https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3 Miranda Ivey, Veronica Hebert, Dawson Mizzell en-us 2017-09-21 18:27:39 UTC 2025-04-24 13:27:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189893804 "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United of America"

The opening statement of the Constitution providing an explanation as to why the people of the United States wanted a Constitution.]]> 2017-09-21 18:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189893804 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189894356 Legislative Branch
(Congress) can make laws for the country and includes two sections: the House of Representatives and the Senate]]> 2017-09-21 18:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189894356 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189895087 Judicial Branch
Gives them the authority to make and enforce laws (or rules) and to punish those who disobey]]> 2017-09-21 18:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189895087 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189895383 Relation to the states to each other.
This article talks about the responsibilities of the states and those states' duties.]]> 2017-09-21 18:33:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189895383 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189896569 Article V is about how no amendment in the Constitution can go against another and how you can add an amendment to the Constitution.
If an amendment is proposed officially, it needs to be ratified (approved) by 75% of the states. If it's ratified, it becomes a law.]]> 2017-09-21 18:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189896569 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189897264 -About establishing the laws and treaties of the United States.
-Supremacy: being in the state of higher authority over others
-Forbids religious tests as a requirement for holding a government position.

]]> 2017-09-21 18:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189897264 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189904572 Ratification of the conventions of 9 states
Many states get together in order for the proposed constitution to take place in the United States

]]> 2017-09-21 18:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189904572 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189904927 I. Freedom of  Religion, Speech, and Press
II. Right to Keep and Bear Arms
III. Housing of Soldiers
IV. Search and Arrest Warrants
V. Rights in Criminal Cases
VI. Rights to a Fair/Speedy Trial
VII. Rights in Civil Cases
VIII. Bails, Fines and Punishments
IX. Rights Retained by the People
X. Rights Retained by the States and the People
XI. Citizen of one state can't sue another state in federal court
XII. Separate balance for Vice President and President, can't be from the same state.
XIII. Black codes, abolition of slavery
XIV. Protection and rights of former slaves
XV. Right to vote regardless of gender, race, or background
XVI. Income Tax
XVII. Direct election of senators
XVIII. Manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol
XIX. Women's voting rights
XXI. Each state has separate rules
XXII. Presidential term
XXIII. Gives three electoral votes to Washington D.C.
XXIV. Poll tax banned
XXV. Presidential succession is Vice President, by majority in Senate and House of Representatives
XXVI. Right to vote by age eighteen
XXVII. Limiting congressional pay raises, can't do it in the middle of the term, control their own pay, COLA=Cost Of Living Adjustment]]> 2017-09-21 18:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189904927 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189908771 The Legislative Branch because it was given the most powers.
The article that deals with the legislative branch is the longest of all the articles, as well that article being the first.]]> 2017-09-21 19:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189908771 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189909616 1. Checks and Balances: Each branch can check and balance the power of other branches
2. Limited Government: Government is not all powerful but can only do what the people can do
3. Popular Sovereignty: The people hold the final authority of power
4. Separation of Powers: Government is divided between 3 branches, each with its own power]]> 2017-09-21 19:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189909616 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189909735 -Popular Sovereignty: the source of the government's authority
-Separation of Power: the reasoning for a balanced government in which each branch have their own powers
-Limited Government: a government with restricted powers by law
-Checks and Balances: limits imposed on all branches of a government by vesting in each branch the right to amend or void those acts of another that fall within its purview]]> 2017-09-21 19:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/189909735 mirandajivey https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/190982334 Executive Branch
Has the responsibility and authority for the administration on a daily basis, made up of the President and executive officers]]> 2017-09-25 18:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mirandajivey/govproject3/wish/190982334