Constitutional Articles, Bill of Rights, Amendments, Federalist Papers, and definitions of 'federal'

Amendment 1

Freedoms of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech

Amendment 2

The right to bear arms

Amendment 3

No quartering of soldiers without consent

Amendment 4

No unreasonable search and seizure

Amendment 5

The right to a grand jury and due process, and protection against eminent domain, double jeopardy and self-incrimination

Amendment 6

the right to a fair and speedy trial

Amendment 7

the right to a jury in a civil case (suing) over $20

Amendment 8

No cruel or unusual punishment

Amendment 9

Not all rights are listed but are still included and can be added

Amendment 10

All other rights are given to the states or the people

Amendment 11

when suing a state, you must live in the state

Amendment 12

President and Vice President run together for elections

Amendment 13

Free - abolishes slavery

Amendment 14

Citizen - defines citizenship (includes privileges and immunities clause, added onto the comity clause of Article 4)

Amendment 15

Vote - Citizens have the right to vote (at this point not women)

Article 1

Legislative branch and executive’s veto power

Article 2

Executive branch

Article 3

Judicial branch

Article 4

states’ rights and responsibilities

Article 5

Amendments and the process

Article 6

Supremacy - national over states

Article 7

Ratification of the Constitution - 9/13 states

Federalist Paper 10

Madison - nature of the republic, factions (majority v minority), extended republic

Issue - sectionalism (Civil War)

Federalist Paper 39

Madison - Senate is federal and works to represent state interests, House is national because it represents groups of people not a whole state, Compound powers include amending and the selection of a president

Federalist Paper 51

Madison - structure of institutions, separation fo powers, checks and balances, virtue and the people are the first check, ambition vs ambition, auxiliary precautions

Federalism

When government power is split between national and state governments

Federalists

Group of people in supports of the ratification of the Constitution

Federalist Party

1st political party, run by Hamilton and Adams

Federalist Papers

compilation of 85 essays written by the Federalists to convince teh Anti-Federalists to ratify the Constitution

Federal

state governments, only in the context of Federalist Paper 39