Warm-up #3
1. What did Patrick Henry and other antifederalists dislike about the
Constitution?
2. List the 3 branches of U.S. government.
3. Let’s see what you already know about
the Constitution. List and describe as
many constitutional rights you can.
Agenda 10/6/2010 Thursday
1. Warm-Up
2. Notes: The 6 Basic
Principles of the
Constitution
3. School House Rock
4. Preamble Exercise
 Homework
 Study for Quiz #2
 Preamble
Worksheet #4
 Outline Articles 1-7
in textbook pgs
760-771
The 6 Basic Principles
of the Constitution
The Constitution
• Is the supreme law of
the land
• Everyone has to
answer to the
Constitution
Think of the Constitution as the
Optimus Prime of all legal documents
The Preamble
• We the people, in Order to form a more
perfect Union, establish Justice, insure
domestic Tranquility, provide for the
common defence, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of
Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do
ordain and establish this Constitution for
the United States of America.
Preamble Song
The Constitution
• The Constitution is broad, general, nonspecific and open to interpretation
For Example:
You are a
piece of
$%^&!
…Oh
heh heh
no,
juuust
FIRE!
kidding…
Fiiiiire!!
It does not outline exactly what we can and
cannot say. That needs to be determined by
who…???
The U.S. Supreme
Court!
(Our JUDICIAL
BRANCH)
Six Principles of the U.S.
Constitution
**The Constitution is based on Six Principles**
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Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
Judicial Review
Separation of Powers
Federalism
Checks & Balances
1. Popular Sovereignty
The power of rule lies
within the hands of the
people
2. Limited Government
Government is not all
powerful; has limited
power
3. Judicial Review
• The Judicial Branch (the Supreme Court) has
the right and the responsibility to check the
actions of the president (executive) and
Congress (legislative)
I’m watching
you!
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Give me my
job or I’m
taking you to
court!
vs
Bring it
Marbury!
Denying your job is
unconstitutional…
but you still lose on
technicality,
Marbury…
3. Judicial Review
• Marbury v. Madison (1803)
This was the first time the
Supreme Court declared
an action
“unconstitutional”
This landmark case gave
the Supreme Court a lot
more power than ever
before
4. Separation of Powers
(The Three Branches)
Executive
Legislative
•3 Ring Government
Judicial
Executive
• President and commander in chief
• Veto Power
• Enforces Law
Legislative
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Tax and borrow money
Declares war
Raise an army
Make Laws
Judicial
• Interprets the Constitution and the
laws by hearing court cases
5. Federalism- sharing power
National Powers
Shared Powers
State Powers
5. Federalism- When national and
state governments share power
Federalism
National
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Regulate trade
Coin money (literally create money)
Raise an army
Buy land
Immigration
Wage war
Make treaties
State Powers
•
•
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Create school systems
Marriage laws
Protect public health
Create state constitutions
Conduct elections
Shared
•
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Set and collect taxes
Set up courts
Make and enforce laws
Take land for public use
6. Checks & Balances
Check
yourself
fool!
6. Checks & Balances
Branch
Responsible
Action
Branch that
checks
How action is
checked
Executive
Sends Troops
Legislative
Declares War
Legislative
Makes laws
•Executive
•Judicial
•Recommends &
Vetoes laws
•Interprets laws
Executive
Vetoes laws
Legislative
Congress overrides
veto with 2/3 vote
Judicial
Interprets laws
Executive
Grants pardons
Your Homework…
• PLEASE WRITE THIS DOWN
– Briefly look at the outline of the Constitution
on pages 758-759
– Skim through Articles 1-7 on pages 760-771
– You only need to read the first section of
each article to get the main idea
– List and describe Articles 1-7. Due
THURSDAY 10-7-2010
Article 1- Legislative Department
• Congress, our nation’s legislative
department, should be made up of 2
houses:
– House of Representatives
– Senate
Thursday 10/7/2010
• Agenda
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Quiz #2
Collect Homework
Review Articles
Notes: Bill of
Rights
• Homework
– Constitution Book
due Thursday
10/14 or Friday
10/15
Quiz #2 (2 pts each)
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1.
2.
3.
•
4.
Write the correct principle for each
description
The branches watch each other’s actions
and make sure no one branch is stronger
than the other
The power of rule lies with the people
Federal and State governments have
powers of their own while other powers
are shared
Finish the phrase of the preamble:
“We the people of the U.S.
___________...”
Bill of Rights
• 1st 10 Amendments
to the Constitution
• Outlines our
personal, individual
rights
Amendment
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Bill of Rights
Explanation
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, &
petition
Right to possess weapons
Citizens are not required to house soldiers
during peacetime or war
Protects people from unreasonable searches &
seizures
Protects the rights of the accused, includeing
required indictments, double jeopardy, selfincrimination, due process, and just
compensation of property
Bill of Rights – cont.
Amendment
Sixth
Seventh
Explanation
Guarantees a speedy and public
trial, counsel, the confrontation by a
witness and the right to call one’s
own witness on their behalf
Right to a jury trial in civil cases
Eighth
No excessive bail or cruel & unusual
punishment
Ninth
Unenumerated Rights: Rights that are not
mentioned in the Constitution the people may
still have
Tenth
Federalism/State’s Rights:Powers not given to
Additional Important Amendments
Amendment
Explanation
Thirteenth
Outlawed Slavery
Fourteenth
Equal rights of citizens (gave AA citizenship)
•Equal Protection Clause
•Due Process Clause
Fifteenth
Nineteenth
First attempt to give AA males the right to
vote
Gave women the right to vote
Twenty-Second
Presidential Tenure (2 terms)
Twenty-Sixth
Legal voting age 18
Constitutional Amendment
• 2/3 vote in each
house of Congress
• ¾ of the total state
legislatures
Executive
– 3/4 out of 50 states Legislative
– State legislatures is
equivalent to the
state congress
Judicial
WATCH BILL!!!
State
National
Governor
President
State
Legislature
•State
Senate
•State
Assembly
U.S. Congress
•Senate
•House of
Representativ
es
State
Supreme
Court
U.S. Supreme
Court