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  2. Articles of Confederation - Wikipedia

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    The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between July 1776 and November 1777, and finalized by the ...

  3. Privileges and Immunities Clause - Wikipedia

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    In the federal circuit court case of Corfield v.Coryell, [1] Justice Bushrod Washington wrote in 1823 that the protections provided by the clause are confined to privileges and immunities which are, "in their nature, fundamental; which belong, of right, to the citizens of all free governments; and which have, at all times, been enjoyed by the citizens of the several states which compose this ...

  4. Constitutional Convention (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. [1] Although the convention was intended to revise the league of states and first system of government under the Articles of Confederation, [2] the intention from the outset of many of its proponents, chief among them James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamilton of New York, was to create a new ...

  5. Constitution of the Confederate States - Wikipedia

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    Article 2 Section 1(1) reads as: "The executive power shall be vested in a President of the Confederate States of America. He and the Vice President shall hold their offices for the term of six years; but the President shall not be re-eligible." [5] Amendment XII of the U.S. Constitution is added here as Article II Section 1(3), (4), and (5) [5 ...

  6. Article Six of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Constitutionof the United States. Article Six of the United States Constitution establishes the laws and treaties of the United States made in accordance with it as the supreme law of the land, forbids a religious test as a requirement for holding a governmental position, and holds the United States under the Constitution responsible for debts ...

  7. Dormant Commerce Clause - Wikipedia

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    Ultimately, the Philadelphia Convention decided upon the present language about duties of tonnage in Article I, Section 10, which says: "No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage ..." [3] The word "dormant", in connection with the Commerce Clause, originated in dicta of Chief Justice John Marshall.

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

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    9: 1 Natural-born Citizen Clause: II: 1: 5 Naturalization Clause: I: 8: 4 Necessary and Proper Clause: I: 8: 18 Orders, Resolutions, and Votes Clause: I: 7: 3 Origination Clause: I: 7: 1 Presentment Clause: I: 7: 2-3 Privileges and Immunities Clause: IV: 2: 1 Property Clause [citation needed] IV: 3: 2 Qualifications Clause [citation needed] I ...

  9. Full Faith and Credit Clause - Wikipedia

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    Article IV, Section 1: Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. The Full Faith and Credit Clause as it appears in the ...