The President,
Vice President
and all civil Officers
of the United States,
shall be removed
from Office
on Impeachment for,
and Conviction of,
Treason, Bribery,
or other high Crimes
and Misdemeanors.
The judicial Power
of the United States,
shall be vested
in one supreme Court,
and in such
inferior Courts
as the Congress
may
from time to time
ordain and establish.
The Judges,
both
of the supreme
and inferior Courts,
shall hold their Offices
during good Behaviour,
and shall,
at stated Times,
receive
for their Services,
a Compensation,
which
shall not be diminished
during their Continuance
in Office.
The judicial Power
shall extend
to all Cases,
in Law and Equity,
arising
under this Constitution,
the Laws
of the United States,
and Treaties made,
or which
shall be made,
under their Authority;
-- to all Cases
affecting
Ambassadors,
other public Ministers
and Consuls;
-- to all Cases
of admiralty
and maritime Jurisdiction;
-- to Controversies
to which
the United States
shall be a Party;
-- to Controversies
between two
or more States;
-- between a State
and Citizens
of another State;
-- between Citizens
of different States,
-- between Citizens
of the same State
claiming Lands
under Grants
of different States,
and between a State,
or the Citizens thereof,
and foreign States,
Citizens
or Subjects.11
[11. Modified by Eleventh Amendment.]
In all Cases
affecting
Ambassadors,
other public Ministers
and Consuls,
and those
in which a State
shall be Party,
the supreme Court
shall have
original Jurisdiction.
In all the other Cases
before mentioned,
the supreme Court
shall have
appellate Jurisdiction,
both as to Law
and Fact,
with such Exceptions,
and under
such Regulations
as the Congress shall make.
The Trial of all Crimes,
except in Cases
of Impeachment,
shall be by Jury;
and such Trial
shall be held
in the State
where the said Crimes
shall have been committed;
but when
not committed
within any State,
the Trial
shall be
at such Place
or Places
as the Congress
may by Law
have directed.
Treason
against the United States,
shall consist only
in levying War
against them,
or in adhering
to their Enemies,
giving them Aid
and Comfort.
No Person
shall be convicted
of Treason
unless
on the Testimony
of two Witnesses
to the same overt Act,
or on Confession
in open Court.
The Congress
shall have Power
to declare
the Punishment
of Treason,
but no
Attainder of Treason
shall work
Corruption of Blood,
or Forfeiture
except
during the Life
of the Person attainted.
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 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.12
[12. Repealed by the Thirteenth Amendment.]
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.
The Congress
shall have Power
to dispose of
and make
all needful Rules
and Regulations
respecting
the Territory
or other Property
belonging to
the United States;
and nothing
in this Constitution
shall be so construed
as to Prejudice
any Claims
of the United States,
or of any particular State.
The United States
shall guarantee
to every State
in this Union
a Republican Form
of Government,
and shall protect
each of them
against Invasion;
and
on Application
of the Legislature,
or of the Executive
(when the Legislature
cannot be convened),
against domestic Violence.