Gordon

Pepperdine Univesity

School of Public Policy. Professor Gordon Lloyd.

 

Fifth Draft - March 2007

Clauses of the United States Constitution

Name of Clause	Article	Section	Clause
All Legislative Powers [Legislative Vesting]	I	1	1
House of Representatives [Member Composition]	I	2	1
Qualifications for House Electors	I	2	1
Qualifications for Representatives	I	2	2
Three-Fifths	I	2	3
Enumeration [Census]	I	2	3
Allocations of Representation	I	2	3
Writs of Election [Executive Writs of Election]	I	2	4
House Leadership [Speaker of the House]	I	2	5
Power of Impeachment [Impeachment]	I	2	5
Senate Composition	I	3	1
Election of Senators	I	3	1
Senate Vacancies [Senatorial Classes and Vacancies]	I	3	2
Qualifications for Senators	I	3	3
Presiding Officer [Vice President as Presiding Officer]	I	3	4
President Pro-Tempore	I	3	5
Try All Impeachment [Trial of Impeachment]	I	3	6
Judgment in Impeachment [Punishment for Impeachment]	I	3	7
Times, Places, and Manner	I	4	5
Congressional Regulation of Elections	I	4	1
Congress Shall Assemble [Meetings of Congress]	I	4	2
Congressional Qualifications	I	5	1
Congressional Quorum	I	5	1
Compulsory Attendance	I	5	1
Rules of Proceedings	I	5	2
Punish and Expel	I	5	2
Journal of Proceedings [House Journals] [Yays and Nays]	I	5	3
Publication of Journal	I	5	3
Congressional Adjournment	I	5	4
[Original] Congressional Compensation	I	6	1
Speech and Debate	I	6	1
Privileged from Arrest	I	6	1
Ineligibility [Sinecure]	I	6	2
Conflict of Interest [Incompatibility]	I	6	2
Revenue Bills [Origination]	I	7	1
Presentment	I	7	2
Presidential Veto	I	7	2
Reconsideration of Veto	I	7	2
Veto Override	I	7	2
Not Returned	I	7	2
"Pocket Veto"	I	7	2
Order, Resolution, or Vote	I	7	3
Power to Tax [Spending]	I	8	1
Common Defense	I	8	1
General Welfare	I	8	1
Uniformity of Taxation [Uniformity]	I	8	1
Borrow Money [Borrowing]	I	8	2
Interstate Commerce [Commerce Among the States]	I	8	3
Indian Tribes [Commerce With the Indian Tribes]	I	8	3
International Commerce [Commerce With Foreign Nations]	I	8	3
Naturalization	I	8	4
Bankruptcy	I	8	4
Coinage	I	8	5
Weights and Measures	I	8	5
Counterfeiting	I	8	6
Post Office	I	8	7
Patent and Copyright [Science and Arts]	I	8	8
Inferior Courts [Inferior Tribunals]	I	8	9
Define and Punish	I	8	10
Law of Nations	I	8	10
Declare War	I	8	11
Marque and Reprisal	I	8	11
Captures	I	8	11
Armies [Army]	I	8	12
Armies Appropriation	I	8	12
Navy	I	8	13
Rules for the Military [Military Regulation]	I	8	14
Militia	I	8	15
Militia Organization	I	8	16
Exclusive Jurisdiction [Enclave]	I	8	17
Military Installations	I	8	17
Necessary and Proper	I	8	18
All Other Powers Vested	I	8	18
Migrations and Importation [Slave Trade]	I	9	1
Habeas Corpus	I	9	2
Federal Bill of Attainder	I	9	3
Federal Ex-Post Facto	I	9	3
Direct Taxes	I	9	4
Exportation Tax	I	9	5
Port Preference	I	9	6
Appropriations	I	9	7
Accountability	I	9	7
Federal titles of Nobility [Emoluments]	I	9	8
State Treaties	I	10	1
State Letters of Marque and Reprisal	I	10	1
State Coinage [Legal Tender]	I	10	1
State Bill of Attainder	I	10	1
State Ex-Post Facto	I	10	1
Obligation of Contracts	I	10	1
State Titles of Nobility	I	10	1
Import-Export	I	10	2
Congressional Control	I	10	3
Compact	I	10	4
Imminent Danger	I	10	4
Executive power [Executive Vesting]	II	1	1
Presidential Term	II	1	1
Vice President	II	1	1
Presidential Electors	II	1	2
Electoral College	II	1	3
