Terms Chapter VI Articles V VII

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Terms Chapter VI Articles V VII

• Module VI

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Terms Articles V VIIChapter VIModule VI

• Amendment A formal change to the Constitution.
• Ratification Formal approval. The Constitution
  requires that treaties be ratified by two-thirds
  of the Senate and constitutional amendments by
  three-fourths of the state legislatures or
  conventions.
• Rescission The process of withdrawing approval.
  The Constitution is silent as to whether states
  can rescind proposed amendments that have not yet
  been approved by the necessary three-fourths
  majority of the states.

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Terms Articles V VII

• Supremacy Clause The provision in Article VI of
  the Constitution (originating in the New Jersey
  Plan) that provides that the Constitution, U.S.
  laws, and treaties are the supreme law of the
  land.
• Unamendable Provision Parts of the Constitution
  that can not be amended. The only one today is
  equal state representation in the Senate.

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Cases

• The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) In rejecting the
  pleas of New Orleans butchers who were required
  under state law to pursue their calling in
  specified abattoirs, the Court gave a very narrow
  reading to the privileges and immunities clause
  of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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United States ConstitutionKey Principles of
American Government

• Bicameralism Provides for the division of the
  legislative branch into two houses or chambers.
• Civilian Control of the Military Designating the
  president Commander and Chief over the U.S.
  armed forces, assures civilian control over the
  military. Declaration of War by the Congress only
  assures checks and balances between branches of
  the civilian government.
• Federalism A governmental system in which power
  is divided between state and national
  authorities. In such systems, powers are almost
  always delineated by a written constitution, and
  both state and national governments have
  powersas, for example, through taxationto
  operate directly upon individual citizens

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Key Principles of American Government

• Religious Tolerance Principle from the
  Enlightenment found in Article VI and the 1st
  amendment.
• Separation of Powers The principle of dividing
  government authority among different branches of
  government, in the United States, the
  legislative, executive, and judicial.