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The United States Constitutiontext (Remaining Amendments (11-27) (19th…
The United States Constitution
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Preamble: "We the People..."
Article I [The Legislative Branch]
Article II [The Presidency]
Article III [The Judiciary]
Article IV [The States]
Article V [The Amendment Process]
Article VI [Legal Status of the Constitution]
Article VII [Ratification]
Signers
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Sec 1 [Full Faith and Credit]
Sec 2 [Privileges and Immunities, Extradiction, Fugitive Slaves]
Sec 3 [Admission of States]
Sec 4 [Guarantees to States]
Sec 1 [Judicial Power Vested]
Sec 2 [Scope of Judicial Power]
Sec 3 [Treason]
Sec 2 [Presidential Power]
Sec 3 [State of the Union, Receive Ambassadors, Laws Faithfully Executed, Commission Officers]
Sec 4 [Impeachment]
Sec 1 [Election, Installation, Removal]
Section 1: All legislative powers given to Congress, which consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Sec 2: House of Rep Requirements: selected from states every 2 years, based on state population, at least 25 years old, 7 yrs citizen
Sec. 3: Senate: each state has 2 Senators, seated for 6 years, each Senator has one vote, at least 30 yrs old, citizen for 9 years, Vice President is President of the Senate and is the tie breaker in voting
Sec. 4 [Elections of Senators and Representatives]
Sec. 5 [Rules of House and Senate]
Sec 6 [Compensation and Privileges of Members]
Sec. 7 [Passage of Bills]
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Constitutional Party
Economy: return to a monetary/banking provision set up by the Constitution and abolish the Federal Reserve System
Health Care: oppose the government control and bureaucratization of American Medicine
Terrorism: terrorism is an excuse for the federal government to spend more money than its income, expand its bureaucracy, and socialize the nation through taxpayer bailouts of airlines
War in the Middle East: we should stay in our own affairs unless there is a foreign force that threatens our national security
Immigration: the mass population of illegal immigrants who have been provided public services such as housing and millions of jobs are a burden and drain on the US treasury
Bill of Rights
1st Amendment: Freedom of speech, press, assembly, and petition (1791)
2nd Amendment: Right to bear arms (1791)
3rd Amendment: no quartering of soldiers (1791)
4th Amendment: Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures (1791)
4th, 5th, and 6th Defendant's rights
Probable cause: when the police have reason to believe that a person should be arrested
Unreasonable searches and seizures: evidence is obtained in a haphazard or random manner, prohibited by the 4th Amendment
Exclusionary Rule: the rule that evidence, no matter how incriminating, cannot be introduced into trial if it was not constitutionally obtained
5th Amendment: Right to due process of law, freedom from self-incrimination, double jeopardy (1791)
6th Amendment: Right of accused persons, right to a speedy and public trial (1791)
7th Amendment: right by trial by jury in civil cases (1791)
8th Amendment: Freedom from excessive bail, cruel, and unusual punishments (1791)
9th Amendment: other rights of the people (1791)
10th Amendment: powers reserved to the states (1791)
Remaining Amendments (11-27)
19th Amend
Women's Right to Vote (1920)
20th Amend
Presidential Term and Succession (1933)
18th Amend
Prohibition (1919)
21st Amend
Repeal of Prohibition (1933)
17th Amend
Election of Senators (1913)
22nd Amend
Two Term Limit on President (1951)
16th Amend
Income Tax (1913)
15th Amend
Rights Not to Be Denied on Account of Race (1870)
14th Amend
Privileges and Immunities, Due Process, Equal Protection, Apportionment of Representatives, Civil War Disqualification and Debt (1868)
13th Amend
Abolition of Slavery (1865)
12th Amend
Election of President and Vice-President (1804)
11th Amend
Suits Against a State (1795)
23rd Amend
Presidential Vote in D.C. (1961)
24th Amend
Poll Tax (1964)
25th Amend
Presidential Succession (1967)
26th Amend
Right to Vote at Age 18 (1971)
27th Amend
Compensation of Members of Congress (1992)
Court Cases
Equality is not in the original Constitution, first mention of equality in 14th Amendment
Brown v. Board of Education: school segregation inherently unconstitutional
Lawrence v. Texas: private homosexual acts are protected by the Constitution
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke: racial set asides unconstitutional
United Steelworks v. Weber: quotas to remedy discrimination are constitutional
Adarand Constructors v. Penna: to be constitutional, affirmative action must be "narrowly tailored" to meet a "compelling governmental interest"
Near v. Minnesota: prior restraint is unconstitutional
Gregg v. Georgia: death penalty does not violate cruel and unusual punishment clause in 8th Amendment
Griswold v. Connecticut: right to privacy not directly stated in the constitution by implied in the 4th and 9th Amendments
Marbury v. Madison: courts determine constitutionality of acts of Congress
Engel v. Vitale: Prayer in public schools violates Establishment Clause
Origins of the Constitution
Constitution: a nation’s basic law that creates political institutions, assigns, or divides powers in government and often provides certain guarantees to citizens
Sets the broad rules of the game. It establishes who’s in power and the limits on that power
Guiding Principle for USA Constitution was limited government and self-determination
Individual rights in the Constitution
Prohibits suspension of writ of habeas corpus
No bills of attainder
No ex post facto laws
Religious qualifications for holding office prohibited
Strict rules of evidence for conviction of treason
Right to trial by jury in criminal cases
