The Constitution at a Glance - to see the entire Constitution you can go to www.usconstitution.net
Articel 1 - Legislative Department
1.1 All lawmaking power in Congress
1.2 House of Representatives
1.3 The Senate
1.4 Elections and meetings for both houses
1.5 Rules for each house
1.6 Rights and duties of Congressmen
1.7 Making Laws
1.8 Powers granted to Congress
1.9 Powers forbidden to Congress
1.10 Powers forbidden to states
Articel 2 - Executive Department
2.1 The office of the President
2.2 Powers of the President
2.3 Responsibilities of the President
2.4 Impeachment of the President
Article 3 - Judicial Department
3.1 One Supreme Court
3.2 Jurisdiction of courts, all crimes tried by a jury
3.3 Treason defined and punishment set
Article 4 - Relations of the States
4.1 Full faith and credit to each state
4.2 Citizen's rights and fugitives
4.3 New states and territories
4.4 Protection of states
Article 5 - Amendment Process
5.1 Amendments proposed by 2/3 & ratified by 3/4
Article 6 - Debts of Confederation
6.1 Public debts, supremacy of Constitution, pledge of officials to uphold Constitution
Article 7 - Ratification
7.1 Method of Ratification
Bill of Rights
- Freedon of religion, speech, press; right of assembly, petition
- Right to keep and bear arms
- Limitation on quartering of soldiers
- Limitation on searches and seizures
- Protection of accused in capital crimes
- Right to speedy trial of accused by impartial jury
- Trial by jury in civil suits
- Excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishments forbidden
- This enumeration of rights does not deny other rights retained by people
- Un delegatedpowers reserved to the states and the people
Amendments 11 - 27
- 11. Exemption of states from federal suits by citizens of another state (1798)
- 12. New method of electing President & Vice President (1804)
- 13. Slavery prohibited (1865)
- 14. 1) Guarantee of due process & equal protection of all citizens 2) Apportionment of Representatives in Congress (Supersedes part on A1, S2) 3) Statue of public officials engaged in insurrection 4) Status of Civil War debts (1868)
- 15. Protecting of Voting rights (1870)
- 16. Income tax (1913)
- 17. Election of Senators by the people; senatorial vacancies (1913)
- 18. Prohibition of intoxicating liquors (1919) repealed 1933
- 19. Women's suffrage (1920)
- 20. Abolition of "lame duck" session in Congress - change in date of assembly (1933)
- 21. Repeal of prohibition (1933)
- 22. Limitation of President to two terms of office (1951)
- 23. Right of people in District of Columbia to vote for electors of President and Vice President (1961)
- 24. Failure to pay taxes not a restriction on federal voting rights (1964)
- 25. Succession to the Presidency in case of vacancy or disability (1967)
- 26. Suffrage extended to 18, 19, 20-year-olds in all states, local, and federal elections (1971)
- 27. No pay increase for Senators and Representatives dueing current term of office
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