U.S. Constitution- the mini series; Article 1, Sections 1&2

Article I.

Section 1
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the
United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

Section 2
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second
Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall
have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of
the State Legislature.

No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of
twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who
shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be
chosen.

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States
which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers,
which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons,
including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not
taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.

The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting
of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten
Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of
Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State
shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be
made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three,
Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut
five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland
six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five and Georgia three.

When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive
Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.

The House of Representatives shall choose their Speaker and other Officers; and
shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.

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[vhbeazel]

Visit our discussion group on ChangeDotOrg: A More Perfect Union...I have obtained a copy of the US Constitution in Spanish, and am hoping to find someone who wants to read it, so that everyone will be able to read our constitution anywhere in the world, on their cell phones, in their own language.

[skinnychef]

cool! i will check it out!

[azn4neoflex13]

bewbs

[skinnychef]

hahhahaa!

[Urgelt]

It's because our system is based in English Common Law that it's necessary to point out what is forbidden. Hence the "don't go there" amendments. (Note: not all amendments are about "what you can't do.")

Wikipedia has a decent summary on both Napoleonic Law and English Common Law. This point about permissibility is a subtle one, however, and is not expressly addressed there.

But if you do a search on "Codex Alimentarius," you will turn up an illuminating example of the difference.

[LonestarDeTimberland]

Where do you get that idea? (citation?)

First the Constitution says what they (governments) can do and the amendments say what they cannot do, the 10th amendment says anything we haven't already said you can do, you cannot do and is reserved to the states or the people....so I'm calling bullshit.

[dsaz92]

Why don't you go on referendum. Isn't that the way ?!

[Urgelt]

If this were Napoleonic Law, it would be unconstitional, but the tradition here is English Common Law. The understanding under Napoleonic Law is that anything not expressly permitted under law is forbidden. Under English Common Law, anything not expressly forbidden is permissable.

[skinnychef]

hi atmore! sorry i deleted your comment b4 on accident!!!

good on you putting the pressure on culbertson! you are a great patriot!

[atmore58]

Absolutely! Representative McKinney is in search of a co-sponsor for HR-1106 to do just that. I know John Culberson (the rep for my distirct in Texas) won't, but my asking him lets him know the pressures ON!!!!