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10 results for “Fourth Amendment”
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Amendment IV: Searches and Seizures
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution · SI explainer
Amendment XIII, Section 1: Punishment Clause
…lawful process could be sentenced to hard labor. Abraham Lincoln wrote in his Fourth Annual Message to Congress that the common end was maintenance of the Union and that the election had declared the public will in favor of such…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article V: Amending the Constitution
…as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Amendment XII: Election of the President and Vice President
…a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Amendment XX: Presidential and Congressional Terms
…been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Amendment XXII: Presidential Term Limits
…been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Amendment XXII, Section 2: Presidential Term Limits, section 2
…been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Amendment XX, Section 6: Presidential and Congressional Terms, section 6
…been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission.
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I: The Legislative Branch
…Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation,…
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Constitution · U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 3, Clause 2: The Senate, clause 2
…Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation,…