My sister got sick on the ski trip and we left early

                Today in Western Civilization we continued our PowerPoint on the Articles of the Bill of Rights and started looking through the amendments of the Constitution. We started on Section 2 of Article 3, which was about impeachment. The article says that all people shall receive trial by jury unless it is in the case of impeachment, in which the other branches vote. Section three covers treason against the U.S., which is defined as waging war against America or helping its enemies. Treason is the only crime listed because you can say whatever you want about America (protecting the first amendment) but it doesn’t matter what you say until you take action. Article is all about outlining the relations between state and the federal government. Section one says that in matters such as credit, trade, or treaties with other countries the other countries will talk to the federal government and not the state. Section 2 talks about how if you commit a crime in a state, then go to another state to escape justice, the state you went to is obliged to take you back to the state you committed the crime in to serve trial. Section 3 says that Congress has the right to admit states, and that these new states will follow the rules laid out by the government that all the other states follow. Section 5 says that only 2/3 of Congress are needed to ratify amendments, which happened 27 times. Article 5 starts off saying that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, that state judges have to uphold the Constitution, and that states can’t make laws that contradict the Constitution. Article 7 states that if 9 states agree (out of 13) then the Constitution will be established. Finally, we started on the amendments to the constitution, the first being about the five freedoms; religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.