The Legislature of the United States shall have the power to lay & collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts & Excises
To regulate Commerce with all nations & among the several states--
To pass laws for arming organising & disciplining the Militia of the United States--
To subdue a rebellion in any state on application of its legislature
To coin money & regulate the Value of all coins & fix the Standard of weights & measures
To provide such Dock Yards & arsenals & erect such fortifications as may be necessary for the United States, & to exercise exclusive Jurisdiction therein
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court
To establish and provide for a national University at the Seat of the Government of the United States--
To establish uniform rules of Naturalization
To provide for the establishment of a Seat of Government for the United States not exceeding * * * miles square in which they shall have exclusive jurisdiction
To make rules concerning Captures from an Enemy
To declare the law & Punishment of piracies & felonies at sea & of counterfeiting Coin & of all offences against the Laws of Nations
To call forth the aid of the Militia to execute the laws of the Union enforce treaties suppress insurrections & repel invasions
And to make all laws for carrying the foregoing powers into execution.--
The Legislature of the United States shall have the Power to declare the Punishment of Treason which shall consist only in levying War against the United States or any of them or in adhering to their Enemies.--No person shall be convicted of Treason but by the Testimony of two Witnesses.--
The proportions of direct Taxation shall be regulated by the whole number of inhabitants of every description which number shall within * * * Years after the first meeting of the Legislature & within the term of every * * * Years after be taken in the manner to be prescribed by the legislature
No tax shall be laid on articles exported from the States--nor capitation tax but in proportion to the Census before directed
All laws regulating Commerce shall require the assent of two thirds of the members present in each house--
The United States shall not grant any title of Nobility--
The Legislature of the United States shall pass no Law on the subject of Religion, nor touching or abridging the Liberty of the Press nor shall the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus ever be suspended except in case of Rebellion or Invasion