Radiance3 wrote:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon,
Where there is doubt faith,
Where there is dispute, hope,
Where there is darkness light,
Where there is sadness joy,
Oh, Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console.
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love,
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
It is in dying, that we are born to eternal life!
Amen
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Reminds me of the church song that I love to sing:
"Make me a channel of your peace.
Where there is hatred let me bring your love.
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord
And where there's doubt, true faith in you.
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there's sadness, ever joy.
Oh, Master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul.
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
In giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we're born to eternal life.
Oh, Master grant that I may never seek
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul.
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
In giving to all men that we receive
And in dying that we're born to eternal life."Note: Verse in blue, Chorus in red.
AuntiE wrote:
I just this evening found out a 10 year member of the site’s wife is having hospice care and extremely unwell after a 2 year battle with cancer.
We need to raise CosBay in our prayers.
I know I can rely on this group to add him to your prayer list.
Check,
They are in my prayers as well.
NotMAGA wrote:
The next "Great American Eclipse" is three weeks from today. For 3 to 4 minutes (depending where you live) the sun will be covered by the new moon and the earth in the path of the eclipse will be dark as at night.
After the great flood, God made this promise in Genesis 8:22:
“As long as the earth endures,
seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat,
summer and winter,
day and night
will never cease.”
My question - what would God's people in antiquity have thought when the first total eclipse of the sun after Noah occurred?
Job talks about God speaking to the sun "so it does not shine" - but it's almost matter of fact.
All other possible mentions of an eclipse in the Bible (that I remember) are predicting The End.
The next "Great American Eclipse" is thr... (
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There was an eclipse during the ten plagues of Egypt... there were other eclipses like with Josua when Israel marched in the land of Canaan.
Happy Palm Sunday you all,
Ah this is the start of Passion Week.
I found a series that you all might be interested in its called, "The Chosen" its airing on Fox Nation, they have three seasons right now. Check it out if you get a chance.
Rose42 wrote:
Haven’t seen him post a daily devotion in a few weeks. Just wondering if ge’s okay.
I hope and Pray He's Okay
Maybe in a few days, I write two other topics, and reverse it. Yeah make it like this:
"Now that we've seen the constitutional amendments were violated by the government against Biden and Trump.....Since they were both president, what amendments did they break as president?"
I want the Liberals to be the prosecution against Trump, and the defense for Biden. Defend your position.
I want the Conservatives to be the prosecution against Biden, and the defense for Trump. Defend your position.
And I want the rest of us, to judge the two men's fate, based upon the evidence brought forth.... If that went v***l, imagine the media storm that would occur....lol
debeda wrote:
I don't know which are used AGAINST Biden, as per your question. But the Biden administration has misused/broken all of these
Maybe in a few days, I write two other topics, and reverse it. Yeah make it like this:
"Now that we've seen the constitutional amendments were violated by the government against Biden and Trump.....Since they were both president, what amendments did they break as president?"
That will be interesting there too....lol
I want the Liberals to be the prosecution against Trump, and the defense for Biden. Defend your position.
I want the Conservatives to be the prosecution against Biden, and the defense for Trump. Defend your position.
And I want the rest of us, to judge the two men's fate, based upon the evidence brought forth.... If that went v***l, imagine the media storm that would occur....lol
tomhoff24 wrote:
Lik Mr Trump said “nobody is above the law “.
I thought Nancy Pelsoi said that....lol
AuntiE wrote:
In no way being critical, I think a better game would be the TDS Authoritarian Cult to tell us what amendments he is going to do away with. They keep scaremongering he is going to get rid of the Constitution (something they are desperate to do themselves) so tell us which amendments is Trump going to do away with.
Lol I like it...lol
eagleye13 wrote:
The Left owns most of the media. Even FOX cable is owned by the Left.
Got to go to Newsmax now, although FOX cable still has some conservative commentators.
True
Sonny Magoo wrote:
Jesus saves and saves alone. Who's Mary?
Irrelevant to the posting...lol
Twenty-first amendment--Section 1: The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2:The t***sportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3:This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Twenty-second amendment--Section 1: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2:This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have 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.
Twenty-third amendment--Section 1:The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct:
A number of e*****rs of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the e******n of President and Vice President, to be e*****rs appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
Section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Twenty-fourth amendment--Section 1:The right of citizens of the United States to v**e in any primary or other e******n for President or Vice President, for e*****rs for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.
Section 2:The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Twenty-fifth amendment--Section 1:In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority v**e of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3Whenever the President t***smits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he t***smits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, t***smit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President t***smits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, t***smit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds v**e of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
Twenty-sixth amendment--Section 1:The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to v**e shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2:The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Twenty-seventh amendment--No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an e******n of Representatives shall have intervened.
Okay....All remember this is just a fun little game.
Below I have posted the Bill of Rights, and subsequent amendments.
The question is "Of these amendments posted below, how many amendments, and which of Biden's constitutional amendments were violated? What rights guaranteed by the constitution were violated by the government, federal, state or local against Joe Biden?"
The focus of this exercise is directed solely at the treatment of Joe Biden. No comparisons with his enemies could be reasonably used in your point.
Since this is a critical thinking exercise, proof will be required to make a valid point. This proof that is requested to back up your point can be found anywhere on line.
If necessary, state the link that backs up your point.
The Constitution of the United States, -Bill of Rights, and subsequent Amendments"
The First Amendment: --Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The Second Amendment:--A well regulated M*****a, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The 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.
