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  2. Three-fifths Compromise - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S. Constitution, the Three-fifths Compromise is part of Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3: . Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and ...

  3. Article One of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    In combination with the vesting clauses of Article Two and Article Three, the Vesting Clause of Article One establishes the separation of powers among the three branches of the federal government. Section 2 of Article One addresses the House of Representatives, establishing that members of the House are elected every two years, with ...

  4. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Clause Name Article Section Clause 1808 Clause [citation needed] I: 9: 1 Admissions Clause: IV: 3: 1 Advice and Consent Clause: II: 2: 2 Appointments Clause: II: 2: 2 Apportionment of Representatives and Taxes Clause: I: 2: 3 Arisings Clause [citation needed] III: 2: 1 Basket Clause: I: 8: 18 Case or Controversy Clause: III: 2: 1 Coefficient ...

  5. Resign-to-run law - Wikipedia

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    The court found that the law violated Article 1, Section 2, Clause 2, of the Constitution by providing an additional qualification not provided by the Constitution for election to Congress. [4] That same year, in a separate case, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black questioned the constitutionality of the same statute. [5]

  6. Vesting Clauses - Wikipedia

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    Article II, Section 1, Clause 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four ...

  7. Article Three of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Clause 2 of Section 2 provides that the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases affecting ambassadors, ministers and consuls, and also in those controversies which are subject to federal judicial power because at least one state is a party; the Court has held that the latter requirement is met if the United States has a controversy ...

  8. Congressional Apportionment Amendment - Wikipedia

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    That in Article I, Section 2, Clause 3, these words be struck out, to wit: "The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each State shall have at least one Representative, and until such enumeration shall be made;" and in place thereof be inserted these words, to wit: "After the first actual enumeration ...

  9. FACT CHECK: Can Joe Biden Pardon Luigi Mangione? - AOL

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    According to Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution, presidential pardons do not apply to state criminal offenses. Fact Check: Biden pardoned 39 people convicted of non-violent ...