A pocket guide to the US constitution : what every American needs to know

A pocket guide to the US constitution : what every American needs to know /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arnold, Andrew Bernard (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution.
Constitutional law > United States.
United States > Politics and government.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited simultaneous users allowed; 325 uses per year)
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Constitution and Amendments
  • I. Structure and Preamble "We the People..."
  • Preamble
  • II. Three Branches of Government
  • Article 1 Legislative
  • 1.1. Legislature
  • 1.1.1. Legislative Power Defined
  • 1.2. House
  • 1.2.1. Composition of House
  • 1.2.2. Qualifications for Representatives
  • 1.2.3. Apportionment (Three Fifths Clause)
  • 1.2.4. Vacancies
  • 1.2.5. Rules and Impeachment
  • 1.3. Senate
  • 1.3.1. Definition of the Senate
  • 1.3.2. Staggering Terms of Office
  • 1.3.3. Qualifications for Senators
  • 1.3.4. Role of the Vice President
  • 1.3.5. Senate Officers
  • 1.3.6. Senate Impeachment Power
  • 1.3.7. Limits to Impeachment Power
  • 1.4. Elections, Meetings
  • 1.4.1. Senators and Representatives
  • 1.4.2. Sessions of Congress
  • 1.5. Membership, Rules, Journals, Adjournment
  • 1.5.1. Quorum, Attendance, Seating
  • 1.5.2. Rules, Punishment, Expulsion
  • 1.5.3. Openness, Secrecy, Roll Call Votes
  • 1.5.4. Adjournment and Place of Meeting
  • 1.6. Compensation
  • 1.6.1. Payment and Immunities
  • 1.6.2. Incompatibility and Emoluments
  • 1.7. Passage of Bills into Law
  • 1.7.1. Tax Laws
  • 1.7.2. Presentment Clause
  • 1.7.3. All Bills, Full Legislative Process
  • 1.8. Enumerated Powers of Congress
  • 1.8.1. Taxes, Debt, Welfare, Uniformity
  • 1.8.2. Congress and Credit
  • 1.8.3. Commerce Clause
  • 1.8.4. Naturalization, Bankruptcy
  • 1.8.5. Money, Standard Weights, and Measures
  • 1.8.6. Counterfeiting
  • 1.8.7. Post Offices and Post Roads
  • 1.8.8. Copyright
  • 1.8.9. Inferior Courts
  • 1.8.10. High Seas and Laws of Nations
  • 1.8.11. To Declare War
  • 1.8.12. Army
  • 1.8.13. Navy
  • 1.8.14. Military Code
  • 1.8.15. Control of Militia
  • 1.8.16. Division of Militia with States
  • 1.8.17. District of Columbia
  • 1.8.18. Necessary and Proper
  • 1.9. Limits on Congress
  • 1.9.1. Right to Slave Trade
  • 1.9.2. Habeas Corpus
  • 1.9.3. Bill of Attainder, Ex Post Facto
  • 1.9.4. Capitation Tax
  • 1.9.5. Export Taxes on a State
  • 1.9.6. State Ports
  • 1.9.7. Appropriations by Law Only
  • 1.9.8. Titles and Emoluments
  • 1.10. Limits on States
  • 1.10.1. No state shall ...
  • 1.10.2. Import-Export Clause
  • 1.10.3. Port Taxes and Standing Armies
  • Article 2 Executive
  • 2.1. Presidential Terms and Electors
  • 2.1.1. Executive Power and President
  • 2.1.2. Selecting Electors
  • 2.1.3. Electoral College
  • 2.1.4. Election Day
  • 2.1.5. Eligibility to Be President
  • 2.1.6. Line of Succession
  • 2.1.7. Presidential Compensation
  • 2.1.8. Presidential Oath of Office
  • 2.2. Powers of the Executive
  • 2.2.1a. Commander in Chief
  • 2.2.1b. Pardons
  • 2.2.2a. Advice and Consent, Treaties
  • 2.2.2b. Appointments Clause
  • 2.2.2c. Inferior Officers
  • 2.2.3. Recess Appointments
  • 2.3. Duties of the President
  • 2.3.1a. State of the Union Report
  • 2.3.1b. Emergency Sessions of Congress
  • 2.3.1c. Receive Ambassadors
  • 2.3.1d. Take Care
  • 2.3.1e. Commission Officers
  • 2.4. Impeachment of Executive
  • 2.4.1. Impeachment of Executive
  • Article 3 Judicial
  • 3.1. Judicial Powers
  • 3.1.1. Organization of the Courts
  • 3.2. Scope of Supreme Court
  • 3.2.1. Judicial Power (Arising)
  • 3.2.2. Jurisdiction
  • 3.2.3. Trial by Jury
  • 3.3. Treason
  • 3.3.1. Defining Treason
  • 3.3.2. Limits on Punishment for Treason
  • III. Limitations on State Sovereignty
  • Article 4 States
  • 4.1. Each State to Honor All Others
  • 4.1.1. Full Faith and Credit
  • 4.2. Comity, or Mutual Respect
  • 4.2.1. Privileges and Immunities
  • 4.2.2. Extradition Rules
  • 4.2.3. Fugitive Slave Clause
  • 4.3. Formation of New States
  • 4.3.1. Admissions Clause
  • 4.3.2. Territories
  • 4.4. Republican Government
  • 4.4.1. Guarantee of a Republican Government
  • IV. Ratification, Amendments, and National Supremacy
  • Article 5 Amending the Constitution
  • 5.1. Amending the Constitution
  • Article 6 National Supremacy
  • 6.1. Continuity Clause
  • 6.2. Supremacy Clause
  • 6.3. Oaths of Office
  • Article 7 Ratification Process
  • 7.1. Ratification
  • V. Amendments
  • Bill of Rights
  • 1. Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly, Religion, Petition
  • 2. Right to Keep and Bear Arms
  • 3. Quartering Troops
  • 4. Unreasonable Search and Seizure
  • 5. Due Process, Property
  • 6. Speedy Trial, Counsel
  • 7. Jury Trial
  • 8. Cruel and Unusual Punishment
  • 9. This List of Rights Is Not Complete
  • 10. Powers Retained by States, People
  • Early Refinements
  • 11. States Cannot Be Sued
  • 12. Presidential Elections
  • Civil War Amendments
  • 13. Slavery Ended
  • 14. Civil Rights
  • 1. States Are Prohibited from Abridging
  • 2. Penalty for Restricting the Vote
  • 3. Disqualification for Former Confederates
  • 4. Repudiation of Confederate War Debt
  • 5. Power of Enforcement
  • 15. Black Men Gain the Vote
  • Progressive Era
  • 16. Income Taxes
  • 17. Election of Senators by Voters
  • 18. Liquor Outlawed
  • 19. Women Gain the Vote
  • New Deal and Post--World War II
  • 20. Details about Dates of Office
  • 21. Liquor Legalized
  • 22. Two Terms for Presidents
  • Most Recent
  • 23. Electoral Votes for Washington, DC
  • 24. Poll Tax Prohibited
  • 25. Presidential Succession
  • 26. 18-Year-Olds Gain the Vote
  • 27. Congressional Pay Raises Limited.

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