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Article I - --vests legislative power in the Senate and the House of
Representatives
-It describes the organization of Congress and lists its specific powers, known
as enumerated or delegated powers
- the necessary and proper clause (also called the elastic clause) - -
Congress can make laws needed to carry out its enumerated powers
- Article II - -deals with the executive branch and describes the election of
the president (and vice president)
- Article III - --This article established the Supreme Court and authorizes
Congress to establish lower federal courts
-While not specifically stated, the power of the courts to declare a law
unconstitutional is implied.
- Article IV - --The full faith and credit clause requires that the legislative
and judicial actions of one state be honored by the other states.
- provides for adding new states to the union, guarantees each state a
republican form of government, and ensures protection against invasion or
domestic violence.
- The full faith and credit clause - -requires that the legislative and judicial
actions of one state be honored by the other states. Additionally, a citizen of
any state has the same privileges as citizens of all the other states
- Article V - -The process for amending the Constitution is described. The
states are responsible for ratifying amendments.
- Article VI - -The Constitution, the laws of the United States, and treaties
entered into by the United States are the supreme law of the land.
- the supremacy clause - -The Constitution, the laws of the United States,
and treaties entered into by the United States are the supreme law of the
land.
- Article VII - -Approval by conventions of nine of the states was required to
ratify the Constitution.
- Federalist - -Those who favored the strong national government provided
for in the Constitution
, - Antifederalists - -those who opposed the strong national government
provided for in the Constitution
- The Antifederalists - --believed that the Constitution gave too much power
to the central government and left the states with too little.
-Strong proponents of individual liberty, they vigorously criticized the
omission of a bill of rights, which was included in many state constitutions
- The Federalists - -The Federalists argued that the new government would
not be dominated by any one group and that there were adequate
safeguards to protect individuals and the states.
- An important factor in swaying the state conventions was... - -a
commitment from the Federalists to add a bill of rights after ratification.
- The U.S. Constitution therefore defined - -the basic structure of national
government, but it did so in a fundamentally new way — because it was a
written code that the government lacked authority to change.
- Amendments are ratified by - -three-fourths of the state legislatures or by
conventions in three-fourths of the states
- Amendment I - -Prohibits the establishment of a state religion and protects
freedom of the press and speech and the rights to assemble and petition the
government
- Amendment 2 - -Guarantees the right to keep and bear arms in the
context of a state militia
- Amendment 3 - -Prohibits the stationing of troops in homes without
consent
- Amendment 4 - -Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and
requires probable cause for search warrants
- Amendment 5 - -Establishes a grand jury to bring indictments in capital or
serious cases, protects against double jeopardy (a person cannot be tried
twice for the same crime) and self-incrimination (individuals cannot be forced
to testify against themselves), and guarantees due process and eminent
domain (compensation must be paid for private property taken for public
use)
- Amendment 6 - -Guarantees the right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury
in criminal cases, to be informed about charges, and to have representation
by counsel
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