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  The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
www.usconstitution.net /const.html   (5147 words)

  
 ELS - ERD - Law By Country - United States Substantive Law - Constitution of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice.
But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
The fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Thirty-ninth Congress, on the 13th of June, 1866.
www.law.emory.edu /FEDERAL/usconst/amend.html   (2856 words)

  
 [25th United States Congress] | [All the best 25th United States Congress resources at karaoke.velocityincome.com]
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution, was voted out of Congress on March 22, 1972 and sent to the states for ratification.
Bush faces Saudi arms hurdle by Patti Waldmeir“This is an increase of 25 per cent for the military aid to Israel from the United States,” he said.
Still Bowing Down in the Saud Thrown Rooms“This is an increase of 25 per cent for the military aid to Israel from the United States,” he said.
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 The Constitution of the United States
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, [chosen by the Legislature thereof,] Altered by 17th Amendment for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
The Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
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 U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Constitution of the United States
States cannot levy tonnage duties, which are taxes charged for the privilege of entering, trading in, or remaining in a port.
States may come together to work on common problems, such as pollution of a river passing through several states, but the agreements or compacts they reach are subject to congressional consent.
The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
www.senate.gov /civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm   (4321 words)

  
 Henry McNeal Turner, 1834-1915. The Barbarous Decision of the United States Supreme Court Declaring the Civil Rights ...
Probably Congress had power to pass a law giving to the courts of the United States direct jurisdiction over contracts alleged to be impaired by a State law; and under the broad provisions of the act of March 3d, 1875, ch.
That case was instituted in a circuit court of the United States by Dred Scott, claiming to be a citizen of Missouri, the defendant being a citizen of another State.
This alone is sufficient for holding that Congress is not restricted to the enactment of laws adapted to counteract and redress the operation of State legislation, or the action of State officers, of the character prohibited by the amendment.
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 Twenty-sixth United States Congress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first session of this Congress took place in Washington, DC from December 2, 1839 to July 21, 1840.
The second session took place in Washington, DC from December 7, 1840 to March 3, 1841.
This page was last modified 22:34, 5 November 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Twenty-sixth_United_States_Congress   (138 words)

  
 The Constitution of the United States: Transcription
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/articles1-7.html   (4440 words)

  
 Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by convention in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission thereof to the States by the Congress.
The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of age.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0749825.html   (1986 words)

  
 FedNet! - Broadcast Coverage of the United States Congress
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The House and the Senate are in Recess for the Columbus Day Work Period.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The Senate and House are currently in summer recess and will reconvene on Tuesday, September 6th.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: The Senate and the House are in fourth of July recess and will reconvene on Monday July 11, 2005.
www.fednet.net /archive   (7078 words)

  
 Guide to Microforms
Consist of journals of the Congress; reports of its committees; memorials and petitions; and correspondence of its presidents and other officers with diplomatic representatives of the United States abroad, officers in the Continental Army, State officials, and private persons.
Credentials of delegates from Virginia to the Continental Congress.
Fifth census of the United States, 1830, Illinois.
www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/hist/mfguide.html   (10591 words)

  
 FedNet! - Broadcast Coverage of the United States Congress
UNITED STATES CONGRESS: Congress has adjourned Sine Die ending the 1st Session of the 108th Congress.
69 - Expressing the sense of Congress that Althea Gibson should be recognized for her ground breaking achievements in athletics and her commitment to ending racial discrimination and prejudice within the world of sports (Sponsored by Rep. Rangel / Government Reform Committee); 15) H. Con.
Witnesses include: William Taylor, Jr., coordinator for Afghanistan, State Department; Peter Rodman, assistant secretary for international security affairs, Defense Department; James Kunder, deputy assistant administrator, Bureau of Asia and the Near East, United States Agency for International Development.
www.fednet.net /archive/2003.asp   (7631 words)

  
 United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
United States House of Representatives, 110th Congress, 1st Session
Search Thomas by bill text or number, the Congressional Record, or the legislative archive.
Learn about how laws are made and how laws are enacted.
www.house.gov   (122 words)

  
 United States Constitution--Constitutional Rights Foundation
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.
[Clause 4] The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
www.crf-usa.org /links/cja/US_Constitution.htm   (4023 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: TWENTY-FIFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY
In 1869 Congress eliminated twenty of the forty-five infantry regiments in the United States army.
Like all units stationed on the frontier, most of its soldiers engaged in numerous routine garrison activities, road-building work, and mail escort parties.
It subsequently fought in the Philippines Insurrection until 1902, when the unit was returned to the United States.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/qlt2.html   (510 words)

  
 ThisNation.com--The United States Constitution
The United States Constitution (click on image at right for high-resolution view) was groundbreaking in numerous ways, establishing a new government, the likes of which the world had never seen.
The most significant features of the U.S. Constitution are the establishment of the rule of law, the creation of a federal system with a supreme national government, the separation of governmental powers into three branches that check and balance each other, its flexibility and the establishment of a republican form of government.
The concepts and ideas of the Constitution are the "higher law" in the United States of America, things which a government cannot create or destroy.
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 Cuba Becomes United States' 25th Largest Export Market / USAgNet - CubaNet News - Noticias de Cuba / Cuba News
Cuba became the United States' 25th-largest agricultural export market in 2004 with food purchases jumping 55 percent, despite a decline recently as always tense relations deteriorated further, a report released Monday showed.
"With the completion of the 2004 data, Cuba's purchases of $391.9 million ranks the country as the 25th largest agricultural market for U.S. companies, compared with 35th in 2003, 50th in 2002, and 144 in 2001," said John Kavulich, president of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council.
U.S. farm groups have lobbied the U.S. Congress hard over the last few years to defend and expand their new market amid increasingly harsh rhetoric from both side.
www.cubanet.org /CNews/y05/feb05/15e10.htm   (493 words)

  
 Congressional Documents: H. Doc. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-2005
House Document No. 108-222, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005
Purchase a print copy of House Document No. 108-222 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774–2005 from the U.S. Government Online Bookstore.
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 Register of Debates Home Page: U.S. Congressional Documents
The Register of Debates is a record of the congressional debates of the 18th Congress, 2nd Session through the 25th Congress, 1st Session (1824-37).
It is the second of the four series of publications containing the debates of Congress.
It was preceded by the Annals of Congress and succeeded by the Congressional Globe.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/amlaw/lwrd.html   (250 words)

  
 Theodore Roosevelt - 25th President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt - 25th President of the United States
Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union speeches, and other documents
Theodore Roosevelt Papers at the Library of Congress
www.presidentsusa.net /troosevelt.html   (287 words)

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