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Senate and House of Reps.
What are the Legislative Powers
100
two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
What is the Senate composed of and for how many years and how many votes?
100
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States,
What is The House made up off?
100
enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver
What are the rules of being a state?
100
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States
Who is the Commander in Chief? and What is he in charge of?
200
three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress
When is Enumeration held
200
the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
What age does a person have to be and what amount of time does a person have to a citizen to be a senator?
200
Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States
What is the age requirement and citizen requirement of a Rep?
200
lay any Imposts or Duties on Imports or Exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws:
What is the one thing that states must not do without consent from the Congress?
200
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
What are the requirements of the President?
300
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December
How often does Congress meet and what is the time of the first meeting?
300
The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
What are the duties of the Senate?
300
Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members. Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
Name two things that the House can do?
300
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
What are citizens entitled to?
300
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
What is Judicial Branch made of?
400
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States
Name Three things that Congress has the Power to do?
400
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments
Who has the power to impeach a president?
400
Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
What is the one thing that the House cannot do?
400
A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.
What is the procedure for a person charged with a crime and flees?
400
The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
When are Juries used in the court system?
500
The Congress may determine the Time of choosing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States
What is the time and day that Congress can determine?
500
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States,
Are senators paid and what must they not do?
500
Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings,
What is the written form that the House may keep?
500
New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State
How is a state formed?
500
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.
What is the one thing that the U.S. guarantees for every state?