Homework: Legislative powers

Date assigned
Wednesday, November 28


Assignment
Read the following portions of the Constitution in your textbook (pages 233-238):

- Article I, Sections 1-3 and 7-10
- Article IV, Section 3
- Article V

Then answer the following questions:

1) How long is a term in the House of Representatives?
2) What are the qualifications necessary to run for the House of Representatives?
3) How long is a term in the Senate?
4) What are the qualifications necessary to run for the Senate?
5) There are 100 senators - who represents the tie-breaking vote if there's a 50-50 split?
6) Which house tries impeachments?  What happens if an impeachment is successful?
7) When the House of Representatives and the Senate both pass a bill, it then goes to the President.  The president has four options when deciding whether or not that bill should become a law.  Describe three of those options.
8) How can the House and Senate override a presidential veto?
9) Of all the powers listed in Article I, Section 8, describe 15 of them.
10) What does Article I, Section 9.1 mean?
11) What is the Writ of Habeus Corpus?  When may it be suspended?
12) What is an ex post facto law?
13) What actions are reserved for Congress that individual states are prohibited from doing, according to Article I, Section 10?
14) What is the process by which a new state can apply to join the United States?
15) How can Congress amend the Constitution?


Know this - if you just copy and paste your answers, you will receive zero credit.  Answers MUST be in your own words.


Due date
Monday, December 3