The Constitution
Mr. Green’s American Government
Classical Liberal Institutions
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The Constitution of the United States
The Amendments
The Bill of Rights
 Amendments 11 through 27
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Preamble
Article One: The Legislative
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Section. 1 The legislative powers rests with
Congress composed of Senate and House of
Representatives.
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Section 2. The House members qualifications
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Serve two years
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25 years of age
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Elected by the people
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7 years a citizen
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Apportioned by population
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Resident of their district
Article One: The Legislative
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Section 2.5
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Choose Speaker and other offices
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Sole power of impeachment
Section 3 Senate members qualifications
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Serve six years
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30 years of age
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Elected by the state
legislatures
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9 years a citizen
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Resident of their district
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Two senators from each
state
Article One: The Legislative
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Section 3.4
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Vice President presides
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No vote except for ties
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Section 3.5 Senate to choose their leaders
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Section 3.6 Senate has sole power to try all
impeachments
Section 3.7 Judgment in impeachment is removal
from office
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Article One: The Legislative
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Section 6.1 Senators and Congressmen
compensated from the treasury
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Section 6.2 Senators and Congressmen cannot be
members of the executive branch while in office
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Section 7.1 Bills for raising revenue begin in the
House
Section 7.2 The veto
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Veto
Article 1
Article 1
Article 1
Article 1
Article One: The Legislative
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Review of Section 8
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8:1 and 8.2 have general welfare clauses, 8.3 has the
commerce clause, and 8.18 contains the elastic clause
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Section 9.7 government cannot spend money
from the treasury except by appropriation
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Section 10.1 states cannot make . . . laws
impairing the obligation of contracts
Article Two: The Executive
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Section. 1.1 The executive power is vested in the
President of the United States . . .
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Section. 1.2 Electoral College
Electoral College
Electoral
College tiff
Electoral
College tiff
Article Two: The Executive
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Section 1.4 Qualifications
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Natural born citizen
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35 years of age
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14 years a resident
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Section 2.1 Power of commander-in-chief
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Section 2.2 Power to make treaties, appoint
ambassadors, and Supreme Court justices with
the advise and consent of two-thirds of the
Senate
Article Two: The Executive
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Section 3.1 The
State of the Union
Article Three: The Judiciary
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Section 1 Judicial power vested in the supreme
court, and other inferior courts as established by
congress
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Section 2 Judicial power limited to cases and
controversies
Article Four
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Section 1: Full faith and credit by each state to
other states
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Section 2: Citizens of one state are entitled to the
same privileges and immunities of the citizens of
another state
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Section 4: Congress guarantees each state a
Republican government
Article Five: Amendment Process
Article Six
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Supremacy Clause
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Laws and treaties passed by Congress “Shall be the
supreme law of the land”
Ratification
The Bill of Rights
James Madison:
The First Speaker
The Bill of Rights
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Civil liberties are negative rights
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Constitutional guarantees that instruct the
government not to act in ways that take the lives,
liberties, and property of individuals.
Amendment 1
Amendment 2
Bill of Rights
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Amendment two
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Collective right or an individual right?
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Amendment 3: Quartering troops
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Due process of law (underlined in #5)
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Amendments 4, 5, and 6
Habeas corpus (Highlighted in #5 and #6)
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Contained in Amendment 5 and 6
Amendment 4
Amendment 5
Amendment 6
Bill of Rights
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Amendment 7: Guarantee of jury trial
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Amendment 8: No excessive bail nor cruel and
unusual punishments
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Amendment 9: Rights not listed are still protected
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Amendment 10: Powers not delegated to the
federal government are retained by the states
The Other Amendments
Amendments
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Amendment 11: Suing a state (1795)
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Amendment 12: Presidential candidates run as a
ticket (1804)
Amendments
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The Civil War Amendments
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Amendment 13: Prohibition of slavery (1865)
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Amendment 14: Rights of citizenship (1868)
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Amendment 15: Right to vote cannot be denied
because of race (1870)
Amendment 14
Amendments
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The Progressive Amendments
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Amendment 16: Income tax (1913)
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Amendment 17: Direct election of senators (1913)
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Amendment 18: Prohibition (1919)
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Amendment 19: Women’s suffrage (1920)
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Amendment 20: Lame duck amendment (1933)
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Amendment 21: Repeal of prohibition (1933)
Amendments
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Amendment 22: Presidential term limits (1951)
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Amendment 23: Electors for DC (1961)
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Amendment 24: No poll tax (1964)
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Amendment 25: Presidential succession (1967)
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Amendment 26: Suffrage for persons eighteen
years old (1971)
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Amendment 27: Congressional pay raises
(Proposed 1789, Ratified 1992)
The End