeration shall be made +within three Years after the fi rst 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, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence +Plantations one, Connecticut fi ve, New-York six, New +Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland +six, Virginia ten, North Carolina fi ve, South Carolina fi ve, +and Georgia three. +When vacancies happen in the Representation from any +State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of +Election to fi ll such Vacancies. +The House of Representatives shall chuse their +Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole +Power of Impeachment. +SECTION. 3. +The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two +Senators from each State, [chosen by the Legislature there- +of,]* for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. +Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence +of the fi rst Election, they shall be divided as equally as may +be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the fi rst +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 Vacan- +cies 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 fi ll such Vacancies.]* +1 +C O N S T I T U T I O N O F T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S +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. +The Vice President of the United States shall be +President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless +they be equally divided. +The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a +President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice +President, or when he shall exercise the Office of +President of the United States. +The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeach- +ments. 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. +Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend +further than to removal from Offi ce, and disqualifi cation to +hold and enjoy any Offi ce of honor, Trust or Profi t under +the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless +be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and +Punishment, according to Law. +SECTION. 4. +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. +The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and +such Meeting shall be [on the fi rst Monday in December,]* +unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day. +SECTION. 5. +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. +Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, +punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the +Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member. +Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and +from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts +as may in their Judgment 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. +Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, with- +out 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. +The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compen- +sation 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 and Breach of the Peace, be +privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Ses- +sion of their respective Houses, and in going to and return- +ing from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either +House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place. +No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for +which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Offi ce +under the Authority of the United States, which shall have +been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been +encreased during such time; and no Person holding any +Offi ce under the United States, shall be a Member of either +House during his Continuance in Offi ce. +2 +C O N S T I T U T I O N O F T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S +SECTION. 7. +All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of +Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with +Amendments as on other Bills. +Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Represen- +tatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be +presented to the President of the United States; If he ap- +prove he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his +Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, +who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, +and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration +two thirds of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall +be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, +by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved +by two thirds of that House, it shall become a Law. But in +all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined +by Yeas and Nays, and the Names of the Persons voting for +and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each +House respectively, If any Bill shall not be returned by the +President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall +have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in +like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by +their Adjournament prevent its Return, in which Case it +shall not be a Law. +Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concur- +rence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be +necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be +presented to the President of the United States; and before +the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or be- +ing disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of +the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the +Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill. +SECTION. 8. +The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, +Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide +for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United +States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform +throughout the United States; +To borrow Money on the credit of the United States; +To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among +the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; +To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uni- +form Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the +United States; +To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign +Coin, and fi x the Standard of Weights and Measures; +To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securi- +ties and current Coin of the United States; +To establish Post Offi ces and post Roads; +To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by +securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the +exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; +To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court; +To defi ne and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on +the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations; +To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and +make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; +To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of +Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two +Years; +To provide and maintain a Navy; +To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the +land and naval Forces; +To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws +of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions; +To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the +Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be +employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to +the States respectively, the Appointment of the Offi cers, +and the Authority of training the Militia according to the +discipline prescribed by Congress; +3 -- cgit v1.2.1