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

By: Olivia Corbett Mrs. Hilton 4th period

Article I: Legislative BranchCongres

sQualifications: 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.

House of Representatives

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.

Senate

Qualifications: age– You must be at

least thirty. citizenship– You must have

lived in the US for at least nine years. residency– You must live

in the state you

represent.

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.

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.

Article Two: Executive BranchPresident and Vice President Presid

ent

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.

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.

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.

Article 3: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.

Judicial Branch

Amendment OneAmendment One states that we have freedom of religion.

Amendment FiveAmendment 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.

Amendment FourteenAmendment 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.)