Transcript The US constitution

The U.S constitution
Alex Canas & Brandon
Bill of Rights
• The Bill of Rights was
the first 10
amendments of the
Constitution.
• It was created in the
year 1789.
• James Madison and
Alexander Hamilton
were the founding
fathers of the Bill of
Rights.
Legislative Branch
• Its made of the
congress.
• Consist of the House
of Representatives
and the Senate.
• The House of
Representatives is
made of 435 elected
members divided
among the 50 states.
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-in-Chief of
the armed forces.
• The President is both the
head of state and head of
government of the United
States of America, and
Commander-in-Chief of the
armed forces.
• The President is responsible
for implementing and enforcing
the laws written by Congress
Judicial Branch
• Article III of the Constitution,
which establishes the Judicial
Branch, leaves Congress
significant discretion to
determine the shape and
structure of the federal
judiciary.
• The Supreme Court of the
United States is the highest
court in the land and the only
part of the federal judiciary
specifically required by the
Constitution.
• Explain the laws.
James Madison
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James Madison (March 16, 1751
– June 28, 1836) was an
American politician and political
philosopher who served as the
fourth President of the United
States (1809–1817), and was one
of the Founding Fathers of the
United States.
Considered to be the "Father of
the Constitution," he was the
principal author of the document.
In 1788, he wrote over a third of
the Federalist Papers, still the
most influential commentary on
the Constitution.
Judicial Review
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Judicial review is the doctrine in
democratic theory under which
legislative and executive action is
subject to invalidation by the judiciary.
Specific courts with judicial review
power may annul the acts of the state
when it finds them incompatible with a
higher authority, such as the terms of a
written constitution.
Judicial review is an example of the
functioning of separation of powers in
a modern governmental system
(where the judiciary is one of three
branches of government).
This principle is interpreted differently
in different jurisdictions, which also
have differing views on the different
hierarchy of governmental norms.
As a result, the procedure and scope
of judicial review differs from country to
country and state to state.
Checks and Balances
• The Checks and
Balances control the
legislative branch,
executive branch and the
judicial branch.
• Created by Montesquieu.
• Checks and balances
allows for a system based
regulation that allows one
branch to limit another,
such as the power of
Congress to alter the
composition and
jurisdiction of the federal
courts
Electoral College
• Elects the president
and the vicepresident.
• Since 1964, there
have been 538
electors in each
presidential election.[
The 18th and 21st Amendments
• The 18 amendment
banned alcohol, then
it was legal.
• After a few years the
constitution decided
to ban alcohol and
that’s how the 21st
amendment
happened.