ARTICLE I
LEGISLATIVE
LEGISLATIVE
What branch of government does Article I establish?
Answer: The legislative branch.
What branch of government does Article II establish?
Answer: The executive branch.
What branch of government does Article III establish?
Answer: The judicial branch.
What must each state give to the public acts, records, and court decisions of other states?
Answer: Full Faith and Credit.
What does Article V explain?
Answer: How the Constitution can be amended.
What two chambers make up Congress?
Answer: The Senate and the House of Representatives.
Who is the head of the executive branch?
Answer: The President.
What is the highest court in the United States?
Answer: The Supreme Court.
What does Article IV say about the privileges and immunities of citizens?
Answer: Citizens of each state are entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
How many votes in Congress are generally needed to propose an amendment?
Answer: Two-thirds of both the House and Senate.
How long is a term for a member of the House of Representatives?
Answer: Two years.
How long is a presidential term?
Answer: Four years.
Who appoints federal judges?
Answer: The President, with the advice and consent of the Senate.
What does Article IV require states to do regarding fugitives from justice?
Answer: A person charged with a crime who flees to another state can be returned upon proper demand.
How many state legislatures can request a convention to propose amendments?
Answer: Two-thirds of the state legislatures.
How long is a term for a U.S. Senator?
Answer: Six years.
What is the minimum age to become President?
Answer: 35 years old.
How long do federal judges serve?
Answer: During good behavior; they generally serve for life unless they resign, retire, or are removed.
What does Article IV require regarding new states?
Answer: Congress may admit new states into the Union.
How many states must ratify an amendment?
Answer: Three-fourths of the states.
What power does Congress have to declare?
Answer: Congress has the power to declare war.
How long must a President have been a resident of the United States?
Answer: 14 years
What crime does Article III specifically define?
Answer: Treason against the United States.
What does the Constitution guarantee to every state?
Answer: A republican form of government.
Can the President veto a constitutional amendment?
Answer: No.
What type of bills must originate in the House of Representatives?
Answer: Bills for raising revenue.
What does the Constitution require the President to do before entering office?
Answer: Take an oath or affirmation to faithfully execute the office and preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.
What kinds of cases does the Supreme Court have original jurisdiction over?
Answer: Cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and cases in which a state is a party.
What does "Full Faith and Credit" require states to give one another?
Answer: Full faith and credit to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states.
What percentage of both houses of Congress must agree to propose an amendment?
Answer: Two-thirds of both the House and Senate.
What can Congress do if the President vetoes a bill?
Answer: Congress can reconsider it and override the veto with a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate.
What happens to a presidential bill if the President does not return it within ten days, excluding Sundays, while Congress is in session?
Answer: It becomes law as if the President had signed it.
How long do federal judges serve under the Constitution?
Answer: During good Behaviour, generally meaning they can serve for life unless they resign, retire, or are removed.
What happens when a person charged with a crime in one state flees to another state?
Answer: They can be returned to the state where the crime was committed when the proper executive authority makes a demand.
Who must give consent for the President's treaties to become effective?
Answer: The Senate, with two-thirds of the Senators present concurring.
What happens if the President does not return a bill within ten days, excluding Sundays, while Congress is in session?
Answer: The bill becomes law as if the President had signed it.
What power does the President have when a vacancy occurs while the Senate is not in session?
Answer: The President may make temporary appointments that expire at the end of the Senate's next session.
What must be required to convict someone of treason?
Answer: The testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or a confession in open court.
What does Article IV require regarding citizens traveling to or living in other states?
Answer: States must provide citizens of other states with the privileges and immunities of their own citizens.
What percentage of states must ratify an amendment for it to become part of the Constitution?
Answer: Three-fourths of the states.
What happens if Congress adjourns before the President returns a bill?
Answer: The bill does not become law. This is called a pocket veto.
What must the President do regarding the state of the Union?
Answer: Give Congress information on the State of the Union and recommend measures he considers necessary and expedient.
What punishment does the Constitution allow for treason?
Answer: Congress determines the punishment, but it cannot cause corruption of blood or forfeiture beyond the life of the person.
Who guarantees every state a republican form of government?
Answer: The United States.
Who chooses whether an amendment is ratified by state legislatures or state conventions?
Answer: Congress.
What is a bill of attainder?
Answer: A law that declares a person guilty of a crime without a judicial trial; Congress is prohibited from passing one.
What three offenses does the Constitution specifically identify as grounds for impeachment?
Answer: Treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Who has the authority to establish courts lower than the Supreme Court?
Answer: Congress.
Under what circumstances can the federal government intervene to protect a state?
Answer: When requested by the state's legislature (or its executive when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence, and to protect states against invasion.
What protection does Article V give states regarding their representation in the Senate?
Answer: No state can be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate without its consent.