Relacionar Columnas The U.S. ConstitutionVersión en línea The U.S. Constitution por Javiera Cabrera 1 Judicial Review 2 The Preamble: "We the People..." 3 Judicial Branch 4 U.S. Constitution 5 The Senate 6 Executive Branch 7 The House of Representatives 8 Supreme Court 9 Federal courts 10 Legislative Branch Representatives based on state population (435 in total), serving 2-year terms. Make laws. Collect taxes, borrow money, regulate commerce. Declare war, maintain the military. President and Vice President, (4-year terms). Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. Makes treaties. Appoints ambassadors, judges, and others. Allows courts to declare laws and executive actions unconstitutional. Have authority over cases involving the Constitution, federal laws, treaties, and disputes between states. Written in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Replace the Articles of Confederation and create a stronger federal government. 2 per state (100 in total), serving 6-year terms. Establishes the purpose of the Constitution. Has both original jurisdiction (cases involving ambassadors and states) and appellate jurisdiction. Establishes the Supreme Court and allows Congress to create lower federal courts. Justices of the Supreme Court serve for life. 1 New Deal and Civil Rights Era Amendments 2 Full Faith and Credit Clause 3 Republican Government 4 The Reconstruction Amendments 5 The Progressive Era Amendments 6 Admission of New States 7 Privileges and Immunities Clause 8 The Bill of Rights 9 The Supremacy Clause 10 Amending the Constitution 11 Ratification 22nd and 24th amendments. Reflects significant shifts in government policies and priorities during the 20th century. The first ten amendments to the Constitution were added to protect individual liberties and address the concerns of the Anti-Federalists. Guarantees that every state will have a republican form of government. The Constitution required ratification by at least nine of the thirteen original states to take effect. Congress has the power to admit new states to the Union. Prevents states from discriminating against citizens of other states. 13th, 14th and 15th amendments expanded civil rights, particularly for African Americans. Requires states to recognize the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states. Can be proposed by a two-thirds majority in both the House and the Senate, or by a national convention called by two-thirds of the states. Establishes the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties as the supreme law of the land. 16th, 17th and 19th amendments addressed social and political issues, expanding democratic participation and reforming government practices. 1 The Commerce Clause 2 The Necessary and Proper Clause 3 Safeguards of justice 4 The Privileges and Immunities Clause 5 Governmental authority 6 Government processes and procedures 7 Safeguards of liberty 8 Unenumerated rights and reserved powers 9 Impeachment 10 The Full Faith and Credit Clause 11 Safeguards of civil rights Amendments 11, 16, 18, and 21 Requires states to respect the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states. Promotes legal unity and cooperation among states. Amendments 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 Process to remove President for serious offenses. Prohibits states from discriminating against citizens of other states. Gives Congress the power to regulate interstate and international commerce. Amendments 12, 17, 20, 22, 25, and 27 Amendments 13, 14, 15, 19, 23, 24, and 26 Amendments 1, 2, and 3 Grants Congress the power to make laws needed to carry out its enumerated powers. Also known as the Elastic Clause. Amendments 9 and 10 1 Article V - Amending the Constitution 2 Article I - The Legislative Branch 3 Article VI - The Supremacy Clause 4 The Guarantee Clause 5 Article VII - Ratification 6 Article III - The Judicial Branch 7 Article II - The Executive Branch 8 Article IV - Relations Among States Establishes the role of the President and the executive branch in enforcing federal laws and leading the country. Outlines the process by which the Constitution became the law of the land. Allows the Constitution to evolve over time while maintaining its core principles. Defines the powers and structure of the judiciary, ensuring an independent branch that can interpret and uphold the Constitution. Ensures that every state has a republican form of government. Protects the integrity of democratic governance within the United States. Ensures the uniformity and authority of federal laws and prevents states from undermining the national government. Outlines the primary lawmaking powers of the federal government and ensures that the legislative branch is accountable to the people. Establishes the legal relationships between states and the federal government, promoting cooperation and unity among the states. 1 Third Amendment 2 Seventh Amendment 3 Fourth Amendment 4 Second Amendment 5 Sixth Amendment 6 Eighth Amendment 7 First Amendment 8 Tenth Amendment 9 Ninth Amendment 10 Fifth Amendment Provides the right to a speedy and public trial, an impartial jury, and legal counsel. Asserts that the enumeration of certain rights in the Constitution does not deny others retained by the people. Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures; requires warrants based on probable cause. Protects freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition. States that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people. Grants the right to bear arms. Prohibits the quartering of soldiers in private homes without consent during peacetime. Ensures rights in criminal cases, including protection against self- incrimination, double jeopardy, and guarantees due process of law. Prohibits excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment. Guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases involving disputes exceeding a certain monetary amount. 1 Twentieth Amendment 2 Fifteenth Amendment 3 Thirteenth Amendment 4 Fourteenth Amendment 5 Sixteenth Amendment 6 Seventeenth Amendment 7 Eleventh Amendment 8 Twelfth Amendment 9 Nineteenth Amendment 10 Eighteenth Amendment Limits the ability of individuals to sue states in federal court, reinforcing state sovereignty. Enacts the prohibition of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages (later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment). Revises the procedure for electing the President and Vice President, requiring separate electoral votes for each office. Sets the terms of the President, Vice President, and Congress and adjusts the timeline for presidential succession. Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Prohibits denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. Grants women the right to vote, ensuring suffrage regardless of sex. Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States. Provides equal protection under the law and ensures due process rights. Establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people, replacing their selection by state legislatures. Authorizes Congress to levy a federal income tax without apportioning it among the states. 1 Twenty-Second Amendment 2 Twenty-Third Amendment 3 Twenty-Seventh Amendment 4 Twenty-Fourth Amendment 5 Twenty-First Amendment 6 Twenty-Sixth Amendment 7 Twenty-Fifth Amendment Lowers the voting age to 18. Prevents laws affecting congressional salaries from taking effect until after the next election of representatives. Prohibits poll taxes in federal elections, ensuring equal access to voting. Clarifies the line of presidential succession and procedures for addressing presidential disability or vacancy. Limits the President to two terms in office. Repeals the Eighteenth Amendment, ending prohibition. Grants residents of Washington, D.C., the right to vote in presidential elections.