Study Guide 5 and 6 Questions

1. Greed 2. Love of Power 3. Self-gain

This means that laws control the government, and decide how the people are governed.

A written constitution is important because it binds down rulers or people that have power, and stops them from creating unjust laws and policies.

2 years

6 years

You have to be at least be 25 years old , a US citizen for at least 7 years, and you have to live in the state you're representing.

You have to be at least 30 years old, a US citizen for at least 9 years, and you have to live in the state you're representing.

The people do.

Originally, the state legislatures elected them, but the 17th Amendment changed that , and now the people elect the senators.

When vacancies occur, the Executive Authority shall issue an election to fill vacancies.

When vacancies occur, a person will be temporarily appointed until the next meeting of Legislature.

The power to create bills.

The Senate has the power to propose or concur with Amendments as on other bills. They also have the sole power to try all impeachments.

Congress must pass a bill through both houses, and the President must sign it before it becomes law. The President may choose instead to veto the bill, sending it back to Congress, in which case it does not become law.

If the president vetoes a bill, it can still become law if both houses re-pass it with a 2/3 majority.

A quorum exists when a majority of members is present. A quorum is required to do business (vote, etc.) (If 50 senators are present, no quorum exists.)

1. Regulate commerce 2. Tax and spend 3. Coin money 4. Declare war 5. Raise and support armies 6. Establish post offices and roads

An interchange of goods or property.

Across state lines.

This is the right to a trial before being convicted of a crime.

Article 1, Section 9, Clause 2 The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.

The bill of attainder was when the government granted the authority to anyone to capture enemy vessels and bring them before the court.

It is either: 1. Declaring an act to be illegal after it has been committed. 2. Increasing the punishment for an act that has already been committed.

This required Congress to tax states based on state population rather than on individual income.

Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1 They cannot: Conduct foreign diplomacies Grant any title of nobility Print their own money

This clause is included mainly to ensure that the states don't start acting like independent countries, undermining the national government.

Again, the states aren't independent nations, so they can't charge tariffs on imports from other states.

The states aren't allowed to run their own armies or start their own wars.

If a state is invaded by enemies, or the state is in danger of invasion.

4 years, and he can be elected for two terms.

You have to be born in the US, you must be at least 35 years old, and you have to have lived at least 14 years in the US.

The Electoral College

The Vice President becomes the President

The president receives a compensation, in which the value is not diminished nor increased, and he shall not receive any other payments from the US.

1. Issue executive orders 2. Commander in chief of the armed forces 3. Can issue pardons for federal offenses 4. Make treaties with the senate's approval