Article I
Article I establishes this Branch of the US Federal/National Government
What is the Legislative Branch?
Article II Establishes this Branch of the Federal/National Government
What is the Executive Branch?
Article III establishes this Branch of the Federal/National Government
What is the Judicial Branch?
The fifth article of the Constitution allows for changes to be made to the original document in the form of these alterations (27 of which have been made so far)
What is an Amendment?
The Constitution was originally drafted on this durable material made from treated animal skin.
What is Parchment?
The Congress of the United States was divided into these two houses by Article I
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
In Article II all Executive power in the US is granted to these two individuals.
Bonus: They are currently ________ &__________
What are the President and Vice President?
Bonus: Donald Trump and James David Vance
In Article III Justices and Judges may hold their positions inperpeduity so long as they maintain this social/legal standing.
What is Good Behavior?
According Article VI of the Constitution the document is to be treated as this law of the land in order to maintain power over the government.
What is Supreme Law of the Land?
This many delegates represented South Carolina during the Constitutional Convention out of the fifty-five total members present.
What is Four?
According to Article I anyone in the US looking to be a Senator must first meet these three requirements.
What are 30 years old, A citizen for 9 years, and a resident of the state they represent
These requirements are listed in the second Article and allow any US citizen who meets them the ability to run for President
What are 35 years old, A natural US citizen, and a resident of the US for 14 years prior to running
There are at any time this many Justices on the US Supreme Court, each opening filled by an approved nomination from the President.
What are Nine Justices?
The seventh Article of the Constitution requires that nine of the original thirteen states approve of the document or this term meaning the same.
What is Ratify/Ratification?
Powers that are not specifically written in the Constitution but are considered needed by the government are known as assumed powers or this similar term.
What are Implied Powers?
In the first Article of the Constitution the House of Representatives was given the sole power to make laws dealing with this important function of Government.
What is the Power to Create Tax Law?
Article II enables the President to appoint these positions within the US government provided they receive approval from the Senate
What are Judges, Justices, and Federal Officials (Cabinet Members)?
The US Supreme Court serves mainly as this type of court in the US legal system and is the highest court in the nation.
What is Appelate Court?
The Fourth Article of the Constitution details certain privalleges and restrictions reserved for this political body of the United States.
What are the States?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
This is the second section of this Article of the Consitution
What is Article IV?
This issue represents the main reason why the authors of the Constituiton decided to divde the Congress into a Bicameral or Two House Legislature.
What is the issue of fair representation between larger and smaller states?
What is Impeachment by the House of Representatives?
The motto of the Supreme Court, which is written on the front of the Building is this phrase which describes both the court's function and goal. (It is in English)
What is Equal Justice Under Law?
The last four Articles of the Consitution help establish the document as this to the rest of the United States
What is the Highest Authority in the Country?
What is Show me the Body?