Question

Is anyone good at Constitution Overview?

Answer 1

1) Article 2 deals with the executive branch of the federal government. This article enforces the federal laws and includes the President, the Vice President, and many other executive departments boards.
2)  You matched the section 17 wrong, as Constitution contains of the Preamble, The Articles and the Amendments. It is better to learn this structure by heart, otherwise you won’t be able to orientate in this subject.

3)  The number of president electors for each state is determined by how many members the state has in both Houses of Congress. There is a little hint for you, I mean the word ''both'' because The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature which means that this apparatus consists of two parts. Also, US Congress is called The Two Houses of the United States Congress, so this is definitely correct.

4) House of representative represents districts within the state. The district courts are established by Congress and their main function is to hear and consider  appeals that an come from state courts. Even though there was no constitutional deed of that district courts to exist, the district court system which was created by  the first Congress is still in place nowadays.

5) The Elastic clauses of Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18,allows Congress to stretch its powers in order to carry out laws that are “necessary and proper”. Elastic clauses are also known as The Necessary and Proper Clause or Sweeping Clauses. It embraces the power to pass all laws which considered to be essentially included to the list of US laws.

6) Senators represent the whole state. Their main function is to represent the people living in his or her state in the United States Senate. Senators also have many governmental duties such as passing laws, approves treaties with other countries and so on.  

7) Highest court in the land is a Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the whole America. This court is the only one that was established by the United States Constitution, therefore every court of the United States must follow all the decisions of Supreme Court.


8) After the US District Courts are the US Court of Appeals. A court of appeals is meant to consider appeals which came from the district courts within its federal judicial circuit. Pay attention to the fact that The United States courts of appeals is one of most powerful and influential courts in the United States due to its capability of setting legal precedents.


9) Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, which is also “The Necessary and Proper Clause” is an example of implied power. These powers are not completely named in the Constitution but considered to exist due to their necessity to implement the represented powers which are statd in Article I.