The constituion
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 16
- Control over the militia is divided between Congress and the state governments -states retained control over who serves as its officers and how its men are trained
Article 1 Section 2 Clause 3
- establishes that representation in the House is apportioned on the basis of population (greater population-more seats in the House) - requires that a Census be taken every ten years
Article 1 Section 2 Clause 4
- if a congressional seat should become vacant in the middle of a term, the state's governor is supposed to call a special election to fill the vacancy
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 17
-Congress has the power to set up a national capital of the United States that is outside the jurisdiction of any state
Article 4 Section 2: Privileges and Immunities Clause
A state may not discriminate against non-state residents in matters concerning fundamental rights for intentionally protectionist reasons.
Article 1 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.
Article 4 Section 4
All states must have a Republican form of government
Article 5
Amending the Constitution - to propose: 2/3 vote of either congress or national convention of 2/3 of the states. To ratify: 3/4 of states, either in special conventions or in the state legislatures
What is needed to Amendment?
Approval of Congress and approval of states
Article 6
Article of the Constitution that sets the status of the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, to which leaders must be loyal.
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 2
Breaks the senate into 3 classes 2yrs;4yrs;6yrs
Article 1 Section 5
Checks on behavior of the members
Article 2 Section 1 Clause 4
Congress gets to set the date for presidential elections
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 15
Congress has the power to call out the militia
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 10
Congress has the power to punish pirates
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 8
Congress has the power to set up a system of copyrights and patents, granting creative people the exclusive right to sell their creations.
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18
Congress shall have the power to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.(Necessary and Proper Clause; Elastic Clause); Implied Powers
Article 4 Section 1: Full Faith and Credit Clause
Constitution's requirement that each state accept the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
Article 2 Section 3
Duties of the President
Article 1 Section 8
Enumerated Powers of Congress
Article 2
Executive Branch
Bill of Right
First 10 amendments to the Constitution 1791
Amendment 4
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
Amendment 1
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Article 1 Section 2 Clause 2
House members must be at least 25 years old, a citizen of the U.S. for at least 7 years, and live in the State they represent.
Article 1 Section 2
House of Representatives
Article 1 Section 7
How a bill becomes law. Proposed bill/law can come from either house except tax laws which must come from the house. Goes to press for passing, 2/3rds override of veto. Pres. only has ten days to return the bill or bill becomes law (if congress ends session within the ten day period, bill dies "pocket veto"
Article 2 Section 1 Clause 3
If the presidents tied, the Senate chooses the president and vice president.
Article 4
If you commit a crime in one state and flee to another, you are brought back to the state of the crime for your trial; Extradation
Article 2 Section 4
Impeachment
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 7
Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from Office
Article 3
Judicial Branch
Article 1 of the Constitution
Legislative Branch (longest part)
Article 1 Section 9
Limits on Congress
Article 2 Section 1 Clause 5
Must be 35 years old, natural-born citizen, US resident 14 years
Article 6 Section 1 Clause 1
National Debts Maintained
Article 4 Section 3
New States can be admitted to the Union with the Authorization of congress and the pressident
Amendment 8
No cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 3
No quartering of soldiers
Article 6 Section 1 Clause 3
Oaths of Office
Amendment 9
People's rights are not limited to those in the Constitution.
Article 2 Section 2
Powers of the President
Article 2 Section 1
President and Vice President
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 13
Provide and maintain a navy
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 3
Qualifications for Senators; 30, citizen of US for 9 years, resident of their state.
Article 7
Ratification 9/13 states; March 1789
Article 1 Section 10
Restrictions on powers of states; ex Cannot coin money enter treaties with foreign Nations
Amendment 6
Right to a fair, speedy trial
Amendment 2
Right to bear arms
Amendment 7
Right to trial by jury
Article 1 Section 3
Senate
The Constitution is organized around the 3 Principles:
Separation of powers; Checks and balances; The federal division of power.
When was the Constitution written?
September 17th, 1787
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 1
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare
Article 1 Section 2 Clause 1
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year
Article 1 Section 2 Clause 5
The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 1
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 5
The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 6
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
Article 1 Section 3 Clause 4
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
Article 2 Section 1 Clause 1
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows:
Article 3 Section 1
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Article 3 Section 2
The part of the U.S. Constitution that defines the jurisdiction of the federal courts; Extends to all cases arising under the constitution the laws of the US and the treaties.
Amendment 10
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people; ; Reserved Powers
Article 6 Section 1 Clause 2
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 2
To borrow Money on the credit of the United States;
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 5
To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 9
To constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court;
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 4
To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States;
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 7
To establish post offices and post roads
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 14
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 6
To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States;
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 12
To raise and support armies
Article 3 Section 3
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 11
declare war
Amendment 5
due process, double jeopardy; self incrimination
Article 1 Section 4
elections are set by the states
Article 2 Section 1 Clause 2
establishes electoral college
Article 1 Section 6
establishes that members of Congress will be paid, that they cannot be detained while traveling to and from Congress, that they cannot hold any other office in the government while in the Congress.
Anti Federalists
people who opposed the Constitution
Article 1 Section 8 Clause 3
regulate trade (commerce clause)
Federalist
supporters of the Constitution
Preamble
the introduction to the Constitution, outlining the goals of the document, what it is meant to do, and begins with "We the people" - self-government
