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Structure of the United States Constitution

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Structure of the United States Constitution

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This document was most often titled "A frame of Government", which consisted of a preamble, seven articles and a signed closing endorsement.

The preamble to the Constitution serves as an introductory statement of the document's fundamental purposes and guiding principles. It neither assigns powers to the federal government, nor does it place specific limitations on government action. Rather, it sets out the origin, scope and purpose of the Constitution.

Article One describes the Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. Section 1, reads, "All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives." The article establishes the manner of election and the qualifications of members of each body.

Article Two describes the office, qualifications and duties of the President of the United States. The President is head of the executive branch of the federal government, as well as the nation's head of state and head of government.

Article Three describes the court system (the judicial branch), including the Supreme Court. The article describes the kinds of cases the court takes as original jurisdiction. Congress can create lower courts and an appeals process. Congress enacts law defining crimes and providing for punishment. Article Three also protects the right to trial by jury in all criminal cases, and defines the crime of treason.

Article Four outlines the relations among the states and between each state and the federal government. In addition, it provides for such matters as admitting new states and border changes between the states. It also establishes extradition between the states, as well as laying down a legal basis for freedom of movement and travel amongst the states.

Article Five outlines the process for amending the Constitution. There are two steps in the amendment process.

Article Six establishes the Constitution, and all federal laws and treaties of the United States made according to it, to be the supreme law of the land.

Article Seven describes the process for establishing the proposed new frame of government.

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-The U.S. Constitution is the shortest written constitution in the world with seven articles and 27 amendments, the first 10 are called the Bill of Rights and it was adopted in 1791. The U.S. Constitution is a stable document.

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-The U.S . Constitution organized the 13 states into a single national government.
-Around 1785 , there was actually a lot of discord . The colonies were operating under what was called the Article of Confederation, so they were sort of this loose arrangement of states and they were tied together by this document called the Article of Confederation. The states did not necessarily want strong central authority. They were afraid of giving a national government toon much power. They did not even have a president. But the weak system was creating problems.The Constitution really remains the framework for any understanding of the U.S. government.
-Every state sent a delegation, or group, except for Rhode Island. The President of Convention was George Washington. He's responsible for overseeing the proceedings of the Convention. All the delegates represented their own state. They spent a lot of time in the Convention disagreeing with each other but they did agree on some things. They agreed that the government should have three parts; a legislative (makes laws), an executive (carries out laws) and judicial (evaluates laws). They agreed that the national government should be able to raise money for national expenses such as paying foreign debts. They agreed that the authority for the government should not come from a king but should come from the peoples themselves.
-What happened in Philadelphia was a revolution constitutional thinking. They made a bunch of intellectual and philosophical leaps, that transformed the nature of the Union.
-Nine of the thirteen states had to ratify the Constitution in order tu put it into effect.

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-There are six principles of the U.S. Constitution:
1.Popular sovereignty means that Government power is given by the people.
2. Limited Government means that no one no government is above the law.
3.Constitutionalism
4. Separation of Powers means that there are three branches of power: legislative branch, executive branch, judiciary branch.
5.Checks and balances means that each of 3 branches can be checked by one another to be sure that no branch becomes too powerful.
6. Federalism means that powers divided between federal and state.

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-The Constitution was created in the summer of 1787 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The word "constitution" means how something is organized.
-Now, Constitution means the basic principals and laws of a nation,States or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee.