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The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation

by Edward Samuel Corwin (1878–1963)

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"The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation" is a congressional publication first issued in 1913. Popularly known as the Constitution Annotated, this comprehensive guide presents the U.S. Constitution alongside scholarly analysis by the Congressional Research Service and annotations of Supreme Court cases. Updated regularly since its inception, the centennial edition references nearly 6,000 cases across more than 2,300 pages, serving as an essential resource for understanding constitutional interpretation and case law.

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  • Constitutional law · United States
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Section 2: The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all: Privileges and 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 such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.

Section. 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

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Contents

  1. Front Matter
  2. Preface
  3. Introduction
  4. Section 2: The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all: Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States
  5. Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by: appropriate legislation
  6. Section 1: The eighteenth article of amendment to the: Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed
  7. Section 1: All legislative Powers herein granted shall be: vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives
  8. Section 3: Clause 1. [The Senate of the United States shall be: composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one vote]
  9. Section 7: Clause 1. All Bills for raising Revenue shall: originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills
  10. Section 3: The President * * * shall Commission all the: Officers of the United States
  11. Section 2: The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all: Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States
  12. Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by: appropriate legislation
  13. Section 5: The Congress shall have power to enforce, by: appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article
  14. Section 2: The Congress shall have power to enforce this: article by appropriate legislation
  15. Section 2: The Congress and the several States shall have: concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation
  16. 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
  17. Section 5: Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day: of October following the ratification of this article
  18. Section 1: The eighteenth article of amendment to the: Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed

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This free edition of The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation by Edward Samuel Corwin comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #18637, released 2006-06-20. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: History - American, Law & Criminology.

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