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CONSTITUTION 101 CURRICULUM

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There are Bible Studies. Why not Constitution Studies?



The first module will introduces you to the Constitution’s text and to the
skills necessary to engage in constitutional conversations. As you explore the
Constitution throughout this course, it’s essential to separate your
constitutional views from your political views and, in turn, to think about how
the Constitution defines or limits the powers of the government. That is how
constitutional lawyers, scholars, and judges read, interpret, and apply the
Constitution.


"All Political Power is Inherent in the People"

97th Congress Joint Resolution

Public Law No. 97-21

July 9, 1981

95 STAT. 105

PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION




Preamble

The famous first 52 words of the Constitution introduce the articles and
amendments that follow. "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 the United States of America."




Articles

The seven articles make up the structural constitution, signed on September 17,
1787, and ratified on June 21, 1788.




Article I

Legislative Branch




Article II

Executive Branch




Article III

Judicial Branch




Article IV

States, Citizenship, New States




Article V

Amendment Process




Article VI

Debts, Supremacy, Oaths, Religious Tests




Article VII

Ratification

Amendments

There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution, beginning with the Bill of
Rights, the first 10 amendments, ratified December 15, 1791 and they make up the
Bill of Rights document we will learn more about later.




AMENDMENTS




The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution. These
amendments guarantee essential rights and civil liberties, such as the freedom
of religion, freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, the right to freedom of the
press, the right to redress your government for grievances, the right to bear
arms, trial by jury, and more, as well as reserving rights to the people and the
states. After the Constitutional Convention, the absence of a bill of rights
emerged as a central part of the ratification debates. Anti-Federalists, who
opposed ratification, pointed to the missing bill of rights as a fatal flaw.
Several states ratified the Constitution on the condition that a bill of rights
be promptly added.





BILL OF RIGHTS




First Amendment

Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition




Second Amendment

Right to Bear Arms




Third Amendment

Quartering of Soldiers




Fourth Amendment

Search and Seizure




Fifth Amendment

Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, Due Process, Takings




Sixth Amendment

Right to Speedy Trial by Jury, Witnesses, Counsel




Seventh Amendment

Jury Trial in Civil Lawsuits




Eighth Amendment

Excessive Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment




Ninth Amendment

Non-Enumerated Rights Retained by People




10th Amendment

Rights Reserved to States or People

POST BILL OF RIGHTS




11th Amendment

Suits Against States




12th Amendment

Election of President and Vice President

RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS





13th Amendment

Abolition of Slavery




14th Amendment

Citizenship Rights, Equal Protection, Apportionment, Civil War Debt




15th Amendment

Right to Vote Not Denied by Race

POST RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS




16th Amendment

Income Tax




17th Amendment

Popular Election of Senators




18th Amendment

Prohibition of Liquor




19th Amendment

Women’s Right to Vote




20th Amendment

Presidential Term and Succession, Assembly of Congress




21st Amendment

Repeal of Prohibition




22nd Amendment

Two-Term Limit on Presidency




23rd Amendment

Presidential Vote for D.C.




24th Amendment

Abolition of Poll Taxes




25th Amendment

Presidential Disability and Succession




26th Amendment

Right to Vote at Age 18




27th Amendment

Congressional Compensation

The Foundations of Law



Year of the Bible

97th Congress Joint Resolution

Public Law No. 97-280

October 4, 1982

96 STAT. 1211




"Public Law 97-280 Declares The Bible To Be The Word Of God."




101st Congress Joint Resolution

Public Law No. 101-209

December 7, 1989

103 STAT. 1838




"Public Law 101-209 Declares International Year of Bible Reading."




Join or Die



JOIN or DIE




Benjamin Franklin popularized the concept of a political union in his famous
"Join, Or Die" cartoon in 1754. A generation later, the concept of unity became
a reality. Thomas Jefferson is credited as being the first person to come up
with the name, which he used while drafting the Declaration of Independence. In
June 1776, Jefferson’s draft version of the Declaration started with the
following sentence: “A Declaration of the Representatives of the UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, in General Congress assembled.” The final version of the Declaration
starts with the date July 4, 1776 and the following statement: “The unanimous
Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.”




LEE RESOLUTION




On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, introduced this resolution in
the Second Continental Congress proposing independence.




The Lee Resolution is where the "American Experiment" began. Richard Henry Lee
of Virginia had used the name “United Colonies” in a June resolution to
Congress: "Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the
British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of
Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved,” Lee wrote. The Lee
Resolution was passed by Congress. This was a call for the Declaration of
Independence as we know it today.




So, the 1686 Bill of Rights in England, also called the English Bill of Rights,
gave the settlers permission from the king to petition. This allowed for the Lee
Resolution to come into existence. Then the Lee Resolution gave us the
Declaration of Independence (a petition to the king), and then the Constitution
and the Bill of Rights as we know it today.

Transcript

LEE RESOLUTION TRANSCRIPT




Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and
independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British
Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great
Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.




That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effectual measures for forming
foreign Alliances.




That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective
Colonies for their consideration and approbation.




Source archives.gov/milestone-documents/lee-resolution




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