Study Notes
Articles of the Constitution
- Level:
- A-Level
- Board:
- AQA, Edexcel, OCR, IB
Last updated 22 Mar 2021
The U.S. Constitution is made up of articles which each outline specific elements of the United States. Within each Article are sections, and within each of the sections are clauses.
As with the amendments, it is useful as students that you know what each Article outlines.
Article I - Legislative Branch
Article II - Executive Branch
Article III - Judicial Branch
Article IV - Relationship between States, and states and Federal Government
Article V – Amending the Constitution
Article VI – Federal Supremacy (Federal laws are supreme)
Article VII – Ratification Procedure.
The Sections
Article I - Legislative Branch
1 – Legislative Power vested in Congress
2 - House of Representatives
3 – Senate
4 – Congressional Elections
5 – Procedure of the Legislature
6 – Compensation for Members
7 – Legislative Process
8 – Powers of Congress
9 – Limits on Congress
10 - Limits on the States
Article II - Executive Branch
1 – President and Vice Presidents
2 – Powers of the President
3 – Presidential Responsibilities
4 - Impeachment
Article III - Judicial Branch
1 – Federal Courts
2 – Judicial Power and Trial by Jury
3 - Treason
Article IV – Relationship between States, and states and Federal Government
1 – Full Faith & Credit
2 – Rights of Citizens
3 – New States
4 – Obligations of the United States
Article V – Amending the Constitution
Article VI – Federal Supremacy
Article VII – Ratification Procedure
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