Presidential Election [Presidential Vote]	II	1	4
Natural Born Citizen [Presidential Eligibility]	II	1	5
Qualifications for President [Presidential Eligibility]	II	1	5
Presidential Succession	II	1	6
Presidential Compensation	II	1	7
Presidential Oath of Office	II	1	8
Commander in Chief	II	2	1
Commander of Militia	II	2	1
Opinion in Writing [Opinion]	II	2	1
Reprieves and Pardons [Pardons]	II	2	1
Advice and Consent	II	2	2
Treaty Making [Treaty]	II	2	2
Appointments	II	2	2
Inferior Officers	II	2	2
Recess Appointments	II	2	3
State of the Union	II	3	1
Presidential Recommendations [Messages to Congress]	II	3	1
Convening of Congress [Extraordinary Occasions]	II	3	1
Receive Ambassadors and Public Ministers	II	3	1
Faithful Execution of the Laws [Take Care]	II	3	1
Commission Officers	II	3	1
Presidential Removal [Standards for Impeachment]	II	4	1
High Crimes and Misdemeanors	II	4	1
Judicial Power [Judicial Vesting]	III	1	1
Supreme Court	III	1	1
Inferior Courts	III	1	1
Good Behavior	III	1	1
Judicial Compensation	III	1	1
Law and Equity	III	2	1
This Constitution	III	2	1
Authorized Treaties [Treaties]	III	2	1
Affecting Ambassadors and Public Ministers [Ambassadors]	III	2	1
Admiralty and Maritime [Admiralty]	III	2	1
United States [Federal Party]	III	2	1
Interstate Controversies [Interstate Disputes]	III	2	1
Citizen-Diversity	III	2	1
Claiming Lands [Land Grant Jurisdiction]	III	2	1
Citizen-State Diversity	III	2	1
Original Jurisdiction	III	2	2
Appellate Jurisdiction	III	2	2
Exceptions and Regulations	III	2	2
Criminal Trials	III	2	3
Treason Definition	III	3	1
Treason Conviction	III	3	1
Punishment of Treason	III	3	2
Corruption of Blood	III	3	2
Full Faith and Credit	IV	1	1
Prescribe and Prove [Acts and Records]	IV	1	1
Privileges and Immunities	IV	2	1
Extradition [Interstate Rendition]	IV	2	2
Fugitive Slave	IV	2	3
New States	IV	3	1
United States Territory [Property]	IV	3	2
United States Claims [Claims]	IV	3	2
Republican Guarantee [Guarantee]	IV	4	1
Protection Against Invasion	IV	4	1
Protection Against Domestic Violence	IV	4	1
Amendments	V	1	1
Slave Trade Exception [Prohibition on Slave Trade]	V	1	1
State Equality Exception [Prohibition on Equal Suffrage]	V	1	1
Validity of Debts [Debt Assumption] [Continuation]	VI	1	1
Supremacy	VI	1	2
Oath of Office [Oath]	VI	1	3
No Religious Test [Religious Test]	VI	1	3
Ratification	VII	1	1
Signing [Attestation]	VII	1	1
Establishment of Religion [Religion Clause I]	Amendment One	1	1
Free Exercise of Religion [Religion Clause II]	Amendment One	1	1
Freedom of Speech [Expression Clause I]	Amendment One	1	1
Freedom of Press [Expression Clause II]	Amendment One	1	1
Freedom of Assembly {Association Clause I]	Amendment One	1	1
Freedom to Petition [Association Clause II]	Amendment One	1	1
Well Regulated Militia	Amendment Two	1	1
Keep and Bear Arms	Amendment Two	1	1
No Soldier Quartered [Quartering of Troops]	Amendment Three	1	1
Searches and Seizures	Amendment Four	1	1
Warrants [Warrant]	Amendment Four	1	1
Grand Jury [Grand Jury Requirement]	Amendment Five	1	1
Military Cases [Grand Jury Exception]	Amendment Five	1	1
Double Jeopardy	Amendment Five	1	1
Self-Incrimination	Amendment Five	1	1
Due Process	Amendment Five	1	1
Takings [Just Compensation; Eminent Domain]	Amendment Five	1	1
Speedy Trial	Amendment Six	1	1
Public Trial	Amendment Six	1	1
Impartial Jury [State and District]	Amendment Six	1	1
Accusation [Arraignment]	Amendment Six	1	1
