Three Branches of the Constitution
Intro
Chapter 1 Introduction The Constitution is an important document because it is the highest law of our land and we still use it to this day. American freedoms are guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
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The preamble (beginning) of the Constitution is very famous. It goes like this:
"We the people of 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 of America."
Each branch has power over the other two, to make everything fair. They all have the same amount of power, but different jobs. The three branches are Executive branch, Judicial branch, and the legislative branch. A check is to stop power.
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Power is shared among the three levels national, state, and local that way one level doesn't have all the control.
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Separation Of Powers is an idea which helps all of the powers be equal. The three powers are Legislative, Executive, and Judical.
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In the Legislative Branch, The House of Representatives need Electors. Electors are people who help choose what's good and what's not. They have to be either 25 years of age or older. They also have to be born in the U.S or have been in the U.S more than 7 years.
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In the Executive Branch, as everyone probably knows, the President is president for 4 years unless they are elected again so then they are there for 8. They do not get to be president for more than 8 years. If the President dies or is killed, the Vice President takes his place until the election. On the Election Day, congress determines the time of election. To be elected they have to be either born in the U.S, or, have been in the U.S long enough and hasn't been in serious trouble.
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Chapter 7: The Judicial Branch
In the Judicial Branch, they only try actual cases. The decisions can not be issued at anytime during the cases trials. The cases are settled in Supreme Court. There are 9 justices. They service until their death, retirement, or conviction by the senate.
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Chapter 8: The Bill of Rights.
Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It was written in 1791 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were included to shield the people from the government. Many states would not agree to the Constitution without these added. For example The first right gives us freedom of speech and the second is right to bear arms so we can own guns and fourth is right to privacy so government can't search in your house without a search warrant. I think those three are the most important.
Bill of rights protected the people from the government
Chapter 9: Student Rights.
Student Rights People's rights are not exactly the same in school as they are in public, like on the sidewalk outside of school. Although people get free speech from amendment one, students are limited in school because they can't swear and you don't have freedom of religon in school to talk about it but you do out of school.
You can't swear in school but you can out of school.
Chapter 10: Amendments 11-27
Amendments 11-27 The Constitution is a living document. This means it can be changed by adding amendments. I think number 13, Slavery Abolished (1865), is the most important because blacks are treated the same and don't have to pick cotton and worry about slave owners any more and don't have to work on plantations. You will notice that there are different dates next to each amendment. This is because America is changing and the government is changing too.
These are examples of the amendments 11-27