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"No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction of the equal protection of the laws."

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pass ex post facto laws, which outlaw acts after they have already been committed.

pass bills of attainder, which punish individuals outside of the court system.

suspend thewrit of habeas corpus, acourt order requiring the federal government to charge individuals arrested for crimes. Congress can only suspend the writ of habeas corpus during times of national emergency.

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Impeachment means that a charge of misconduct is filed against the president. A majority of the members of the House must vote for these charges in order to impeach the president.After the charges of misconduct are filed, the Senate has the power to try impeachment cases like a court. Two-thirds of the senators must vote for conviction. The president may be removed from office and never allowed to hold a government position again if he is found guilty.

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Each state sends two Senators to represent their state in the U.S. Senate. However, in the House of Representatives, a state’s representation is based on its population.

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What are the qualifications to become a Representative and Senator?

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What are the qualifications to become a Representative and Senator?

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To become a Senator you must be at least twenty-five years of age and a Representative must at least be 21 years of age during the time of their election. They shall be citizens of the county, state or district they live in and must have lived in their state they repreent for MINIMUM of 3 years pior.

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The responsibility of congress is to determin the laws of the United States.

the elastic clause: a statement in the U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 8) granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers

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Divided into two chambers, The House of Representatives and the Senate. The senate being smaller the the house; only has two representatives per state, opposed to the House representatives which has representatives whom are proportionate to the size of the population in the state. The Constitution created a bicameral national legislator composed of both chambers. The Senate, nicknamed the UPPER HOUSE, is smaller with 100 members serving a longer term of 6 years at a time. The House of Representatives is the larger chamber of the two, containing 435 seats; serving a much shorter term of only 2 years.