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Flashcards by jacob kinlaw, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by jacob kinlaw
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| preamble | introduction to the constitution begin with the we the people identifies 6 goal the founding father wanted to achieve |
| article 1 | the legislative branch describe the congress it power |
| bicameral | a legislature made up of 2 house |
| house of representative | lower house of congress 435 member representation is based on population term of office 2 yrs |
| qualification for the hor | must be at least 25 year old a us citizen at least 9 year live in district you represent |
| senate | upper house of congress made up of 100 member 2 from each state elected by the state legislatures |
| qualification of us senate | must be at least 30 yrs old a citizen for at least 9 yrs live in the state they represent |
| article 1 section 8 | list the power given to the congress ex power to declare war |
| impeachment | to formally charge and elected official with wrong doing the hor vote to impeach if the hor votes yes there is trial in the senate |
| enumerated power | aka expressed power power given only to the congress article 1 section 8 |
| reserved power | powers that are reserved for the state govt |
| concurrent power | power shared between national congress the state legislature ex power to taxes |
| writ of habeas corpus | article 1 section 9 states congress can not suspend a person right to writ of habeas corpus except in case of rebellion or invasion |
| bill of attainder | congress can not make a law that find a person guilty of treason or a felony without a trial |
| ex post facto law | congress can not make law that punishes someone for doing something that wasn't a crime at the time |
| article 2 | about the the executive branch |
| qualification to be president | at least 35 year old be a natural born citizen live in the us for at least 14 year |
| commander in chief | the president is over us military |
| articles 3 | about the judicial branch aka judiciary say there will be a supreme court leaves it up to the congress to create inferior court |
| article 4 | relationship between the state includes the full faith credit clause |
| article 5 | amending the constitution proposed by 2/3rd of both houses in congress then it need to be ratified by 3/4th of the states |
| article 6 | supremacy clause the constitution is the supreme law of the land |
| article 7 | say 9 of of the 13 state has to vote say yes before the constitution went into effect |
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