The Constitution

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The Constitution

• Articles
• Provision for Amending
• Bill of Rights

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Article I Legislative Branch

• Bicameral legislature
• Section 2 House
• Section 3 - Senate
• Qualifications, terms, operating procedures
• Article I, section 8
• 17 enumerated powers
• Necessary and proper clause ? implied powers
• Section 10 limitations on powers of states

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Article II Executive Branch

• Vested in POTUS, together w/ VP
• Electoral College longest part of Sec.1
• Qualifications, removal, compensation, oath
• Section 2 Powers
• Section 3 Responsibilities
• Section 4 - Removal

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Article III Judicial Branch

• Supreme Court and inferior courts as Congress
  establishes
• Judicial Power somewhat vague, Federalist 78
• Section 2 types of cases
• Section 3 - treason

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Article IV

• Full faith and credit states recognize the
  laws of other states
• Privileges and immunities
• Process of admitting new states
• Guarantee of republican form of government to all
  states

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Article VI

• Accept obligations of Confederacy
• Supremacy Clause
• Oath of office to support Constitution
• No religious test

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Provision for amending Art.V

• Propose
• 2/3s of both Houses of Congress (usual)
• 2/3s of state legislatures request national
  constitutional convention (never used)
• Ratify
• 3/4s of state legislatures (usual)
• 3/4s of state conventions (21st Amend)

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Bill of Rights

• Anti-federalists wanted Bill of Rights
• Federalists argued not necessary and listing of
  rights implied some not protected
• Some states conditioned ratification on
  subsequent adoption of B of R

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