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106 results for “commerce clause”
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article II, Section 1, Clause 2: Electors Clause
…or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. Electors Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article II, Section 2, Clause 3: Recess Appointments Clause
…which shall expire at the End of their next Session. Recess Appointments Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article III, Section 2, Clause 1: Case or Controversy Clause
…thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects. Case or Controversy Clause Jurisdiction over suits against a State by citizens of another State was modified by the Eleventh Amendment.
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article III, Section 2, Clause 3: Criminal Jury Trial Clause
…Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed. Criminal Jury Trial Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article III, Section 3, Clause 1: Treason Clause
…two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. Treason Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article III, Section 3, Clause 2: Punishment of Treason Clause
…except during the Life of the Person attainted. Punishment of Treason Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1: Privileges and Immunities Clause
…and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. Privileges and Immunities Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 12: Army Clause
…of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; Army Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1: Admissions Clause
…Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. Admissions Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article VI, Clause 1: Prior Debts Clause
…United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. Prior Debts Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article VI, Clause 2: Supremacy Clause
…Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. Supremacy Clause
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Article I, Section 2, Clause 2: House Qualifications Clause
…an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. House Qualifications Clause This provision sets three requirements for House members: age 25, seven years of United States citizenship, and residence in the electing state when…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article II, Section 1, Clause 3: The President and Vice President, clause 3
The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article II, Section 1, Clause 4: The President and Vice President, 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.
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 2, Clause 1: The House of Representatives, clause 1
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 3, Clause 2: The Senate, clause 2
Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 3, Clause 4: The Senate, clause 4
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 3, Clause 5: The Senate, clause 5
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.
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 4, Clause 2: Elections and Meetings of Congress, clause 2
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day. The December meeting date was changed by Section 2 of the Twentieth…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Amendment XIII, Section 1: Punishment Clause
…the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. Punishment Clause Section 1 abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States, except for forced labor imposed as punishment after lawful criminal conviction.…