2. THE CONSTITUTION, PART 2: CONTENT AND

RATIFICATIONI. “In order to form a more perfect Union”:

an overview of the different articlesII. AmendmentsIII. Ratification

I. “In order to form a more perfect Union”: an overview of the different articles

a. article I: the legislative

Section 2, clause 3: reapportionment every 10 years

Section 3, clause 1: amended 1913 (17th amendment)

President pro tempore Beginning of new congressional session:

amended 1933 (20th amendment) In recess/adjourned ≠ in session Immunity from arrest except for “Treason,

Felony and Breach of the Peace”

Section 8, clause 18: “make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers”: “elastic clause” → implied powers

b. article II: the executive 12th amendment (1804): changed

election of vice-president

c. article III: the judiciary “appellate jurisdiction”

d. article IV: relations between the states Fugitive slave clause

e. article V: amendments f. article VI: federal supremacy “supreme law of the land” g. article VII: ratification

h. checks and balances: recap

“judicial review”: Marbury v. Madison, 1803

II. Amendments

“Bill of Rights” adopted 1791 applied only to the federal government at

first: Barron v. Baltimore, 1833

III. Ratification

Federalists vs. Anti-federalists “necessary and proper clause” (AI, s10)

and “supremacy clause” (AVI) “the Federalist Papers” (84 articles)

Overview of the Constitution: