=Section III.=--He shall from time to time give to the Congress
information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their
consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and
expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both houses,
or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them with
respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such
time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and
other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be
faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the
United States.
=Section IV.=--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.
Article III.--Judicial Department.
=Section I.=--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 behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their
services a compensation which shall not be diminished during their
continuance in office:
=Section II.=--Clause 1. 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, to controversies 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.
Clause 2. In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public
ministers and consuls, and those in which a State shall be a
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.
Clause 3. 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.
=Section III.=--Clause 1. Treason against the United States shall
consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their
enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
Clause 2. 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.
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