What Is In The Constitution

ARTICLE 1

The two houses of Congres are the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The Executive Authority fills vacancies. The head of the Execuitive,branch is the Chief of Justice.
During an impeachment trial, the Chief Justice is the one who should preside.
The congress should assemble at least once every year. They shall meet on the first Monday of December.
In order for the presidential veto to be overruled, two-thirds in majority have to vote in both House of Representatives and in the senate is required to overall the veto.

ARTICLE 2

The job of the executive branch is to enforce the law.
The president and the Vice President are in charge of the executive branch.

ARTICLE 3

There are a number of six Supreme Courts total.
The Appellate jurisdiction is one of the most important higher court to review decisions and change outcomes of decisisions and change outcomes of decisions of lower courts.

Constitution Amendments

1- It was the Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press
2 - This was the Right to Bear Arms
3 - Had to deal with The Housing of Soldiers
4 - Protection from Unreasonable Searches and Seizures
5 - Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property
6 - Rights of Accused Persons in Criminal Cases
7 - Rights in Civil Cases
8 - Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Forbidden
9 - The Rights Kept by the People
10- Rights of states and people
11- Prevents suits against states
12- Election of the President(Election Procedures)
13- Abolition of slavery Outlawed
14-Right to be free from discrimination in states to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law
15- Black Suffrage
16- Individual Income Tax
17- Election of National Senators
18- Prohibition of alcoholic beverages
19- Women's Suffrage
20- terms of the president, vice president, and congress
21- repeal of eighteenth amendment
22- president limited to two terms
23- elecftoral votes for the District of Columbia
24- abolition of poll taxes
25- presidential disability and sucdession
26- Voting age lowered to eighteen
27- changing congressional salaries
What the constitution means to me is a group of people protecting and who have integrity. They declare authority and protect. The constitution established the goverment and guaranteed rights. They also limited power for the safety of us. It also means to me that they created the constitution to make a better place for everyone.

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