Civics and Economics-The Constitution
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- Preamble
- states the six goals of the constitution; to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to insure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare, to secure the blessings of liberty
- Article I
- Legislative Branch: Congress= powers to pass laws
- Article II
- Executive Branch: President=powers to enforce
- Article III
- Judicial Branch: Supreme Court/Federal Courts=power to interpret laws
- Article IV
- How states deal with each other
- Article V
- How to pass an amendment
- Article VI
- National Supremacy
- Article VII
- ratification/ what it takes to pass an amendment
- Amendment Process
- change to the constitution, requires ratification (agreement of congress or State Legislature) requires 2/3 votes approval of congress must then be approved by state legislature with 3/4 of the fifty state legislatures
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Necessary & Proper Clause
(elastic clause) - this claim gives congress the right to make all laws "necessary & proper"
- Popular Sovereignty
- the domination of a single sect of government supported by a majority
- Rule of Law
- states principles of law following
- Seperation of Powers
- the Executive, Legislative, & judicial branches
- Basic Parts of Constitution
- preamble, seven articles
- Two ways to amend the constitution
- present to state legislature, present to congress
- Explain principles underlying the constitution
- delegated-national or federal powers, Reserved Powers- state powers, Concurrent- shared powers(both)
- discuss the flexibility of the constitution
- the constitution was designed in order to be changed as time moved on.
- Checks & Balances
- a limitation on one branch of government
- Federalism
- supportation of the constitution
- Supremacy Clause
- passed supreme law over the people