Article I
The first Article states the powers of the three branches of the Government.
Section 1 : The Legislative Branch
This section stated that congress was to be made up of two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Section 2 : The House of Representatives
This section decides how often represenatives are chosen, how long a represenative can stay in office, how many represenatives per state,what will happen if a senator vacates his/her post, how a speaker is chosen, and the house's ability to impeach.
Section 3 : The Senate
This states that has to senators in the senate, there will be a new election for one-third of the senate every 2 years, age and citizenship rules to become a senator, the Vice President is the president of senate, the senate shall choose their own officers and a president in case the Vice President cannot fill their duties, and senates power to impeach.
Section 4 : Organization of Congress
Says the way of chosing senators and representatives is up to the state alone, congress shall assemble at least once a year.
Section 5 : The Houses' Jobs
Each house will be the judge of their own elections and qualifications of it members. Each house may determine the rules of it procedings, and punish it's members for disorderly behavior. Each House shall keep a journal of it's proceedings.
Section 6 : Money and War - Time Jobs
States that each senator and representative will receive compenstaion for services to their country to be paid out by the U.S. treasury. They will also be immune from arrest, except for treson, felony, and breach of the peace, during an attendance to a session of ther respective house, and traveling there and back. Last no senator or represenative will be put into any civil office during the time of war.
Section 7 : Bills
All bills for raising revenue (and paychecks) shall originate in the House of Represenatives, any bill passed in the two houses will go to the president and pending approval become a law. If the presidents disapproves if a bill then it goes back to the house's and if two-thirds vote for it, it becomes a law.
Section 8 : Powers Granted to Congress
Congress can:
1. Collects taxes, duties, imposts, lunch money and excises to pay debts and proved defense.
2. Borrow money on credit of the United States.
3. Regulate commerace with foreign nations.
4. Form Uniform law laws of nutrilization and bankruptcies throught the United States.
5. Coin money and fix the Standard wieghts and measurements. Down with the metric system!!
6. Provide punishment for counterfeiting U.S. Money
7. Establish post offices and roads.
8. Promote useful stuff by giving copywrites.
9. Repeatedly say the Supreme Court is the Highest and your all inferior.
10. Punish Pirates of the High Seas. (Really says this)
11. Declare War
12. To raise and support armies
13. Provide and maintain a navy 14. Regulation of the government, and land and naval forces
15. To call forth the Militia to execute laws of the union
16. To provide organize and disciplining the militia.
17. To exercise legislation over all places owned by the U.S.
18. To make all laws that are necessary.
1. Collects taxes, duties, imposts, lunch money and excises to pay debts and proved defense.
2. Borrow money on credit of the United States.
3. Regulate commerace with foreign nations.
4. Form Uniform law laws of nutrilization and bankruptcies throught the United States.
5. Coin money and fix the Standard wieghts and measurements. Down with the metric system!!
6. Provide punishment for counterfeiting U.S. Money
7. Establish post offices and roads.
8. Promote useful stuff by giving copywrites.
9. Repeatedly say the Supreme Court is the Highest and your all inferior.
10. Punish Pirates of the High Seas. (Really says this)
11. Declare War
12. To raise and support armies
13. Provide and maintain a navy 14. Regulation of the government, and land and naval forces
15. To call forth the Militia to execute laws of the union
16. To provide organize and disciplining the militia.
17. To exercise legislation over all places owned by the U.S.
18. To make all laws that are necessary.
Section 9 : Powers Forbidden to Congress
1. Congress cannont prohibit the immigration of a person to the U.S. but can charge them money.
2. They cannont stop the process of HABEAS CORPUS.
3. No bill may be passed that punishes a person without a trial.
4. No direct tax shall be laid
5. No tax shall be put on items exported from any state.
6. No preferences shall be put on a port in one state to another
7. No money shall be taken from the treasury.
8. No titles of nobilty may be given.
2. They cannont stop the process of HABEAS CORPUS.
3. No bill may be passed that punishes a person without a trial.
4. No direct tax shall be laid
5. No tax shall be put on items exported from any state.
6. No preferences shall be put on a port in one state to another
7. No money shall be taken from the treasury.
8. No titles of nobilty may be given.
Section 10 : Power Forbidden to the States
No state shall enter treaties, issue their own money, grant any title of nobility. No state shall lay duties on imports or expoert without the consent of congress. No state shall keep military without congress consent during time of peace.