Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution

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constitutional provision

Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution establishes the structure, powers, and procedures of the United States Senate, including the roles of its officers and the rules for senatorial terms and impeachment trials.

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Label	Occurrences
Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution canonical	5
Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article I, Section 3, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article I, Section 3, Clauses 6 and 7 of the United States Constitution	1
U.S. Const. art. I, § 3	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T508543 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution
Context triple: [President pro tempore of the United States Senate, constitutionalSection, Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution]

A. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
B. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the Commerce Clause, grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with Native American tribes.
C. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
D. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution is the provision granting Congress exclusive legislative authority over the federal district (now Washington, D.C.) and certain federal properties.
E. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution enumerates the specific powers of Congress, including the Necessary and Proper Clause that underpins much of federal legislative authority.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution
Target entity description: Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution establishes the structure, powers, and procedures of the United States Senate, including the roles of its officers and the rules for senatorial terms and impeachment trials.

A. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
B. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution, known as the Commerce Clause, grants Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several states, and with Native American tribes.
C. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
D. Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution is the provision granting Congress exclusive legislative authority over the federal district (now Washington, D.C.) and certain federal properties.
E. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution enumerates the specific powers of Congress, including the Necessary and Proper Clause that underpins much of federal legislative authority.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ
allocates	two senators to each state ⓘ
appliesTo	all states admitted to the Union ⓘ
assignsRole	Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate without a vote unless the Senate is equally divided ⓘ
author	Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ linked to: Constitutional Convention
authorizes	Senate to choose a President pro tempore in the absence of the Vice President ⓘ Senate to choose a President pro tempore when the Vice President is exercising the office of President of the United States ⓘ
branch	legislative branch of the United States government ⓘ linked to: United States Congress
citationForm	U.S. Const. art. I, § 3 ⓘ linked to: Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ
currentlyOperatesWith	direct election of senators by the people of each state under the Seventeenth Amendment ⓘ
dateRatified	June 21, 1788 ⓘ
defines	Senate’s sole power to try all impeachments ⓘ
effectiveFrom	March 4, 1789 ⓘ
establishes	Senate’s power to try impeachments ⓘ composition of the United States Senate ⓘ office of President pro tempore of the Senate ⓘ linked to: President pro tempore of the United States Senate original method of choosing senators by state legislatures ⓘ qualifications for United States senators ⓘ requirement of oath or affirmation for impeachment trials in the Senate ⓘ requirement of two-thirds concurrence of Senators present for conviction in impeachment trials ⓘ role of the Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate ⓘ six-year terms for United States senators ⓘ staggered terms for senators by dividing the Senate into three classes ⓘ terms of office for United States senators ⓘ
governs	United States Senate ⓘ
hasBeenModifiedBy	Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States federal government ⓘ linked to: United States government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of the land within its scope ⓘ
limits	impeachment judgment to removal and disqualification, not criminal penalties ⓘ judgment in cases of impeachment to removal from office and disqualification from holding office ⓘ
originallyProvided	indirect election of senators by state legislatures ⓘ
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
provides	for temporary appointments to Senate vacancies by state executives when authorized by state legislatures ⓘ that impeached and convicted parties remain liable to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment according to law ⓘ that one-third of the Senate seats are up for election every two years ⓘ
requires	Chief Justice of the United States to preside when the President is tried in an impeachment ⓘ at least nine years of United States citizenship for senators ⓘ that each senator has one vote ⓘ that senators be inhabitants of the states they represent at the time of election ⓘ
setsMinimumAge	30 years for United States senators ⓘ
subject	federal impeachment process ⓘ legislative branch structure ⓘ qualifications for federal legislators ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President pro tempore of the United States Senate → constitutionalSection → Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → amends → Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution → citationForm → U.S. Const. art. I, § 3 ⓘ

linked to: Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution

Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Article II: Obstruction of Congress → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 3, Clauses 6 and 7 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution

Vice President of the United States as President of the Senate → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Nixon v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution

Nixon v. United States → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 3, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ

linked to: Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution

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