THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (1789)
合衆国憲法
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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われわれ、合衆国人民は、より完全な連邦を形成するため、正義を確立し、国内の静穏（安寧）を保証し、共同防衛に備え、一般福祉を促進し、我々自身及び我々の子孫への自由の恩恵を確保するために、この憲法をアメリカ合衆国のために規定し、確立する。
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ARTICLE I
Section 1.
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
第１条
第１節
ここに与えられたすべての立法権は、上院と下院から成っている合衆国議会に帰属する。
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Section 2.
The House of Representatives shall be composed od members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the elections in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
第２節
〔第１項〕下院は数州の人民によって２年ごとに選ばれた議員から構成されなければならない、そして各州の選挙人（→投票者）は、州議会の最大数の部門（→議員数が多い方の議院）の選挙人の資格要件を有しなければならない。
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No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Reresentatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons.
The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct.
The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each State shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantation one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs election to fill such vacancies.
The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
Section 3.
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日本語訳 2002年12月11日 水野恒夫