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83 Cards in this Set
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All lawmaking power in 2 houses, Senate and House of Representatives
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1.1
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Election to the House
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1.2.1
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Qualifications of members of House
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1.2.2
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Representations and taxes apportioned by population.
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1.2.3
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Vacancies
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1.2.4
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Power of impeachment in House
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1.2.5
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Senate membership, terms of office
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1.3.1
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1/3 of Senate elected every 2 years; how vacancies filled
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1.3.2
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Qualifications of Senators
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1.3.3
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Vice President is President of Senate
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1.3.4
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Other officers
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1.3.5
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Trials of impeachment in Senate
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1.3.6
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Penalty of impeachment convictions
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1.3.7
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Elections
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1.4.1
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Congress to meet annually
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1.4.2
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Organization and independence of each house of Congress
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1.5.1
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Rules of proceedings
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1.5.2
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Journals of each house
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1.5.3
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Restrictions on adjournment
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1.5.4
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Pay and privileges of members
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1.6.1
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Prohibitions on members
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1.6.2
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Revenue bills to originate in House
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1.7.1
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How bills become law
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1.7.2
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How orders, resolutions become law
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1.7.3
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Collect taxes to pay debts and provide for common defense and general welfare
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1.8.1
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Borrow money on credit of U.S.
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1.8.2
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Regulate commerce with nations, among states and Indian tribes
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1.8.3
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Establish rules and laws of naturalization and bankruptcies
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1.8.4
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Coin money, regulate value, fix weights and measures
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1.8.5
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Provide for ponishment of counterfeiting
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1.8.6
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Establish post office and post roads
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1.8.7
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Promote sciences and arts by securing rights of authors and inventors
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1.8.8
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Establish inferior courts to the Supreme Court
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1.8.9
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Define and punish piracies and felonies
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1.8.10
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To declare war
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1.8.11
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To raise and support armies
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1.8.12
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To raise and support a navy
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1.8.13
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To make rules governing land and naval forces
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1.8.14
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To call militia to execute laws
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1.8.15
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To provide organization of militia
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1.8.16
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To govern seat of government [Washington, D.C.] and other federal lands
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1.8.17
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To make laws necessary for carrying our foregoing powers ["elastic clause"]
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1.8.18
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To prohibition of slavery before 1808
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1.9.1
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Habeas Corpus guaranteed
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1.9.2
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No bills of attainder or ex post facto lands
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1.9.3
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No direct tax [see 16th Amendment]
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1.9.4
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No taxes on states' exports
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1.9.5
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No preference in commerce for one state over another
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1.9.6
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No spending without appropriation by law
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1.9.7
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Titles of nobility prohibited
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1.9.8
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No treaties, letters of marque or reprisal, coining of money, bills of credit; no bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, titles of nobility
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1.10.1
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No duties on imports, exports except with Congress' approval
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1.10.2
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No duty on tonnage, troops, ships of war, agreements with other states, or war without Congress' approval
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1.10.3
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President's and Vice President's term of office
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2.1.1
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Who appoints electoral college
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2.1.2
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Time of electoral vote
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2.1.3
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Qualifications of President
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2.1.4
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Vacancy and line of succession
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2.1.5
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Salary of President
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2.1.6
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Oath of Office
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2.1.7
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Military and civil duties
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2.2.1
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Making treaties and appointing officers
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2.2.2
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Filling vacancies during recess of Congress
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2.2.3
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Give state of the Union information; may specially convene Congress and adjourn in cases of disagreement; shall receive ambassadors, execute laws
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2.3
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President may be impeached for treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors
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2.4
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Judicial power in one Supreme Court and in inferior courts prescribed by Congress; judges hold office during good behavior
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3.1
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Areas of jurisdiction
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3.2.1
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Original and appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court; congress can limit appellate jurisdiction
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3.2.2
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Rules respecting trials
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3.2.3
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Treason-giving aid and comfort to enemies
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3.3.1
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Congress to declare punishment
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3.3.2
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Full faith and credit given in each state to public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of all other states
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4.1
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Equal privileges for all citizens
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4.2.1
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Extradition of criminals
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4.2.2
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Fugitive slaves to be returned [now obsolete]
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4.2.3
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Creation and admission of new states
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4.3.1
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Congressional power of public lands
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4.3.2
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Protection and republican government guaranteed to states
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4.4
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Amendments proposed by 2/3 of both houses or by constitutional convention called by 2/3 of states; ratified by 3/4 state legislatures or by 3/4 state conventions
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5.1
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Public debts under Articles of Confederation to be assumed and paid
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6.1.1
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Supreme law of land defined
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6.1.2
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Duty of federal and state officials to uphold Constitution; no religious test required
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6.1.3
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Constitution takes effect 9 states approve
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7.1.1
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