Constitution
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- Constitution
- Article 3
- Section 2
- Says what cases the Supreme Court must decide.
- It also guarantees trial by jury in criminal court.
- Section 1
- Establishes the Supreme Court, the highest court in the United States.
- Judge serve for life, or until they want to retire.
- Section 3
- Defines, without any question, what the crime of treason is.
- Section 2
- Article 6
- Requires all officers of the United States and of the states to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States and the Constitution when taking office.
- Guarantees that the Constitution and all laws and treaties of the United States to be the supreme law of the country.
- Article 2
- Section 3
- President must give a yearly speech to the nation.
- Give suggestions to Congress.
- Meet with Ambassadors and other heads of state from other nations.
- Ensure the laws of the United States are carried out.
- Section 2
- President leads the armed forces.
- He has a Cabinet to aid him, and can pardon criminals.
- He makes treaties with other nations (2/3 of the Senate have to approve of the treaty).
- Picks many of the judges and other members of the government.
- Section 4
- Explains how to kick the president from office, called impeachment.
- Section 1
- Establishes the office of the President and the Vice-President.
- Both serve for four years.
- Presidents are elected by the Electoral.
- Must be 35 years old. Must be born in the USA.
- Their pay cannot change, up or down, as long as he in is office.
- Section 3
- Article 5
- 2/3 of the Senators must vote on the change.
- 2/3 of the Representatives must vote on the change.
- 3/4 of the States must vote for the change
- Article 4
- Section 3
- How new states come into the Nation.
- Control of federal lands.
- Section 2
- Citizens of one state are treated equally and fairly like all citizens of another.
- It also says that if a person accused of a crime in one state flees to another will be returned to the state that person fled from.
- Section 4
- Ensures a “Power by the People” government.
- Guarantees that the federal government will protect the states against.
- Section 1
- All states will honor the laws of all other states.
- Section 3
- Article 7
- Of the original 13 states in the United States, nine had to accept the Constitution before it would officially go into effect.
- Article 1
- Section 1
- All legislative powers shall be vested in Congress
- Section 2
- Defines the House of Representatives, known as the lower house of Congress.
- Must be 25 years old, will serve for two years each. Must be a citizen 7 years.
- Each state gets Representatives based on state population.
- Has a leader called the Speaker of the House.
- Section 3
- Defines the Senate, knows as the upper house of the Congress.
- Must be 30 years old, will serve for six years each. Must be a citizen 9 years.
- Each state gets two Senators.
- Vice-President breaks tie votes.
- Section 4
- Says that each state may establish its own methods for electing members of the Congress.
- Requires, that Congress must meet at least once per year.
- Section 5
- Says that Congress must have a minimum number of members present in order to meet.
- Fines for members who do not show up. It says that members may be expelled.
- Each house must keep a journal to record proceedings and votes.
- Neither house can adjourn without the permission of the other.
- Section 8
- Gives Congress the power to establish and maintain an army and navy.
- To establish post offices, to create courts, to regulate commerce between the states, to declare war, and to raise money.
- Section 6
- Establishes that members of Congress will be paid.
- They cannot be detained while traveling to and from Congress.
- That they cannot hold any other office in the government while in the Congress.
- Section 9
- Can not suspend right to remain silent laws.
- Can not pass laws that make things illegal starting yesterday or last week, etc.
- No law can give preference to one state over another
- Can not spend money without permission.
- Section 7
- Say how bills become law.
- All bills must pass both houses of Congress in the exact same form.
- Bills that pass both houses are sent to the President.
- He can either sign the bill, in which case it becomes law, or he can veto it.
- If he vetoes a bill, it is sent back to Congress, and if both houses pass it by a two-thirds majority, the bill becomes law over the President's veto.
- Section 10
- States can’t make their own money, or declare war, or tax goods from other states.
- Section 1
- Article 3
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