Confrontation	Amendment Six	1	1
Compulsory Process	Amendment Six	1	1
Assistance to Counsel [Right-to-Counsel]	Amendment Six	1	1
Trial by Jury in Civil Cases	Amendment Seven	1	1
Reexamination	Amendment Seven	1	1
Excessive Bail and Fines	Amendment Eight	1	1
Cruel and Unusual Punishment	Amendment Eight	1	2
Enumeration of Rights [Rights Retained by the People]	Amendment Nine	1	1
Powers Not Delegated [Reserved Powers of the States]	Amendment Ten	1	1
State immunity [Suits Against a State]	Amendment Eleven	1	1
Electoral College Alteration	Amendment Twelve	1	1
Abolition of Slavery	Amendment Thirteen	1	1
Enforcement of Abolition of Slavery	Amendment Thirteen	2	1
Citizenship	Amendment Fourteen	1	1
Privileges or Immunities	Amendment Fourteen	1	1
Due Process [State Due Process]	Amendment Fourteen	1	1
Equal Protection [State Equal Protection]	Amendment Fourteen	1	1
Apportionment of Representatives	Amendment Fourteen	2	1
Reduction of Representation	Amendment Fourteen	2	1
Insurrection or Rebellion [Disqualification for Rebellion]	Amendment Fourteen	3	1
Disability Removal	Amendment Fourteen	3	1
Validity of Debts [Debts Incurred During Rebellion]	Amendment Fourteen	4	1
Enforcement of Validity of Debts	Amendment Fourteen	5	1
Suffrage-Race	Amendment Fifteen	1	1
Enforcement of Suffrage-Race	Amendment Fifteen	2	1
Income Tax	Amendment Sixteen	1	1
Direct Election of Senators [Popular Election of Senators]	Amendment Seventeen	1	1
Qualifications for Electors	Amendment Seventeen	1	1
Senate Vacancies [Vacancies in the Senate]	Amendment Seventeen	1	2
Temporary Appointments	Amendment Seventeen	1	2
Exemption	Amendment Seventeen	1	3
Prohibition	Amendment Eighteen	1	1
Concurrent Enforcement of Prohibition	Amendment Eighteen	2	1
Inoperative	Amendment Eighteen	3	1
Suffrage-Sex	Amendment Nineteen	1	1
Enforcement of Suffrage-Sex	Amendment Nineteen	1	2
Terms of Office	Amendment Twenty	1	1
Congress Shall Assemble	Amendment Twenty	2	1
Electoral Contingency	Amendment Twenty	3	1
Executive Death	Amendment Twenty	4	1
Take Effect	Amendment Twenty	5	1
Inoperative	Amendment Twenty	6	1
Repeal of (Federal) Prohibition	Amendment Twenty-One	1	1
State Prohibition	Amendment Twenty-One	2	1
Inoperative	Amendment Twenty-One	3	1
Presidential Term Limit	Amendment Twenty-Two	1	1
The Two Year	Amendment Twenty-Two	1	1
Take Effect	Amendment Twenty-Two	1	1
Inoperative	Amendment Twenty-Two	2	1
District Appointment	Amendment Twenty-Three	1	1
Entitled Number of Electors	Amendment Twenty-Three	1	2
Maximum Number of Electors	Amendment Twenty-Three	1	2
Appointment of Electors	Amendment Twenty-Three	1	2
Meeting of Electors	Amendment Twenty-Three	1	2
Enforcement of Meeting of Electors	Amendment Twenty-Three	2	1
Poll Tax [Prohibition Poll Taxes]	Amendment Twenty-Four	1	1
Enforcement of Poll Tax	Amendment Twenty-Four	2	1
Presidential Vacancy [Presidential Succession]	Amendment Twenty-Five	1	1
Vice Presidential Vacancy	Amendment Twenty-Five	2	1
Written Declarations	Amendment Twenty-Five	3	1
Assumption of Powers	Amendment Twenty-Five	4	1
Resumption of Powers	Amendment Twenty-Five	4	2
Further Inability	Amendment Twenty-Five	4	2
Decide the Issue	Amendment Twenty-Five	4	3
Suffrage-Age	Amendment Twenty-Six	1	1
Enforcement of Suffrage-Age	Amendment Twenty-Six	1	2
Congressional Compensation	Amendment Twenty-Seven	1	1
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