Tuesday, September 9, 2014

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Summarization of the Articles of the Constitution:

1- Gives Congress its powers and limits, creates the two sections of Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
2- Makes the executive branch of the government, which includes the president and executive officers.
3- Creates the judicial branch of government, which is the court system of the government.  This includes the Supreme Court and other lower courts made by Congress.
4- Talks about the states and what responsibilities and duties each state has, as well as the responsibility the federal government has to each State.  
5- States that the only way the Constitution can be changed is by adding an amendment.
6- States that any debts or engagements the country had before the Constitution are still valid.  Also states the Constitution is the highest law and that all officers and judges have to uphold the Constitution.  
7- This article states how many states need to ratify the Constitution

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