1. Articles

2. Article I – Legislature
House of Representatives
Elected by the people (435 total)
Number per state based on population
Serve 2 year terms
Qualifications
25 years old
Resident from the state to be elected
US citizen for 7 years
Powers
Sole power to impeachment

3. Elected by the people (100 total)
Senate
Elected by the people (100 total)
2 per state
6 years term
Vice President of US is also the President of the Senate, votes only in event of a tie
Qualifications
30 years old
Resident of state where elected
US citizen for 9 years
Powers
Sole power to try all impeachments

4. Can not be arrested, except for treason or felony, during session
Powers of Congress
Tax
Borrow money
Regulate commerce
Print money
Raise a military
Declare war
Elastic clause
Allows for the passing of laws deemed necessary and proper – allows for a loose interpretation of the Constitution
Can not be arrested, except for treason or felony, during session
Can not be held liable for any statement made in speeches and debates

5. Article II - Executive
President, Vice President and the cabinets positions
Elected by the Electoral College for a 4 year term
Qualifications of President
35 years old
Natural-born citizen
Resident of US for 14 years
Powers
Commander and Chief of Armed Services
Appoints ambassadors and federal judges
Grant reprieves and pardons

6. Article III - Judiciary
Appointed by the President and approved by the Senate
Qualifications – none
Term - Life
Power
Judicial Review

7. Article IV – Relations Among States
States Acts and Records
Full faith and credit clause
Citizenship rights
A persons federal rights can not be restricted state to state
Extradition
Person will be returned to the states in which a crime was committed
Admission of new states

8. Article V – Amending the Constitution
The Constitution and the Amendment Process
Methods of Proposal
Methods of Ratification
Method 1
By 2/3 vote in both the House and the Senate
[most common method of proposing an amendment]
Method 1
By legislatures in ¾ of the states
[in all but one case, this is how amendments have been ratified]
Usual Method Or Or
Method 2
By national constitutional convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of the state legislatures
[This method has never been used]
Method 2
Ratified through conventions in ¾ of the states.
[Only been used once to ratify the 21st Amendment]

9. Article VI – Supremacy of the National Government
Constitution is the
Supreme Law of the Land
All Senators and Representatives, both national and of the states, as well as all executive and judicial officers shall be bound by oath to support the Constitution

10. Article VII – Ratification
Prescribes how the Constitution should be ratified
9 of 13 states must ratify
Created September 17th, 1787
Ratified June 21, 1788