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Exam 1
Constitution and Chapter 1
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
10/12/2013

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Term
first article
Definition
article I - Legislature
Term
second article
Definition
article II - Executive
Term
third article
Definition
article III - Judicial
Term
what is 2nd article about
Definition
presidential powers
includes vice president
Term
executive - section 1
Definition
establishes the office of the President and the Vice-President, and sets their terms to be four years. Presidents are elected by the Electoral College, whereby each state has one vote for each member of Congress. Originally, the President was the person with the most votes and the Vice-President was the person with the second most, though this is later changed. Certain minimum requirements are established again, such as a 35-year minimum age. Presidents must also be a natural-born citizen of the United States. The President is to be paid a salary, which cannot change, up or down, as long as he in is office.
Term
executive - section 2
2 and 3 go together
Definition
gives the President some important "powers". He is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and of the militia (National Guard) of all the states; he has a Cabinet to aid him, and can pardon criminals. He makes treaties with other nations, and picks many of the judges and other members of the government (all with the approval of the Senate).
Term
executive - section 3
Definition
establishes the "duties" of the President: to give a state of the union address, to make suggestions to Congress, to act as head of state by receiving ambassadors and other heads of state, and to be sure the laws of the United States are carried out.
Term
executive - section 4
Definition
briefly discusses the removal of the President, called impeachment
ex: bribery, high crimes
Term
judicial - section 1
Definition
establishes the Supreme Court, the highest court in the United States. It also sets the terms of judges, of both the Supreme Court and lower courts: that they serve as long as they are on "good behavior," which usually means for life (no Justice and only a few judges have ever been impeached). It also requires that judges shall be paid.
Term
judicial - section 2
Definition
sets the kinds of cases that may be heard by the federal judiciary, which cases the Supreme Court may hear first (called original jurisdiction), and that all other cases heard by the Supreme Court are by appeal. It also guarantees trial by jury in criminal court.
Term
judicial - section 3
Definition
defines, without any question, what the crime of treason is.
Term
article IV - Interstate Relations - section 1
"between states" "concerns the states"
Definition
mandates that all states will honor the laws of all other states; this ensures, for example, that a couple married in Florida is also considered married by Arizona, or that someone convicted of a crime in Virginia is considered guilty by Wyoming.
Term
article IV - section 2
Privileges and Immunities
Definition
guarantees that citizens of one state be treated equally and fairly like all citizens of another. It also says that if a person accused of a crime in one state flees to another, they will be returned to the state they fled from.
Term
article IV - section 3
Admission of States
Definition
concerns the admittance of new states and the control of federal lands
Term
article IV - section 4
Definition
ensures a republican form of government (which, in this case, is synonymous with "representative democracy," and both of which are opposed to a monarchical or aristocratic scheme - the state derives its power from the people, not from a king or gentry) and guarantees that the federal government will protect the states against invasion and insurrection.
Term
article V - the amending power
Definition
amending, or changing, the Constitution
Term
article VI - Supremacy Act
Definition
concerns the United States itself. First, it guarantees that the United States under the Constitution would assume all debts and contracts entered into by the United States under the Articles of Confederation. It sets the Constitution and all laws and treaties of the United States to be the supreme law of the country. Finally, it requires all officers of the United States and of the states to swear an oath of allegiance to the United States and the Constitution when taking office.
Term
article VII- Ratification
Definition
the method for ratification, or acceptance, of the Constitution: of the original 13 states in the United States, nine had to accept the Constitution before it would officially go into effect.
"special conventions"
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