The Mystery of the Pinckney DraughtNott, Charles C.
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The Mystery of the Pinckney Draught
Nott, Charles C.
Constitutional history -- United States; Pinckney, Charles, 1757-1824
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 appoint a Treasurer by ballott
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court
To establish Post & military roads
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
All acts made by the Legislature of the United States pursuant to this
Constitution & all Treaties made under the authority of the United
States shall be the Supreme Law of the Land & all Judges shall be bound
to consider them as such in their decisions
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The Senate shall have the sole and exclusive power to declare war & to
make treaties & to appoint Ambassadors & other Ministers to Foreign
nations & Judges of the Supreme Court
They shall have the exclusive power to regulate the manner of deciding
all disputes & Controversies now subsisting or which may arise between
the States respecting Jurisdiction or Territory
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