The American Constitution

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The American Constitution

• Mr. Greens American Government

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Outline of the Lecture

• Republic or Democracy?
• Classical Liberalism
• John Locke and The Second Treatise on Government
• Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration of
  Independence
• James Madison (and others) and The Constitutional
  Convention
• James Madison) and The Federalist Papers
• The Constitution of the United States
• The Bill of Rights
• The First 10 Amendments
• Amendments 11 through 27

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Constitutional Convention
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The Constitution
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The Federalist Papers

• The Anti-Federalists Opposed Ratification
• Sam Adams in Massachusetts , Patrick Henry in
  Virginia, Brutus(Robert Yates?) In New York
• The Federalists Supported Ratification
• Publius

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The Authors of The Federalist Papers
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
James Madison
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Federalist 51
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The Constitution
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Preamble
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Article One The Legislative

• Section. 1 The Legislative Powers Rests With
  Congress Composed Of Senate and House of
  Representatives.
• Section 2. The House Members Qualifications

• 25 Years of Age
• 7 Years A Citizen
• Resident of Their District

• Serve Two Years
• Elected by the People
• Apportioned by Population

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Article One The Legislative

• Section 2.5
• Choose Speaker and Other Offices
• Sole Power of Impeachment
• Section 3 Senate Members Qualifications

• 30 Years of Age
• 9 Years A Citizen
• Resident of Their District

• Serve Six Years
• Elected by the State Legislatures
• Two Senators from Each State

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Article One The Legislative

• Section 3.4
• Vice President Presides
• No Vote Except For Ties
• Section 3.5 Senate To Choose Their Leaders
• Section 3.6 Senate Has Sole Power To Try All
  Impeachments
• Section 3.7 Judgment in Impeachment Is Removal
  from Office

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Article One The Legislative

• Section 6.1 Senators and Congressmen Compensated
  From the Treasury
• Section 6.2 Senators and Congressmen Cannot Be
  Members of the Executive Branch While in Office
• Section 7.1 Bill For Raising Revenue Begin In
  the House
• Section 7.2 The Veto

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Veto
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Article 1
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Article 1
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Article 1
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Article 1
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Article One The Legislative

• Review of Section 8
• 81 and 8.2 The general welfare clauses
• 8.3 The commerce clause
• 8.18 The elastic clause
• Section 9.7 Government Cannot Spend Money From
  the Treasury Except By Appropriation
• Section 10.1 State Cannot Make Treaties or
  Alliances, Pass Bills Of Attainder, Ex Post Facto
  Laws, or Laws Impairing the obligation of
  contracts

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Article Two The Executive

• Section. 1.1 The Executive Power Is Vested in
  The President of the United States . . .
• Section. 1.2 Electoral College

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Electoral College tiff
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Electoral College tiff
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Electoral College tiff
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Article Two The Executive

• Section 1.4 Qualifications
• Natural Born Citizen
• 35 Years of Age
• 14 Years a Citizen
• Section 2.1 Power of Commander in Chief
• Section 2.2 Power to Make Treaties, Appoint
  Ambassadors, and Supreme Court Justices With the
  Advise and Consent of Two-thirds of the Senate

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Article Two The Executive

• Section 3.1 The State of the Union

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Article Three The Judiciary

• Section 1 Judicial Power Vested in The supreme
  court, and Other Inferior Courts as Established
  by Congress
•  Section 2 Judicial Power Limited To cases and
  controversies

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Article Four

• Section 1 full faith and credit By Each State to
  Other States
•  Section 2 Citizens Of One State Are Entitled to
  the Same privileges and immunities of the
  Citizens of Another State
• Section 4 Congress Guarantees Each State A
  republican government

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Article Five Amendment Process
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Article Six

• Supremacy Clause
• Laws and Treaties Passed by Congress shall be
  the supreme law of the land

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Ratification
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The Bill of Rights
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James Madison The First Speaker
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Amendment 1
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Amendment 2
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Bill of Rights

• Amendment Two
• Collective Right?
• Individual Right?
• Amendment 3 Quartering Troops
• Due Process of Law
• Amendments 4, 5, and 6
• Habeas Corpus
• Contained in Amendment 5 and 6

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Amendment 4
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Amendment 5
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Amendment 6
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Bill of Rights

• Amendment 7 Guarantee of Jury Trial
• Amendment 8 No Excessive Bail nor cruel and
  unusual punishments
• Amendment 9 Rights Not Listed Are Protected
• Amendment 10 Powers Not Delegated To the Federal
  Government Are Retained by the States

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The Other Amendments
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Amendments

• Amendment 11 Suing a State (1795)
• Amendment 12 Presidential Candidates Run as a
  Ticket (1804)
• The Civil War Amendments
• Amendment 13 Prohibition of Slavery (1865)

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Amendment 14
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Amendments

• Amendment 11 Suing a State (1795)
• Amendment 12 Presidential Candidates Run as a
  Ticket (1804)
• The Civil War Amendments
• Amendment 13 Prohibition of Slavery (1865)
• Amendment 14 Rights of Citizenship (1868)
• Amendment 15 Right to Vote Cannot Be Denied
  Because of Race (1870)

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Amendments

• The Progressive Amendments
• Amendment 16 Income Tax (1193)
• Amendment 17 Direct Election of Senators (1913)
• Amendment 18 Prohibition (1919)
• Amendment 19 Womens Suffrage (1920)
• Amendment 20 Lame Duck Amendment (1933)
• Amendment 21 Repeal of Prohibition (1933)

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Amendments

• Amendment 22 Presidential Term Limits (1951)
• Amendment 23 Electors for DC (1961)
• Amendment 24 Poll Tax (1964)
• Amendment 25 Presidential Succession (1967)
• Amendment 26 Suffrage for Persons Eighteen Years
  Old (1971)
• Amendment 27 Congressional Pay Raises (Proposed
  1789, Ratified 1992)

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The End