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Section 3 of Article Three defines treason and empowers Congress to punish treason. Section 3 requires that at least two witnesses testify to the treasonous act, or that the individual accused of treason confess in open court. It also limits the ways in which Congress can punish those convicted of treason.
United States Constitution Article Three case law (22 C, 136 P) Pages in category "Article Three of the United States Constitution" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Constitution's first three articles embody the doctrine of the separation of powers, in which the federal government is divided into three branches: the legislative, consisting of the bicameral Congress ; the executive, consisting of the president and subordinate officers ; and the judicial, consisting of the Supreme Court and other federal ...
Article III Section 2(1) of the Confederate Constitution combines the first clause of Article III Section 1 in the U.S. Constitution with Amendment XI. The phrase "citizens of the same state" [ 17 ] is left out and "and foreign states, citizens or subjects; but no state shall be sued by a citizen or subject of any foreign state" [ 18 ] is added ...
Article Three of the United States Constitution; First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was also known as "Article the Third" or "The third article" Article 3 of the Constitution of India, establishment of new states and amendment of existing ones; Article 3 of the Constitution of Ireland; Article Three of the Constitution of ...
Article Six of the United States Constitution (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Articles of the United States Constitution" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The United States Constitution and its amendments comprise hundreds of clauses which outline the functioning of the United States Federal Government, the political relationship between the states and the national government, and affect how the United States federal court system interprets the law. When a particular clause becomes an important ...
Thirty-three amendments to the Constitution of the United States have been proposed by the United States Congress and sent to the states for ratification since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those, having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution.