Section 5 Of The Constitution

The first clause of section 5 begins by bestowing on each house the power to j udge the elections of its own members.

Section 5 of the constitution. 1 subject to the provisions of this constitution the executive powers of the federation. But a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. And no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall without the consent of the congress accept of any present emolument office or title of any kind whatever from any king prince or foreign state.

No title of nobility shall be granted by the united states. The section of the 14th amendment similar to sections in several other amendments is known as an enforcement provision. Text of article 1 section 5.

No religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights. Article 1 section 5. Each house shall be the judge of the elections returns and qualifications of its own members and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business.

Each house shall be the judge of the elections returns and qualifications of its own members and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business. But a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. Each house shall be the judge of the elections returns and qualifications of its own members and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business.

The congress shall have the power to enforce by appropriate legislation the provisions of this article. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship without discrimination or preference shall forever be allowed. But a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.

A shall be vested in the president and may subject as aforesaid and to the provisions of any law made by the national assembly be exercised by him either directly or through the vice president and ministers of the government of the federation or officers in the public service of the federation. Section 5 was enacted to freeze changes in election practices or procedures in covered jurisdictions until the new procedures have been determined either after administrative review by the attorney general or after a lawsuit before the united states district court for the district of columbia to have neither discriminatory purpose or effect. In section 5 they grant congress the power to govern itself.