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Abatement and injunction. Temporary injunction abating nuisance under
the eighteenth amendment may issue without notice.__.
Abridged. The priviledges or immunities of citizens of the United States
shall not be____
Absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as it may pro-
vide. Each House is authorized to compel the attendance of----.
Accounting. Act of Congress authorizing Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion to regulate accounting system of railroads held valid___
Accounts of receipts and expenditures of public money shall be published
from time to time. A statement of the_____.
Accusation. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall be informed of
the cause and nature of the__.

Accused shall have a speedy public trial. In all criminal prosecutions the_
He shall be tried by an impartial jury of the State and district where
the crime was committed....

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754

651

69

127

267

614

614

614

He shall be informed of the nature of the accusation___.
He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him.

614

614

He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor.
He shall have the assistance of counsel for his defense..
Actions at common law involving over twenty dollars shall be tried by
jury

614

614

622

Acts.

Congress shall prescribe the manner of proving such acts, records,
and proceedings---

493

Acts, records, and judicial proceedings of another State. Full faith and
credit shall be given in each State to the...----
Adamson law. Act establishing eight-hour day and minimum wages
for employees of interstate railroads held not invalid..........
Adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that in

493

603

which they shall be sitting. Neither House shall, during the session
of Congress, without the consent of the other____.
Adjourn from day to day. A smaller number than a quorum of each
House may--

71

69

Adjournment, the President may adjourn them to such time as he shall
think proper.
In case of disagreement between the two Houses
as to..

401

Administrative departments.

Courts have no general supervising power

over actions of...
Administrative offices. Congress can not delegate its legislative power to.
Administrators. There is no privity between two administrators ap-

410

60

pointed in different States___.

499

Admiralty. Jurisdiction is conferred on the Federal courts in admiralty
because, as the seas are the joint property of the nations, the
jurisdiction is essentially national___

446

The courts of admiralty are not bound by the strict rules of the
common law____

447

Congress has power to confine the jurisdiction of Supreme Court on
appeals in admiralty to questions of law___

482

Territorial courts have not admiralty jurisdiction___.

527

Admiralty suits in personam can not be brought against a State
without its consent..

640

Admiralty process can not issue when it is not a case where the prop.
erty is in custody of a court of admiralty...

640

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Admiralty and maritime cases. Cases between foreigners and against

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Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction. The judicial power shall extend to
all cases of....

433

Act of Congress extending jurisdiction of the district courts to certain
cases upon the lakes and navigable waters is not referable to the
commerce clause___

Right of recovery for death on the high seas caused by negligence...
The scope of the maritime law and that of commercial regulation are
not conterminous__.

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State legislation affecting general maritime law held invalid under
section 2 of Article III.__.

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Admission to the bar. Congress has not the right to prescribe qualifica-
tions..

431

Admitted by the Congress into this Union, but no new State shall be
formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State.
New States may be.....

518

Nor shall any State be formed by the junction of two or more States,
or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures and of
Congress.--

518

Adoption of the Constitution shall be valid. All debts and engagements

contracted by the Confederation and before the...-----
Advice and consent of the Senate. The President shall have power to
make treaties by and with the_

543

390

To appoint ambassadors or other public ministers and consuls by
and with the_

390

To appoint all other officers of the United States not herein other-
wise provided for by and with the_____
Affirmation. Senators sitting to try impeachments shall be on oath or...
To be taken by the President of the United States. Form of the
oath or..

390

67

383

570

No warrants shall be issued but upon probable cause and on oath or..
To support the Constitution. Senators and Representatives, mem-
bers of State legislatures, executive and judicial officers, both
State and Federal, shall be bound by oath or..
Age. No person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained
twenty-five years of ____

No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained thirty
years of..

Agents. Municipal license tax on railroad and steamboat agents------
State tax applied to an individual within the State selling the goods
of a nonresident principal is a tax upon interstate commerce___.
Agreement or compact with another State without the consent of Congress.
No State shall enter into any..

556

64

67

190

195

369

Agreements in restraint of trade. State antitrust acts held not to conflict
with the fourteenth amendment__.

Aid and comfort.

Treason against the United States shall consist in levy-
ing war against them, adhering to their enemies, and giving them..
Alaska. Made a part of the United States under treaty with Russia____
Alaska is a Territory of the United States within the meaning of the
interstate commerce act___.

Provision in Alaska code that in trials for misdemeanors six persons
should constitute a legal jury held invalid..........

Annual poll and license taxes on nonresident fishermen..
Sixth amendment is applicable to trials in Alaska courts.
Alaska dry act and national prohibition act both in force in Alaska..
Alien Property Custodian. Preventing enforcement of claim against
funds in hands of Alien Property Custodian does not impair con-
tract_

Alienation. State statute restraining right of alienation of real property
under the fourteenth amendment__.

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721

486

53

525

593

601

616

753

358

692

Aliens. Delegation of legislative power to Secretary of Labor in con-
nection with deportation of ___ _

62

Congress has full power over the exclusion of aliens...

107

Congress may expel aliens from the territory of the United States___
Tax on persons coming by vessel from a foreign port to the United
States...

108

190

State statutes imposing tax on alien passengers are void.--
The original status of an alien is presumed to continue until the con-
trary be shown....

191

204

A State can not make an alien a citizen of the United States___.
The naturalization of an alien may be revoked for disloyalty_____
Clause denying Congress the power to pass ex post facto laws does
not apply to act for deportation of alien women practicing prosti-
tution after entry into the United States...

205

205

262

The residence of alien citizens and the removal of their disability
from alienage to hold, transfer, and inherit property are proper
subjects of treaty arrangement.............

