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Constitution Project

Constitution Project. By: Brooke Martin. House of Representatives. Election every 2 yrs Responsibilities- Impose and collect taxes and duties. Borrow money. Regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states. Coin money.

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Constitution Project

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  1. Constitution Project By: Brooke Martin

  2. House of Representatives • Election every 2 yrs • Responsibilities- • Impose and collect taxes and duties. • Borrow money. • Regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states. • Coin money. • Establish post offices. • Declare war. • Raise & support the army and navy.

  3. Article One : Senate • Qualifications • Age: must be at least 30 yrs old. • Residency: must live in the state you represent. • Citizenship: must be a united states citizen for at least 9 years.

  4. Senate • Elections every 6 yrs. • Two senators from every state • Responsibilities • Chose their officers • Have the sole power to try all impeachments • When the president of the U.S. is tried, the chief justice shall preside.

  5. NowThe Articles

  6. Article II: Executive branch • The President of the United States of America must: • -be thirty-five years or older • -be a legal born US citizen • -have lived in the US for fourteen years • Elections are held every four years • Responsibilities of the US President • -carry out and enforce laws made by Congress • -make treaties with other foreign nations • -appoint certain important government officials • -act as commander in chief of the armed forces • -veto laws passed byCongress

  7. Article III: Judicial • The responsibilities of the Judicial Branch • - interpreting the laws • - setting legal disputes • - protecting the rights of the people given by the Constitution • Length of tenure • "The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office."

  8. Now the Amendments

  9. 1stAmendment • Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press& freedom om assembly and petition. • Freedom of assembly- • people have the right to get together for a common purpose. • Freedom of petition- • people have the right to ask for change.

  10. 5th Amendment • Amendment Five states that: • - you cannot be tried for the same offense twice • - you cannot be deprived from civil rights (life, liberty, property) without due process of law • - you are innocent until proven guilty • - you cannot testify against yourself

  11. 14th Amendment • Amendment XIV states that: • -Any person born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States and to the state which they were born in. • -no state shall deprive a citizen from life, liberty, or property without due process of law • -all citizens have the right to equal protection of the law in all states..!

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