The 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, and the persons or things to be seized.
The Fifth Amendment: --No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the M*****a, 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 witness against 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.
The Sixth Amendment:--In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
The Seventh Amendment: --In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall 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 according to the rules of the common law.
The Eighth Amendment:--Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The Ninth Amendment: --The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The Tenth Amendment:--The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The 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 Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
The Twelfth Amendment:--The E*****rs shall meet in their respective states and v**e by b****t 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 b****ts the person v**ed for as President, and in distinct b****ts the person v**ed for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons v**ed for as President, and of all persons v**ed for as Vice-President, and of the number of v**es for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and t***smit sealed 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 v**es shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of v**es for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of E*****rs appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those v**ed for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by b****t, the President. But in choosing the President, the v**es shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one v**e; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose 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 case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.-- The person having the greatest number of v**es as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of E*****rs appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two 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.
The Thirteenth Amendment: --Section 1: Neither s***ery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The Fourteenth Amendment:--Section 1:All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States 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 several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to v**e at any e******n for the choice of e*****rs 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 for participation in r*******n, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which 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 e*****r 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 member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in i**********n or r*******n against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a v**e of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing i**********n or r*******n, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of i**********n or r*******n against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any s***e; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
The Fifteenth Amendment: --Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to v**e shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The Sixteenth Amendment:--The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from wh**ever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
The Seventeenth Amendment: -- The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one v**e. The e*****rs in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for e*****rs of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of e******n to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by e******n as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the e******n or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
The Eighteenth Amendment:--Section 1:After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or t***sportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2:The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3:This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
The Nineteenth Amendment: --The right of citizens of the United States to v**e shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The Twentieth Amendment:--Section 1The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Section 2
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Section 3
If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
Section 4
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
Section 5
Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.
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This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have 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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Twenty-first amendment--Section 1: The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
Section 2:The t***sportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Section 3:This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Twenty-second amendment--Section 1: No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
Section 2:This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have 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.
Twenty-third amendment--Section 1:The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as Congress may direct:
A number of e*****rs of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the e******n of President and Vice President, to be e*****rs appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.
Section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Twenty-fourth amendment--Section 1:The right of citizens of the United States to v**e in any primary or other e******n for President or Vice President, for e*****rs for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.
Section 2:The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Twenty-fifth amendment--Section 1:In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Section 2Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority v**e of both Houses of Congress.
Section 3Whenever the President t***smits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he t***smits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, t***smit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President t***smits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, t***smit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds v**e of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
Twenty-sixth amendment--Section 1:The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to v**e shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
Section 2:The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Twenty-seventh amendment--No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an e******n of Representatives shall have intervened.
Okay....All remember this is just a fun little game.
Below I have posted the Bill of Rights, and subsequent amendments.
The question is "Of these amendments posted below, how many amendments, and which of Trump's constitutional amendments were violated? What rights guaranteed by the constitution were violated by the government, federal, state or local against Donald Trump?"
The focus of this exercise is directed solely at the treatment of Donald J. Trump. No comparisons with his enemies could be reasonably used in your point.
Since this is a critical thinking exercise, proof will be required to make a valid point. This proof that is requested to back up your point can be found anywhere on line.
If necessary, state the link that backs up your point.
The Constitution of the United States, -Bill of Rights, and subsequent Amendments"
The First Amendment: --Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The Second Amendment:--A well regulated M*****a, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The 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.
The 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, and the persons or things to be seized.
The Fifth Amendment: --No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the M*****a, 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 witness against 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.
The Sixth Amendment:--In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
The Seventh Amendment: --In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall 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 according to the rules of the common law.
The Eighth Amendment:--Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
The Ninth Amendment: --The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
The Tenth Amendment:--The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The 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 Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.
The Twelfth Amendment:--The E*****rs shall meet in their respective states and v**e by b****t 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 b****ts the person v**ed for as President, and in distinct b****ts the person v**ed for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons v**ed for as President, and of all persons v**ed for as Vice-President, and of the number of v**es for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and t***smit sealed 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 v**es shall then be counted; -- The person having the greatest number of v**es for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of E*****rs appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those v**ed for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by b****t, the President. But in choosing the President, the v**es shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one v**e; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose 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 case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President.-- The person having the greatest number of v**es as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of E*****rs appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two 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.
The Thirteenth Amendment: --Section 1: Neither s***ery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The Fourteenth Amendment:--Section 1:All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States 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 several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed. But when the right to v**e at any e******n for the choice of e*****rs 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 for participation in r*******n, or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which 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 e*****r 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 member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in i**********n or r*******n against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a v**e of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Section 4
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing i**********n or r*******n, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of i**********n or r*******n against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any s***e; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Section 5
The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
The Fifteenth Amendment: --Section 1: The right of citizens of the United States to v**e shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The Sixteenth Amendment:--The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from wh**ever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
The Seventeenth Amendment: -- The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one v**e. The e*****rs in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for e*****rs of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of e******n to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by e******n as the legislature may direct.
This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the e******n or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
The Eighteenth Amendment:--Section 1:After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or t***sportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited.
Section 2:The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Section 3:This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
The Nineteenth Amendment: --The right of citizens of the United States to v**e shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
The Twentieth Amendment:--Section 1The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Section 2
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Section 3
If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
Section 4
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
Section 5
Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article.
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This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have 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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