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sets up our government, limits the power of government, can change with times, guarantees rights and freedoms

Establishes the rights of the people and communicates the intentions of the people

Establishes Congress as the legislative branch of Federal Government and lists the powers of Congress.

This article describes the role and power of the Executive Branch, the President and the Vice President. commander-in-Chief

creates the Judicial branch/Supreme Court but allows Congress to establish lower courts.

It requires states to give full credit and faith to the decisions taken by other states’ courts. Congress has the power to dispose of any rules or regulations respecting the territory or other properties of the US.

Amendment Process; House and Senate can propose the ratification of an amendment by a 2/3rds majority through congress or from the state (rare)

States that the Constitution is the highest law of the land. Federal and state officers and judges must uphold the Constitution. National government supersedes state government

Ratification of the Constitution (9 of 13 states)

popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, federalism

A government in which the people rule by their own consent.

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government

A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power

review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.

collect taxes, regulate trade, copyright/patents, declare war, armed forces

appoints people & foreign policy treaties (w/congressional approval)

original jurisdiction, appeals court, Judicial review,

When a state is required to return a suspect of a crime to another state.

if something is legal in both states

To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

1 suspend the writ of habeas corpus, unless necessary in time of rebellion or invasion; 2 pass laws which condemn persons for crimes or unlawful acts without a trial; 3 pass any law which retroactively makes a specific act a crime; 4 levy direct taxes on citizens, except on the basis of a census already taken; 5 tax exports from any one state; 6 give specially favorable treatment in commerce or taxation to the seaports of any state or to the vessels using them; and 7 authorize any titles of nobility.

Tax bills (must originate in the House) to raise money for the government

the constitutional authority of the House to charge the President, Vice President, and other "civil officers" with "high crimes and misdemeanors"

must be confirmed by the Senate. The Senate offers advice and consent to the president by a majority vote regarding the appointments of federal judges, ambassadors, and Cabinet positions.

Formal agreements with other countries; two-thirds vote

Senate; A two-thirds majority can convict the individual and remove him or her from office

the lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population

upper house of the legislature, each state elects two

Congress reviews and restricts the annual budget prepared by the executive branch

Congress may investigate both issues that warrant study and wrongdoings by public officials. Through COMMITTEE HEARINGS, Congress has examined issues such as crime, consumer safety, health care, and foreign trade

25 (house of representatives) 30 (senate)

7 years (house of Representatives) 9 years (senate)

the candidate must be a resident of the state he is representing

holding the political office for which one is running

incumbency, white, male, rich

2 years

6 years

35

4 years, 2 terms

14 years

powers directly stated in the constitution

Powers inferred from the express powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions.

powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the Constitution but are inferred from it

specific grants of authority defined in the Constitution or in law

powers not laid out in the Constitution but used to carry out presidential duties