Outline Of The Constitution Of The Usa :: essays research papers

     I. ARTICLE I-- CONGRESS A. Section 1. 1. Establishment B. Section 2. 1. folk Membership and Qualifications a. selection and composition b. representation C. Section 3. 1. Senate Membership and Qualifications a. selection and compostion b. elections D. Section 4. 1. congressional Elections E. Section 5. 1. Congressional Operation and Procedure a. elections b. rules c. records F. Section 6.1. Congressional Employment, Compensation and Privileges a. the "speech and debate clause" G. Section 7. 1. Public Laws and Other Congressional Instruments a. bills for raising revenue b. the presidential "presentment clause" c. congressional take records d. congressional orders, resolutions and votes H. Section 8. 1. Powers of Congress a. raising revenue (tax, etc.) to pay debts and to provide for defense and general welfare b. borrowing money c. trade regulation (the " avocation clause") d. immigration and naturalization bankruptcies e. currency w eights and measures f. counterfeiting punishment g. post offices h. intellectual goodty (copyrights, patents, etc.) i. the federal judiciary j. maritime and international law k. war l. army appropriations/armed forces m. naval forces n. rules for the government and military o. domestic security p. military governance and administration q. District of Columbia r. administration of the law (the "necessary and proper clause") I. Section 9. 1. Congressional Limitations includes a. writs of habeas corpus b. population census and direct taxation c. appropriations d. accounting of public monies and expenditures J. Section 10. 1. State Limitations II. ARTICLE II-- THE EXECUTIVE tree branch A. Section 1. 1. Establishment, Elections, Qualifications, Compensation a. the president b. the vice president c. electors B. Section 2. 1. Executive Powers a. commander in chief b. pardons and reprieves c. treaties and appointments C. Section 3. 1. Official Duties, Responsibilities and Privile ges a. state of the union b. unconnected relations D. Section 4. 1. Impeachment III. ARTICLE III-- THE JUDICIARY A. Section 1. 1. Establishment, Tenure and Compensation a. the Supreme Court b. inferior federal courts c. federal justices and judges B. Section 2. 1. Jurisdiction, locale and Cases a. Supreme Court original and appellate jurisdiction the "exceptions clause" b. criminal cases/trial by jury C. Section 3. 1. Treason IV. ARTICLE IV-- STATES A. Section 1. 1.