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2. The constitution, part 2: content and ratification. I. “In order to form a more perfect Union”: an overview of the different articles II. Amendments III. Ratification. I. “In order to form a more perfect Union”: an overview of the different articles a. article I: the legislative.
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2. The constitution, part 2: content and ratification I. “In order to form a more perfect Union”: an overview of the different articles II. Amendments III. Ratification
I. “In order to form a more perfect Union”: an overview of the different articles • a. article I: the legislative
Section 2, clause 3: reapportionment every 10 years • Section 3, clause 1: amended 1913 (17th amendment) • President pro tempore • Beginning of new congressional session: amended 1933 (20th amendment) • In recess/adjourned ≠ in session • Immunity from arrest except for “Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace”
Section 8, clause 18: “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers”: “elastic clause” → implied powers
b. article II: the executive • 12th amendment (1804): changedelection of vice-president
c. article III: the judiciary • “appellate jurisdiction”
d. article IV: relations between the states • Fugitive slave clause
e. article V: amendments • f. article VI: federal supremacy • “supreme law of the land” • g. article VII: ratification
“Bill of Rights” adopted 1791 • applied only to the federal government at first: Barron v. Baltimore, 1833
Federalists vs. Anti-federalists • “necessary and proper clause” (AI, s10) and “supremacy clause” (AVI) • “the Federalist Papers” (84 articles)