Transcript US Constitution Power Point Project

U.S Constitution
Power Point Project
Reni Stepanian & Nelle Stepanyan
Period 2
December 2009
Constitutional Convention♥
A constitutional Convention is an
informal and unmodified
procedural agreement that is
followed by the institutions of a
state
The year was 1787. The place: the
State House in Philadelphia,
the same location where the
declaration of independence
had been signed 11 years
earlier. For four months, 55
delegates by the several states
met to frame a constitution for
a federal republic that would
last into “remote futurity”
This is the story of the delegates to
that Convention and the
framing of the federal
constitution.
The Preamble :]
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 States America
Legislative Branch
Establish by Article I of the Constitution, the Legislative Branch consists of the
House of Representatives and the Senate, which together from the United
States Congress. The Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to enact
legislation and declare war.
Executive branch :}
The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the
United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-inChief of the armed forces. The President is responsible for
implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and,
to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including
the Cabinet. The Vice President is also part of the Executive
Branch, ready to assume the Presidency should the need arise.
Judicial Branch Dawg
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Article III of the Constitution, which
establishes the Judicial Branch,
leaves Congress significant
discretion to determine the shape
and structure of the federal
judiciary. Even the number of
Supreme Court Justices is left to
Congress — at times there have
been as few as six, while the
current number (nine, with one
Chief Justice and eight Associate
Justices) has only been in place
since 1869. The Constitution also
grants Congress the power to
establish courts inferior to the
Supreme Court, and to that end
Congress has established the
United States district courts, which
try most federal cases, and 13
United States courts of appeals,
which review appealed district
court cases.
Separation of Powers :D
Separation of Powers is the
political doctrine under
which the executive
legislative, judicial
branches of government
are kept distinct, to prevent
abuse of power. This U.S
form of separation of
powers is associated with a
system of checks and
balances.
Federal System of Government
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The Federal Government of the United States is the central government entity established
by the United States Constitution, which shares sovereignty over the United States
with the governments of the individual U.S states. The federal government has three
branches: the legislative, executive, and judicial. Through a system of separate and
the system of "checks and balances," each of these branches has some authority to
act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of
its own authority, in turn, regulated by the other branches The policies of the
government have a broad impact on both the domestic and foreign affairs of the
United States. In addition, the powers of the federal government as a whole are
limited by the Constitution, which, per the Tenth Amendment, states that all powers
not expressly assigned to the federal government are reserved to the states or to the
people.
Electoral College :}
An electoral college is a set of
electors who are selected to
elect a candidate to a
particular office . Often
these represent different
organizations with each
organization represented by
a particular number of
electors or with votes
weighted in a particular way.
Many times though, the
electors are simply
important people who have
wisdom who provide a better
choice then a larger body.
The system can ignore
wishes of a general
membership, whose thinking
need not be considered.
The Bill of Rights
A bill of rights is a list of the rights that are considered important and
essential by nation. The purpose of these bills is to protect those
rights against infringement by the government. The term “bill of
rights” originates from great Britain where it referred to a bill that
was passed by parliament in 1689.
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