Section 9 of Article I of the United States Constitution

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Section 9 of Article I of the United States Constitution is the provision that limits the powers of Congress by prohibiting certain actions, such as suspending habeas corpus (except in emergencies), passing bills of attainder or ex post facto laws, and granting titles of nobility.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ
addresses civil liberties protections against federal legislative action ⓘ
adoptedOn June 21, 1788 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
Article I, § 9 ⓘ
appliesTo United States Congress ⓘ
bindingOn federal government of the United States ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn March 4, 1789 ⓘ
category limitations on federal legislative power ⓘ
contains Bill of Attainder Clause ⓘ
Ex Post Facto Clause ⓘ
Export Tax Clause ⓘ
Port Preference Clause ⓘ
Suspension Clause ⓘ
Title of Nobility Clause ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
draftedBy Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
function limits the powers of Congress ⓘ
historicallyContained protection of the slave trade from federal prohibition until 1808 ⓘ
influencedBy English constitutional traditions ⓘ
colonial American experience with legislative abuses ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalCitation U.S. Const. art. I, § 9 ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
locationInDocument Article I (Legislative Branch) ⓘ
modifiedBy Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
prohibits bills of attainder ⓘ
capitation or other direct taxes unless in proportion to the census or enumeration (as originally written) ⓘ
ex post facto laws ⓘ
federal officeholders accepting any present, emolument, office, or title from any king, prince, or foreign state without the consent of Congress ⓘ
granting titles of nobility by the United States ⓘ
preference by regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one state over those of another ⓘ
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus except in cases of rebellion or invasion when public safety may require it ⓘ
tax or duty on articles exported from any state ⓘ
vessels bound to or from one state being obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another ⓘ
purpose to impose explicit limitations on the legislative power of Congress ⓘ
slaveTradeProtectionExpiredOn January 1, 1808 ⓘ
subjectOf numerous Supreme Court decisions on bills of attainder ⓘ
numerous Supreme Court decisions on ex post facto laws ⓘ
numerous Supreme Court decisions on foreign emoluments ⓘ
numerous Supreme Court decisions on habeas corpus ⓘ
textBeginsWith "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight" ⓘ

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Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution → partOf → Section 9 of Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