Mountain Views-News Saturday, July 2, 2022
B5OUR CONSTITUTION! Mountain Views-News Saturday, July 2, 2022
B5OUR CONSTITUTION!
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of
his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers
and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on
the Vice President, and the Congress may by law providefor the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability,
both of the President and Vice President, declaring what
Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act
accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a Presidentshall be elected.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services,
a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor
diminished during the Period for which he shall have beenelected, and he shall not receive within that Period anyother Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take
the following Oath or Affirmation:– I do solemly swear (oraffirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President
of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability,
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the UnitedStates.
Section 2
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Armyand Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of theseveral States, when called into the actual Service of the
United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of
the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments,
upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective
Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and
Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in
Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent
of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the
Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by andwith the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appointAmbassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges
of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United
States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwiseprovided for, and which shall be established by Law: butthe Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such
inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President
alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that
may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by grantingCommissions which shall expire at the End of their next
Session.
Section 3
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Informationof the State of the Union, and recommend to their
Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessaryand expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions,
convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of
Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Timeof Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as
he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and
other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws befaithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers
of the United States.
Section 4
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of
the United States, shall be removed from Office on
Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, orother high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
ARTICLE III
Section 1
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vestedin one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as theCongress may from time to time ordain and establish. TheJudges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold
their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated
Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which
shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
Section 2
The Judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and
Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the
United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made,
under their Authority;---to all Cases affecting Ambassadors,
other public Ministers and Consuls;---to all Cases of
admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;---to Controversies to
which the United States shall be a Party;---to Controversiesbetween two or more States;---between a State and Citizens
of another State;---between Citizens of different States,--
between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under
Grants of different States, and between a State, or the
Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects.
In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers
and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a Party,
the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all
the other Cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court
shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact,
with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the
Congressshallmake.
The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment,
shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the Statewhere the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when
not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such
Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
Section 3
Treason against the United States, shall consist only inlevying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies,
giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convictedof Treason unless on the testimony of two Witnesses to thesame overt Act, or on Confession in open court.
The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of
Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption
of Blood, or Forfeiture except during the Life of the Personattainted.
ARTICLE IV
Section 1
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to thepublic Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every
other State. And the Congress may by general Lawsprescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and
Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
Section 2
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privilegesand Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other
Crime, who shall flee from 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.
No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the
Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence
of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from suchService or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of theParty to whom such Service or Labour may be due.
Section 3
New States may be admitted by the Congress into thisUnion; but no new State shall be formed or erected within
the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formedby the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States,
without the Consent of the Legislatures of the Statesconcerned as well as of the Congress.
The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all
needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory orother Property belonging to the United States; and nothingin this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudiceany Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
Section 4
The United States shall guarantee to every State in thisUnion a Republican Form of Government, and shall protecteach of them against Invasion; and on Application of theLegislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislaturecannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
ARTICLE V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shalldeem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to thisConstitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of
two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for
proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall bevalid to all Intents and Purposes, 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 no Amendment which maybe made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and
eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clausesin the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State,
without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage
in the Senate.
ARTICLE VI
All Debts contracted and Engagements entered into, beforethe Adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid againstthe United States under this Constitution, as under the
Confederation.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which
shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made,
or which shall be made, under the Authority of the UnitedStates, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and theJudges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thingin the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrarynotwithstanding.
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, andthe Members of the several State Legislatures, and all
executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States
and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or
Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religiousTest shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office
or public Trust under the United States.
Article VII
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall
be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution
between the States so ratifying the Same.
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; orabridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petitionthe Government for a redress of grievances.
Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of
a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,
shall not be infringed.
Third Amendment
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house,
without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in
a manner to be prescribed by law.
Fourth Amendment
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,
and particularly describing the place to be searched, andthe persons or things to be seized.
Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwiseinfamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment ofa Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or navalforces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of
War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for
the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witnessagainst himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor shall private property be
taken for public use, without just compensation.
Sixth Amendment
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right
to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the Stateand district wherein the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previously ascertained bylaw, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the
accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses againsthim; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses
in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his
defence.
Seventh Amendment
In Suits at common law, where the value in controversyshall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be
preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re
examined in any Court of the United States, than accordingto the rules of the common law.
Eighth Amendment
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines
imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Ninth Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shallnot be construed to deny or disparage others retained by thepeople.
Tenth Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by theConstitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reservedto the States respectively, or to the people.
Eleventh Amendment
The Judicial power of the United States shall not be
construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced
or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizensof another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any ForeignState.
Twelfth Amendment
The Electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote
by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom,
at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with
themselves; they shall name in their ballots the personvoted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person
voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct
lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons
voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for
each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmitsealed to the seat of the government of the United States,
directed to the President of the Senate;–The President of
the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House
of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes
shall then be counted;–The person having the greatestnumber of votes for President, shall be the President,
if such number be a majority of the whole number ofElectors appointed; and if no person have such majority,
then from the persons having the highest numbers notexceeding three on the list of those voted for as President,
the House of Representatives shall choose immediately,
by ballot, the President. 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 shallconsist of a member or members from two-thirds of the
states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessaryto a choice. [And if the House of Representatives shallnot choose a President whenever the right of choice shalldevolve 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 disabilityof the President.–]The person having the greatest number
of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if
such number be a majority of the whole number of Electorsappointed, and if no person have a majority, then from thetwo highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the
Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of
two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority
of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no
person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President
shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United
States.
Thirteenth Amendment
Section 1
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have beenduly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or anyplace subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2
Congress shall have power to enforce this article byappropriate legislation.
Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, andsubject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the UnitedStates and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges
or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall
any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law; nor deny to any person within
its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2
Representatives shall be apportioned among the severalStates according to their respective numbers, counting thewhole number of persons in each State, excluding Indiansnot taxed. But when the right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for President and Vice-President of the
United States, Representatives in Congress, the Executive
and Judicial officers of a State, or the members of the
Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants
of such State, being twenty-one years of age, and citizens
of the United States, or in any way abridged, except forparticipation in rebellion, or other crime, the basis ofrepresentation therein shall be reduced in the proportionwhich the number of such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in
such State.
Section 3
No Person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress,
or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any
office, civil or military, under the United States, or under
any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a
Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com
|