"do not...did not...directly"?
My goodness, you're such a clever young schoolboy.
But if you can quote for me the Constitution's passage you're referring to, let's see what we can do with it, OK?
“But if you can quote for me the Constitution’s passage you’re referring to, let’s see what we can do with it, OK?”
Professor, you have written millions of words on the United States Constitution, and now you say you would like to read at least part of it BEFORE you comment on its contents.
I know you. If you really intend to start reading the Constitution, you are up to some kind of trick.