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Apr 23, 2024 · U.S. Constitution – Article 1 Section 3 Article 1 – The Legislative Branch Section 3 – The Senate <<Back | Table of Contents | Next>> The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature thereof,) (The preceding words in parentheses superseded by the 17th Amendment, […]
The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes".
Article III authorizes one Supreme Court, but does not set the number of justices that must be appointed to it. Article One, Section 3, Clause 6 refers to a "Chief Justice" (who shall preside over the impeachment trial of the President of the United States ).
The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3 , Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures .
Article 1, Section III states, "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote." This is not true. Senators are elected by their constituents. What am I missing.
- Neither the President, nor any other person who says an oath for any office or service, is required to say 'So help me God'. It is just a tradition...
- It is quite possible that they were capitalized in order to emphasize their purpose in being there. I do believe they were capitalized in the origi...
- After a President is impeached and removed from office, they would be subject to the same legal process any other citizen would be.
- You'll find that lesson here: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/road-to-revolution/creating-a-nation/a/the-bill-of-rights
- Originally Senators were chosen by state legislatures! That changed in 1913, when enough states ratified the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, wh...
- I'm sure what was meant was choosing. Over time, spelling, grammar, punctuation and other forms of writing change. Even in my lifetime, many change...
- This phrase means that for every thirty thousand people in the US, there will be one rep in the House of Representatives. This phrase is in the Con...
- That phrase roughly means that whenever there is an unexpected vacancy in the House (as an example, if someone dies in office), the Executive Autho...
Article I. Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. Section 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states, and the electors in each state shall have ...
Sep 21, 2022 · The Constitution of the United States. Español. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for ...
