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Flashcards by Bryan Padilla, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bryan Padilla
almost 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Carnegie Mellon | intro to the constitution; begins with the We the People; identifies 6 goals the founding fathers |
| Article 1 | The legislative branch; describes the Congress & its powers |
| Bicameral | A legislature made up of 2 houses |
| House of Representative | The lower house of Congress; 435 members; representation; Term of office = 2 years |
| Qualification for H.O.R | 1. Must be at least 25 years old. 2. Must be a registered U.S citizen for at least 9 years 3. You must live in the district you represent |
| Senate | Upper house of Congress; made up of 100 members; 2 from each state; elected by the state legislatures |
| Qualifications for U.S Senate | 1. You must be at least 35 years old 2. You must also be a registered citizen for at least 9 years 3. Then live in the state they represent |
| Article 1, Section 8 | This Section lists the powers given to the Congress Ex: power to declare war |
| Impeachment | This vocabulary term means to allow for a member of the U.S government power to be formally charged with a crime and theng voted upon to be pulled out of office. (The H.O.R votes for this decision) |
| enumerated | aka expressed powers; powers given only to the Congress (Article 1, Section 8) |
| Reserved Powers | These are powers that are "reserved" for the state Governments only. |
| Concurrent powers | These "Shared Powers" are powers between the national Congress & the state legislatures Ex: power to tax |
| Writ of Habeas Corpus (Latin) | Article 1, Section 9 states Congress canNOT suspend a person's right to Writ of Habeas Corpus EXCEPT in cases of rebellion or invasion. |
| Bill of Attainder | Congress can NOT make a law that finds a person guilty of treason or a felony without a trial |
| Ex Post Facto Laws | Congress can NOT make a law that punishes someone for doing something that wasn't a crime at the time |
| Article ll | about the executive branch |
| Qualifications to be President | 1. At least 35 years old 2. Be a natural born citizen 3. Live in the U.S for at least 14 years |
| Commander-in-chief | The President is over U.S Military |
| Article lll | About the Judicial branch (A.K.A Judiciary); says there will be a Supreme Court & leaves it up to the COngress to create inferior courts |
| Article lV | Relations between the states; includes the Full Faith & Credit Clause |
| Article Vl | Relations between the states; includes the Full Faith & Credit Clause |
| Article V | Amending the Constitution; Proposed by 2/3 of both houses in Congress, then it needs to be ratified by 3/4 of the states |
| Article Vll | This Article states that 9 out of 13 of the original states had to vote YES before the Constitution went into effect |
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