393

Courts are bound to follow decision of Congress as to admission and
exclusion of aliens___

407

Act of Congress prohibiting the admission of aliens.....

431

Statute giving jurisdiction to the circuit courts in all suits in which
an alien is a party is invalid...----

438

At common law an alien can not maintain a real action, but the
disability is purely personal__

467

The judicial power does not extend to private suits in which an
alien is a party unless a citizen be the adverse___.

469

Aliens can not be held to answer for a capital crime unless on an
indictment of a grand jury-----.

580

Admission of alienage does not incriminate a witness in a sedition

case_.

587

Deportation of anarchist alien found here in violation of law not a
deprivation of liberty without due process___

597

Proceeding to exclude Chinese without presence of friends or rela-
tives is without due process of law--

598

Act of Congress of May 5, 1892, providing for the deportation of
aliens illegally within the United States, held repugnant to the
sixth amendment................

617

Assistance of counsel in deportation cases--

622

Any American woman who marries a foreigner shall take the nation-
ality of her husband...

654

States may prohibit the ownership of real estate by nonresident
aliens and farm land by resident aliens____

692

Japanese not eligible to citizenship may not acquire interest in land..
Residents, alien born, are entitled to the equal protection of the laws.

721

721

Aliens. Act of Congress making it a felony to harbor an alien prostitute
held unconstitutional as an encroachment on the State police
power

United States may tax income from stock, bonds, and mortgages
owned by alien nonresidents, but in the hands of a resident agent__
Alliance or confederation. No State shall enter into any treaty of -----
Ambassadors or other public ministers and consuls. The President may
appoint

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727

745

269

390

---

The judicial power of the United States shall extend to all cases
affecting..

433

The judicial power extends to all cases affecting ambassadors and
consuls although not parties to the record__

446

An indictment for infracting the law by offering violence to the
person of a foreign minister is not a case affecting____
Amendments to the Constitution. Whenever two-thirds of both Houses
shall deem it necessary, Congress shall propose. -

480

539

On application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Con-
gress shall call a convention to propose. __

539

Shall be valid when ratified by the legislatures of, or by conventions,
in three-fourths of the States____

539

74

Need not be presented to the President for approval..........

First 10 amendments left the authority of the States just where
they found it and added nothing to the already existing powers
of the United States..

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Animals. Cattle sent from one State to another for sale is interstate

commerce_

119

A merchant who buys and sells livestock for others is not engaged
in interstate commerce---.

144

Answer for a capital or infamous crime unless on presentment of a grand
jury. No person shall be held to____

575

Except in cases in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when
in actual service. ---

575

Antitrust act. Congress has prescribed the rule of free competition in
interstate and international commerce__.

102

Congress did not exceed its power under the commerce clause in the
enactment of the antitrust law____.

140

Appeal. Right of Government to appeal without power to set aside
verdict...

412

Unappealed decisions of the circuit courts of appeals have more
effect than decisions of State supreme courts____

424

Act of Congress providing for appeals to operate retrospectively....
Definition of appeal__.

430

483

Right of appeal is not essential to due process..

598

State may be allowed an appeal in one district and not in another
district of the same State----

739

482

Appeals in admiralty. Congress has power to confine the jurisdiction of
Supreme Court on appeals in admiralty to questions of law------
Appellate jurisdiction both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and
under such regulations as Congress shall make. In what cases the
Supreme Court shall have.____

Right of appeal is not essential to due process of law----
Application of the legislature or the executive of a State. The United
States shall protect each State against invasion and domestic
violence on the

474

700

532

Application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall
call a convention for proposing amendments to the Constitution.
On the...

Appointment of officers and authority to train the militia reserved to the
States respectively ----

Of such inferior officers as they may think proper in the President
alone. Congress may by law vest the-----

Executive may remove an officer he appoints___

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539

237

390

390

397

Appointments in the courts of law or in the heads of departments. Con-
gress may by law vest the....

Executive can not create a liability on part of United States by
antedating appointments..

Apportionment. Congress shall have, power to lay and collect taxes on
incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment
among the several States. The sixteenth amendment...
Of Representatives among the several States. Provisions relating to
the....

Apportionment of representation and direct taxation among the several
States. Provisions relating to the. (Repealed by section 2 of
fourteenth amendment).
Apportionment-Right to vote.

Indians as citizens____.

Negroes as citizens....

Reduction of State's representation in Congress..
Appropriate legislation. Congress shall have power to make all laws neces-
sary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers,
and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government
of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof _ - - - - -
Congress shall have power to enforce the thirteenth article, prohibit-
ing slavery, by.

----

397

745

741

65

741

742

742

246

649

Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth
article by...-

743

Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of the fifteenth
article by..

743

Appropriation of money for raising and supporting armies shall not be

for a longer term than two years.

233

Appropriations made by law. No money shall be drawn from the Treas-
ury but in consequence of_____

267

To pay the debts of the United States..
Proceeds of confiscated property....

267

268

Approve and sign a bill before it shall become a law. The President shall
He shall return it to the House in which it originated, with his objec-
tions, if he do not_____

Arbitration-Compulsory. Compulsory arbitration attempted under the
Kansas industrial relations act, held not justified...

72

72

669

Arms shall not be infringed. A well-regulated militia being necessary to
the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and
bear...

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Armies. Congress shall make rules for the government and regulation of
the land and naval forces....

234

233

Armies, but no appropriation for that use shall be for a longer term than
two years. Congress shall have power to raise and support______
Arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses,

and in going to and returning from the same. Members shall in
all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be priv-
ileged from.....
Arrest and detention under order of the War Department entitled "Persons
discouraging enlistments to be arrested" held invalid under fifth
amendment.....

71

597

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