1. 9/27 Warm-up
What makes a good President? What qualifications do they need according to the Constitution?

2. Article 3: The Judicial Branch The Judicial Branch: Interprets Laws
Unit 1

4. Section 1:
The judicial power shall rest in one Supreme Court and inferior courts
set up by Congress
The judges shall hold office during
good behavior and receive compensation which shall not diminish during term.
Compensation: salary
That cannot change during their term.

5. Section 1 Who appoints federal judges? With the approval of who?
The President appoints, the Senate approves
Recess appointments are authorized by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which states: The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

6. Section 2: Jurisdiction
The Judicial power extends to all cases that deal with:
Foreign diplomats
Admiralty and maritime jurisdiction
Where the US government is a party
Cases between two states
Between citizens of different states
Between states and citizens of different states
Between citizens of the same state that claim land in different states
*any of these cases would go to the FEDERAL courts*

7. Section 2: Jurisdiction
The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in all cases involving diplomats and states as a party
In all other cases, the SC has appellate jurisdiction
Supreme Court gives itself the power of Judicial Review in Marbury v. Madison

8. Section 3: Treason
A person can commit treason by doing what two things?
Engaging in war against the US
Aiding an enemy of the state
No person can be convicted of treason unless…
2 witnesses to the same act
Confession in open court
Except in cases of impeachment, the Constitution promises what two things?
Trial by jury
Trial help in the state where it was committed

9. Article 4: Interstate Relationships
Section 1: Full Faith and Credit
States must recognize laws, public records, and court decisions from other states
Section 2: Privileges and immunities
Citizens of each state are entitled to the rights and privileges of citizens of other states
Returning criminals - Extradition - returning someone accused of a crime to the state where the crime occurred

10. Article 4: Interstate Relationships
Section 3: Becoming a New State
Only Congress can...create new states
Territory and property of the US - Congress makes laws over the territories
Section 4: Republican Guarantee
Guarantee that…
All states must have a republican government
Government must protect the 50 states from attack

11. Article 5: How to amend the Constitution
Proposing:
⅔ of Congress
National convention called by ⅔ of the states
Ratifying
¾ of state legislatures
¾ of state conventions

12. Article 6: National Debts and National Supremacy
Section 1: debts
Debts from AoC still apply to the US
Section 2: supremacy of national law
Constitutional and Federal laws and treaties are the supreme law of the land
Confirmed in McCulloch v. Maryland
Section 3: oaths of office
Civil officers must support the Constitution

13. Article 7: How to Ratify this Constitution
Nine states must ratify this Constitution for it to take effect

14. Amendments 11-27
11th: Makes states immune from suits from out-of-state citizens.
February 7, months, 3 days to ratification
12th: made it so the President and Vice President are elected together
June 15, months, 6 days to ratification
*13th: Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
December 6, months, 6 days to ratification.
*14th: Defines citizenship, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause.
July 9, years to ratification.

15. *15th: Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
February 3, months, 8 days to ratification.
16th: Permits Congress to levy an income tax.
February 3, years, 6 months, 22 days to ratification.
17th: Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.
April 8, months, 26 days to ratification.
18th: Prohibited the manufacturing or sale of alcohol within the United States.
January 16, year, 0 months, 29 days to ratification.
*19th: Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on sex.
August 18, year, 2 months, 14 days to ratification.

16. January 23, 1933. 10 months, 21 days to ratification
20th: Changes the date on which the terms of the President and Vice President (January 20) and Senators and Representatives (January 3) end and begin.
January 23, months, 21 days to ratification
21st: Repeals the 18th Amendment.
December 5, months, 15 days to ratification
*22nd: Limits the number of times that a person can be elected president: a person cannot be elected president more than twice, and a person who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected cannot be elected more than once.
February 27, years, 11 months, 6 days to ratification.
23rd: Grants the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College.
March 29, months, 12 days
(the number of electors being equal to the least populous state)

17. *24th: Prohibits the revocation of voting rights due to the non-payment of a tax.
January 23, year, 4 months, 27 days to ratification.
25th: outlines Presidential succession.
February 10, year, 7 months, 4 days to ratification
*26th: Prohibits the denial of the right of US citizens, eighteen years of age or older, to vote on account of age.
July 1, months, 8 days to ratification.
27th: Delays laws affecting Congressional salary from taking effect until after the next election of representatives.
May 7, years, 7 months, 12 days to ratification