Constitution Article Summaries

Front 1

All lawmaking power in 2 houses, Senate and House of Representatives

Back 1

1.1

Front 2

Election to the House

Back 2

1.2.1

Front 3

Qualifications of members of House

Back 3

1.2.2

Front 4

Representations and taxes apportioned by population.

Back 4

1.2.3

Front 5

Vacancies

Back 5

1.2.4

Front 6

Power of impeachment in House

Back 6

1.2.5

Front 7

Senate membership, terms of office

Back 7

1.3.1

Front 8

1/3 of Senate elected every 2 years; how vacancies filled

Back 8

1.3.2

Front 9

Qualifications of Senators

Back 9

1.3.3

Front 10

Vice President is President of Senate

Back 10

1.3.4

Front 11

Other officers

Back 11

1.3.5

Front 12

Trials of impeachment in Senate

Back 12

1.3.6

Front 13

Penalty of impeachment convictions

Back 13

1.3.7

Front 14

Elections

Back 14

1.4.1

Front 15

Congress to meet annually

Back 15

1.4.2

Front 16

Organization and independence of each house of Congress

Back 16

1.5.1

Front 17

Rules of proceedings

Back 17

1.5.2

Front 18

Journals of each house

Back 18

1.5.3

Front 19

Restrictions on adjournment

Back 19

1.5.4

Front 20

Pay and privileges of members

Back 20

1.6.1

Front 21

Prohibitions on members

Back 21

1.6.2

Front 22

Revenue bills to originate in House

Back 22

1.7.1

Front 23

How bills become law

Back 23

1.7.2

Front 24

How orders, resolutions become law

Back 24

1.7.3

Front 25

Collect taxes to pay debts and provide for common defense and general welfare

Back 25

1.8.1

Front 26

Borrow money on credit of U.S.

Back 26

1.8.2

Front 27

Regulate commerce with nations, among states and Indian tribes

Back 27

1.8.3

Front 28

Establish rules and laws of naturalization and bankruptcies

Back 28

1.8.4

Front 29

Coin money, regulate value, fix weights and measures

Back 29

1.8.5

Front 30

Provide for ponishment of counterfeiting

Back 30

1.8.6

Front 31

Establish post office and post roads

Back 31

1.8.7

Front 32

Promote sciences and arts by securing rights of authors and inventors

Back 32

1.8.8

Front 33

Establish inferior courts to the Supreme Court

Back 33

1.8.9

Front 34

Define and punish piracies and felonies

Back 34

1.8.10

Front 35

To declare war

Back 35

1.8.11

Front 36

To raise and support armies

Back 36

1.8.12

Front 37

To raise and support a navy

Back 37

1.8.13

Front 38

To make rules governing land and naval forces

Back 38

1.8.14

Front 39

To call militia to execute laws

Back 39

1.8.15

Front 40

To provide organization of militia

Back 40

1.8.16

Front 41

To govern seat of government [Washington, D.C.] and other federal lands

Back 41

1.8.17

Front 42

To make laws necessary for carrying our foregoing powers ["elastic clause"]

Back 42

1.8.18

Front 43

To prohibition of slavery before 1808

Back 43

1.9.1

Front 44

Habeas Corpus guaranteed

Back 44

1.9.2

Front 45

No bills of attainder or ex post facto lands

Back 45

1.9.3

Front 46

No direct tax [see 16th Amendment]

Back 46

1.9.4

Front 47

No taxes on states' exports

Back 47

1.9.5

Front 48

No preference in commerce for one state over another

Back 48

1.9.6

Front 49

No spending without appropriation by law

Back 49

1.9.7

Front 50

Titles of nobility prohibited

Back 50

1.9.8

Front 51

No treaties, letters of marque or reprisal, coining of money, bills of credit; no bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, titles of nobility

Back 51

1.10.1

Front 52

No duties on imports, exports except with Congress' approval

Back 52

1.10.2

Front 53

No duty on tonnage, troops, ships of war, agreements with other states, or war without Congress' approval

Back 53

1.10.3

Front 54

President's and Vice President's term of office

Back 54

2.1.1

Front 55

Who appoints electoral college

Back 55

2.1.2

Front 56

Time of electoral vote

Back 56

2.1.3

Front 57

Qualifications of President

Back 57

2.1.4

Front 58

Vacancy and line of succession

Back 58

2.1.5

Front 59

Salary of President

Back 59

2.1.6

Front 60

Oath of Office

Back 60

2.1.7

Front 61

Military and civil duties

Back 61

2.2.1

Front 62

Making treaties and appointing officers

Back 62

2.2.2

Front 63

Filling vacancies during recess of Congress

Back 63

2.2.3

Front 64

Give state of the Union information; may specially convene Congress and adjourn in cases of disagreement; shall receive ambassadors, execute laws

Back 64

2.3

Front 65

President may be impeached for treason, bribery, or high crimes and misdemeanors

Back 65

2.4

Front 66

Judicial power in one Supreme Court and in inferior courts prescribed by Congress; judges hold office during good behavior

Back 66

3.1

Front 67

Areas of jurisdiction

Back 67

3.2.1

Front 68

Original and appellate jurisdiction of Supreme Court; congress can limit appellate jurisdiction

Back 68

3.2.2

Front 69

Rules respecting trials

Back 69

3.2.3

Front 70

Treason-giving aid and comfort to enemies

Back 70

3.3.1

Front 71

Congress to declare punishment

Back 71

3.3.2

Front 72

Full faith and credit given in each state to public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of all other states

Back 72

4.1

Front 73

Equal privileges for all citizens

Back 73

4.2.1

Front 74

Extradition of criminals

Back 74

4.2.2

Front 75

Fugitive slaves to be returned [now obsolete]

Back 75

4.2.3

Front 76

Creation and admission of new states

Back 76

4.3.1

Front 77

Congressional power of public lands

Back 77

4.3.2

Front 78

Protection and republican government guaranteed to states

Back 78

4.4

Front 79

Amendments proposed by 2/3 of both houses or by constitutional convention called by 2/3 of states; ratified by 3/4 state legislatures or by 3/4 state conventions

Back 79

5.1

Front 80

Public debts under Articles of Confederation to be assumed and paid

Back 80

6.1.1

Front 81

Supreme law of land defined

Back 81

6.1.2

Front 82

Duty of federal and state officials to uphold Constitution; no religious test required

Back 82

6.1.3

Front 83

Constitution takes effect 9 states approve

Back 83

7.1.1