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Article I – The Legislative Branch

Actual text from 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.”

What is the structure of the legislative branch according to the text?

Modified text of a passage from Article I, Section 1 Congress holds all the legislative
powers for the federal government. This means that Congress has the power to pass laws.

What is a power of Congress according to this text?

Modified text of a passage from Article I, Section 2 Only the House of Representatives
holds the power to impeach, or bring formal charges of wrongdoing against a public official,
such as the U.S. President. A trial on the impeachment charges is then held in the Senate.

What is a power of the House of Representatives and of the Senate according to this text?

Modified text of a passage from Article I, Section 8 Article I, Section 8 explains that
Congress has the power to set taxes, borrow money and sets the national budget by authorizing
the spending of all federal money.

What is a power of Congress according to this text?

Modified text of a passage from Article I, Section 8 Congress has the power to coin
money, create the postal service, army, navy and lower federal courts, and to declare war.
Congress also has the responsibility of determining naturalization, how immigrants become
citizens.

What is a power of Congress according to this text?


ARTICLE II – The Executive Branch

Actual text from Article II, Section 1 “The executive Power shall be vested in a
President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four
Years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same Term, be elected…”

What is the structure of the executive branch according to the text?

Modified text of a passage from Article II, Section 2 The president serves as the head of
the executive branch of government and also as the commander in chief of the armed forces.
The armed forces are made up of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard.

What are two job titles of the president according to the text?

Modified text of a passage from Article II, Section 2 As chief executive, the president
runs the different executive agencies, such as the Department of the Treasury or the
Department of Health and Human Services. Through these agencies, the president executes
the laws passed by the legislative branch.

What is a power of the executive branch according to the text?

Modified text of a passage from Article II, Section 2 The president has the power to
pardon (let free) any person who has committed a federal crime.

What is a power of the executive branch according to the text?

Modified text of a passage from Article II, Section 2 With the approval of the Senate, the
president has the power to make treaties (agreements) with other countries.

What is a power of the executive branch according to the text?


Modified text of a passage from Article II, Section 2 With the approval of the Senate, the
president has the power to appoint, or select, U.S. ambassadors and foreign consuls, Supreme
Court justices and federal judges, U.S. attorneys, U.S. marshals, Cabinet officers, independent
agency heads, and members of regulatory commissions.

What is a power of the executive branch according to the text?

ARTICLE III – The Judicial Branch

Actual text from Article III, Section 1 “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be
vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time
ordain and establish.”

What is the structure of the judicial branch according to the text?

Modified text of a passage from Article III, Section 2 The Supreme Court and lower
federal courts have the power to decide arguments over how to interpret the Constitution, all
laws passed by Congress, and our nation’s rights and responsibilities in agreements with other
nations.

What is a power of the judicial branch according to the text?

Modified text of a passage from Article III, Section 2 The Supreme Court and lower
federal courts have the power to hear disputes that may arise between states, between citizens
of different states, and between states and the federal government.

What is a power of the judicial branch according to the text?

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