Report of the Committee of Detail, continued.—Supremacy of the National Government.—Definition and Punishment of Treason.

Principles of the National Supremacy[372]
Preamble of the Constitution[373]
Supremacy effected through the Judicial Power[374]
Ratification[375]
Meaning and Operation of the Supremacy[376-381]
Its Effect on the Growth of the Country[381-384]
Definition and Punishment of Treason[384-387]

CHAPTER XIII.

Report of the Committee of Detail, continued.—Election and Powers of the President.

Election of the President, why not made directly by the People[388]
Origin of the Plan of Electors[389]
Choice of President and Vice-President[390-395]
Succession of the Vice-President to the Presidency[395-398]
Mode of filling the Vacancy when there is no Vice-President[398]
Mode of choosing the Electors[398], [399]
Opening of the Votes of the Electors[399], [400]
Modifications of the Mode of Election made by the Amendment[400], [401]
Contingency, for which no Provision is made[401-403]
Qualifications for the Presidency[404]
Salary of the President[404-407]
Question of a Cabinet, or a Council[407-409]
Powers of the President[409] et seq.
Executive Power[412], [413]
Pardoning Power[413], [414]
Treaty-making Power[414-417]
Appointing Power[417], [418]
To give Information on the State of the Union[419]
Power to convene Congress[419]

CHAPTER XIV.

Report of the Committee of Detail, continued.— Formation of the Judicial Power.

Scope of the Judicial Power[421-431]
Its Purposes[431-445]

CHAPTER XV.

Report of the Committee of Detail, continued.—Effect of Records.—Inter-State Privileges.—Fugitives from Justice and from Service.