Article One

This blog is all about Article One of the U.S. Constitution. This article was ratified in 1787. It explains duties of the U.S. Congress.

Summarizing Article One of The U.S. Constitution

Article One tells about the many jobs of the U.S. Congress. Section one talks about the Congress. The Congress has the power to make laws. Section two is all about the House of Representatives. This states the election and term of members, qualifications, number of representatives per state, vacancies, and special powers of the representatives. The third section is talking about the Senate. This includes the number, term and selection of members, overlapping terms and filling vacancies, qualifications, President of the Senate, other officers, impeachment trials, and penalties of all the senators. Section four is about elections and meetings. This is talking about election of Congress and annual sessions. Section five explains rules of procedure. It mentions the organization, rules, journal, and adjournment. Section six informs the Senate of their privileges and restrictions. This section tells about pay and protection and restrictions. The seventh section describes making laws. This talks about tax bills, passing a law, and orders and resolutions. The eighth section is very important. It explains the powers delegated to Congress. It describes taxation, borrowing, commerce, naturalization and bankruptcy, coins and measures, counterfeiting, post offices, copyrights and patents, courts, piracy, declaring war, army, navy, military regulations, militia, militia regulations, national capitals, and necessary laws. The ninth article is also very important. This describes the powers denied to Congress. It mentions slave trade, Habeas Corpus, special laws, direct taxes, export taxes, ports, regulations on spending, and titles of nobility and gifts. The last section is about powers denied to the State. This informs the Congress about complete restrictions, partial restrictions, and other restrictions. Certainly, the U.S. Congress really relies on this article.