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what significant changes have been made to Article 1?

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what significant changes have been made to Article 1?

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Congress must meet at least once a year. The 20th amendment moved the opening day of Congress to January 3rd.

Totally removed section 9 clause 1 because it became obsolete after 1808, when constitution permitted congress to outlaw the slave trade

Individual taxes- prohibiting direct taxes on individuals was voided by 16th amendment which permits congress to tax individual income.

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They can't deprive anyone of their life, land, or liberty. They can't deny anyone the equal protection of the law within it's jurisdiction. They can't make any laws that effect the privileges of the residents

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They can't outlaw the acts that have already been done

and they cannot suspend court orders that require

the government to charge individuals for crime.

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What role does the elastic clause play in Congress?

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What role does the elastic clause play in Congress?

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It grants congress certain powers that aren't in the constitution but they exist because they're necessary to implement.

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1.Congress has authority over financial and budgetary matters

2.The Constitution also gives Congress an important role in national defense, including the exclusive power to declare war, to raise and maintain the armed forces, and to make rules for the military.

3.Congress also has the power to establish post offices and post roads, issue patents and copyrights, fix standards of weights and measures, establish courts inferior to the Supreme Court

4.the power to investigate and to oversee the executive branch

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First: Information is presented to the Speaker of the House of Representatives regarding wrongdoings of an official

Second: The speaker refers the info to Rules Committee which examine it and then sends it to the Judiciary Committee

Third: Judiciary Committee holds hearing on whether to impeach or not.They render articles of confederation and send to the floor of the house

Fourth: House of representatives votes and debates on the articles

fifth: Senate then holds a trial. The Chief of Justice is there if the accused is the president.

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We the people vote for them directly

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What are the Qualifications of Senators and Representatives?

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What are the Qualifications of Senators and Representatives?

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Senators should be at least 25 years old and representatives should be at least 21 and both should have been citizens and residents to their state for at least three years and residents of their counties at least one year befroe their elections

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The main responsibility of The Congress is to create laws for our nation.

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Apart of the Legislative branch, a bicameral system was created with 2 chambers known as the House of representatives and Senate which is the Structure of Congress