Article I: The Legislative Branch

• All legislative powers are given to the legislative branch, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

• The Constitution contains a necessary and proper clause, also called the elastic clause, that grants Congress the power tomake any laws deemed “necessary and proper”.

• The elastic clause is the source of the implied powers of the legislative branch.

Article II: The Executive Branch

• This article describes the power of the president to execute laws and puts his term in office at 4 years.

• The president is also Commander in Chief of the armed forces, makes treaties with other nations with the consent of the Senate, and appoints Supreme Court judges.

• The president is to give a State of the Union Address to Congress.

• There are conditions under which the president can be removed from office.

Article III: The Judiciary

• This article established the judiciary as the branch of the government to interpret laws and settle disputes between states and between states and the national government.

• Supreme Court judges are given life appointments during “good behavior”.

Article IV: The States

• Each state is to honor the decisions and laws of every other state.

• Anybody convicted in one state is still guilty in every other state.

• No state can be formed under the jurisdiction of any other state.

• All states are to be run as republics.• The national government will protect each state

from invasion and domestic violence.