1. Anatomy of the Constitution
Chapter 3

2. Article I- Creating Congress
Longest part- creates the Legislative Branch
Describes how Congress should be organized
Outlines qualifications for Senators & Representatives
Dictates how often Congress should hold elections and meet as a group
Describes details of daily operation of Congress

3. Powers of Congress Collect taxes Borrow money & pay debt
Make citizenship rules
Regulate commerce
Coin money & punish counterfeiters
Establish post offices
Grant patents
Create lower federal courts
Declare war
Support an Army & Navy
Make other laws that are “necessary and proper”

4. Punish pirates!

5. Article II: Creating the Executive Branch
Describes qualifications to be president
Outlines powers of the office of the President
Explains the impeachment & removal process
Explains the Electoral College

6. Presidential powers Commander-in-Chief of armed forces
Maintain a cabinet of advisors
Grant pardons in federal offenses
Negotiate treaties
Carry out laws
Appoint ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices, federal judges & Cabinet members
Make a State of the Union address
Represent the U.S. to foreign countries

7. Article III- Creating the Courts
Creates the Supreme Court
Authorizes Congress to create federal courts to deal with U.S. laws
Specifies what kinds of cases the Supreme Court will hear
Outlines how federal judges are appointed
Guarantees trial by jury for criminal cases
Explains the crime of treason

8. Article IV: Relations between the states
Each state must respect laws & cases of other states
Explains the extradition process for criminals
All states must have a representative type government

9. Article V: Amending the Constitution

10. Article VI: Supremacy Clause
Laws and treaties of the U.S. government are the “supreme law of the land”

11. Article VII: Ratification
States the Constitution will not take effect until 9 of 13 states approve
The Constitution became the law of the land in 1789
The Bill of Rights was added in