Article One, Section Eight

Examples of Article One, Section Eight in the following topics:

• Article V

  • Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution may be altered; altering the Constitution consists of proposing an amendment or amendments and subsequent ratification.
  • The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate.

• Article I

  • Article One of the United States Constitution describes the powers of Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.
  • Section Nine places limits on powers of Congress and the government.
  • The section provides that the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended "except when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it"; prohibits bills of attainder or ex post facto laws; bars the imposition of taxes or duties on articles exported from any state or the granting of preference to ports of one state over another; and prohibits civil officers from accepting titles of nobility without the consent of Congress.
  • The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
  • No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state.

• Powers Denied to Congress

  • Section 9 of Article 1 of the U.S.
  • The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit (referring to the slave trade) shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
  • No Tax or Duty shall be laid on Articles exported from any State.
  • Recall the limits placed on Congressional power by Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution

• The 22nd Amendment

  • The only president who could have served more than eight years was Lyndon B.
  • But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
  • This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.

• Constitutional Limits

  • Section 2 grants and limits the president's appointment powers.
  • In the United States Constitution , several articles and sections describe and specify the limits set upon the federal and state governments in the Union.
  • Article I, Section 9 lists eight specific limits on congressional power.
  • Article II, Section 1 creates the presidency.
  • The section vests the executive power in a President.

• Defending the Nation

  • One of the most important functions of the U.S. government is to provide common defense and security for its citizens.
  • Article One of the United States Constitution describes the powers of Congress, which is the legislative branch of the federal government.
  • Section Eight gives Congress certain broad enumerated powers.

• Eligibility of Congressmen

  • Sections 2 and 3 of Article 1 of the Constitution describe the qualifications for membership in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  • One-third are renewed every two years.
  • Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for representatives.
  • The constitutional requirements of Article I, Section 2 for election to Congress are the maximum requirements that can be imposed on a candidate.
  • Therefore, Article I, Section 5, which permits each House to be the judge of the qualifications of its own members does not permit either House to establish additional qualifications.

• Ray Rist's Research

  • In his 1970 article, "Student Social Class and Teachers' Expectations: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Ghetto Education," Ray Rist observed an African American classroom with an African American teacher.
  • He discovered that after only eight days in the classroom, the teacher felt that she knew her students' abilities well enough to assign them to separate worktables.
  • To Table One, she assigned those she considered "fast learners."
  • These groups were constituted the exact same way, and with the exact same breakdown, as Tables One, Two, and Three.
  • Rist's research showed that teachers judge their students' abilities after only eight days in the classroom.

• Describing Form

  • One way involves labelling each large section with a letter.
  • Through-composed - One section (usually not very long) that does not contain any large repetitions.
  • Variations - One section repeated many times.
  • Rondo - One section returns repeatedly, with a section of new music before each return.
  • Dance forms - Dance forms usually consist of repeated sections (so there is plenty of music to dance to), with each section containing a set number of measures (often four, eight, sixteen, or thirty-two) that fits the dance steps.

• Plagiarism

  • To knowingly take the work of others and attribute it as one's own is widely regarded as unethical, unprofessional, and illegal across most industries and organizations.
  • Many academic and professional services can detect whether entire sections of books, articles and other works are published elsewhere, particularly on the World Wide Web.
  • To avoid unintended plagiarism, writers often develop new content with the aid of notes, as opposed to whole sources such as books, articles, or web pages.