THE U.S CONSTITUTION PROJECT

Madalyn Gathright 4 12-8-11

Article One: The Legislative Branch

House of Representatives

a. Qualifications

- Age: Must be at least 25 years old

- Residency: Must live in the state you represent.

- Elections: Every two years.

b. 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 the army and navy.

Senate

a. Qualifications

- Age: Must be at least Thirty years old.

- Citizenship: A minimum of Nine years in the US.

- Residency: They can not live in the state in which they are elected.

- Elections: Once a year.

b. Responsibilities

-Borrow money on the credit of the United States.

-To establish post offices and post roads.

Article Two: The Executive Branch

a. Qualifications

- Age: Must be at least Thirty-Five.

- Citizenship: Must be a native born citizen.

- Residency: Must have lived in the country for at least Fourteen years.

b. Responsibilities

- Carry out and enforce the laws made by congress.

Article Three: The Judicial Branch

Length of tenure

- Life

Responsibilities

- Interpreting state laws.

- Settling legal disputes.

- Punishing violators of the law.

- Protecting individual rights.

- Determining the guilt or innocence of those accused of violating the laws carried out by the Executive Branch.

The First Amendment

This amendment prohibits any establishment of religion or impeding the free exercise of religion.

The Fifth Amendment

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure.

The Fourteenth Amendment

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Its Citizenship Clause provides a broad definition of citizenship that overruled the Dred Scott v. Sandford ruling by the Supreme Court (1857) that held that blacks could not be citizens of the United States.