US constitution

The US Constitution is organized into seven articles, Bill of Rights, and amendments. Article I deals with the legislative branch of government. Article II concerns the executive branch of government. Article III establishes the Supreme Court as the highest judicial power in the United States. Article IV defines the relationships between states. Article V describes the procedure for amending the Constitution. Article VI declares itself as “the supreme Law of the Land”, and Article VII ratifies the Constitution. The first ten amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, guarantee fundamental rights of individuals. This consists of freedom of Religion, speech, press, assembly, speedy jury trial in criminal cases, right to bear arms, protection against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. Amendments eleven through twenty- seven relate to the lawsuits brought against states, the electoral vote, the prohibition of slavery, equal protection, voting rights, creation of the federal income tax, popular election, prohibition and term limits.
The major fundamental principles include separation of power, checks and balances, and shared authority of federal and state governments. The American constitutional system includes a notion known as the Separation of Powers. In this system, several branches of government are created and power is shared between them. At the same time, the powers of one branch can be challenged by another, also known as checks and balances. This system grants the three separate branches the power to legislate, to execute, and to adjudicate, and it provides the means by which each of the branches could resist the persuasion of the others.
The house is a check on the senate. No statue becomes law without its approval. The senate is a check on house. No statue becomes law without its approval. The executive (President) can restrain both House and Senate by using Veto Power. Legislative, which includes Congress, Senate and House, has a check on the executive branch by being able to pass with a 2/3 majority over the President’s veto. The Legislative branch can conduct investigations of the Executive branch to see if funds are properly expended and laws are enforced. The President must have approval of Senate before treaties with foreign nations. The Judiciary branch is a check on the Legislative branch though its authority to review all laws. Legislative has restraining power over The Judicial branch, with constitutional authority to restrict extent of its jurisdiction. The Legislative Branch has power to impeach members of the Judicial Branch guilty of treason, high crimes or misdemeanors. The President can check on the Judicial Branch by having power to nominate new judges. The Senate, also known as the Legislative Branch, is a check on the Judiciary when it comes to having control of the appropriations for operation of the Federal Court System. The senate also has power to impeach the president with the concurrence of two thirds of the members. It is the people who have the final check on both the Legislative and Executive. The people vote on their Representatives every two years, their Senators every six years, and the President every four years. These are just some of the many examples of checks and balances the United Constitution brings to the table. The Bills Of Rights outline our rights as people in the United States. It says that we have freedom of Religion, speech, press, assembly, speedy jury trial in criminal cases, right to bear arms, protection against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment. Without the United States Constitution, we would not live in “The Land of the Free”.