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The Constitution: A Guide to the Success of the United States of America

The Constitution: A Guide to the Success of the United States of America. By: Olivia Corbett Mrs. Hilton 4 th period. Article I: Legislative Branch. Congress. House of Representatives. Qualifications: age – You must be at least twenty-five.

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The Constitution: A Guide to the Success of the United States of America

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  1. The Constitution: A Guide to the Success of the United States of America By: Olivia Corbett Mrs. Hilton 4th period

  2. Article I: Legislative Branch Congress House of Representatives Qualifications: age– You must be at least twenty-five. citizenship– You must have lived in the US for at least seven years. residency– You must live in the state you represent.

  3. Elections: Held once every two years. 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 and support an army and navy.

  4. Senate Qualifications: age– You must be atleast thirty. citizenship– You must have lived in the US for atleast nine years. residency– You must live in the state you represent.

  5. Elections: Held once every six years. Responsibilities: • Addresses conflicts of interests. • • Try impeachments. • • Pass new laws. • • Confirm Presidential appointments. • • Propose and or concur with amendments. • • Represent state in national issues. • • Debate legislative bills. • • Approves treaties.

  6. Article Two: Executive Branch President and Vice President Qualifications: age– You must be at least thirty-five. citizenship– You must have been a natural born US citizen. residency– You must have been and still be in the US for 14 consecutive years. President

  7. Elections: Held once every four years. Responsibilities: •Must give congress information on the state of the Union. • •Calling congress into extraordinary sessions and • adjourning congress. • •Receiving foreign representatives/ambassadors. • •Power over all matters of foreign policy. • •Take care that the law must be faithfully executed. • •Commissions all officers of the US.

  8. Vice President Qualifications: age– You must be atleast thirty. citizenship– You must have lived in the US for at least nine years. residency– You must live in the state you represent.

  9. Elections: Held once every four years. Responsibilities: •President of the senate. • •Votes in senate to break a tied vote. • •Presides over counting and presentation of the votes of • the electoral college. • •Should president be unable to serve during his/her term, • the vice president is to take over their duties/responsibilities. • •Adviser to the president.

  10. Article 3: Judicial Branch Supreme Court Length of Tenure: The judges of the Supreme court serve for life. Responsibilities: •Ultimate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts. •Original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. •Interpret whether issues are covered under the constitution. •Judicial power to all cases in law and equity under the constitution. •Judicial power to all cases involving ambassadors. •Power shall extend to all cases of amorality and maritime jurisdiction. •Power extends to all cases of controversies between two or more states.

  11. Amendment One Amendment One states that we have freedom of religion.

  12. Amendment Five Amendment Five states that you have the right not to incriminate yourself, that you can’t be tried for the same crime twice, and that a jury must be present when being tried for a capital crime.

  13. Amendment Fourteen Amendment Fourteen states that all persons born in the US will have citizenship, and that no state can deny anyone their natural rights. (It officially abolished slavery.)

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