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Date Posted: 15:28:09 09/26/02 Thu
Author: Jordan
Subject: Lora's:Ch6-Completing The Structure

Completing the Structure
I.1st election under new constitution in early months of 1789
A. most of the new elected officials favored ratification
B. Washington became president of the country
i.received all the votes of the electors
ii.inaugurated in new york on april 30th 1789
C.John Adams became VP
II.Congress
A. almost a continuation of the Constitutional Convention
i.principal responsibility to fill gaps of the constitution
a. congress approved 12 amendments to the constitution
b.1st ten became what we know as the bill of rights
-9 placed limitations on congress
-basic rights of freedom of religion, speech, press, trial by jury, immunity form arbitrary arrest and others
III.judicial power of the United States
A.congress decided to have a supreme court
i.serve justice to the people of the U.S.
a.the judiciary act of 1789
1. six members of the supreme court along with 1 chief of justice and 5 associate justices
2.13 district courts with one judge a piece
3.3 circuit courts of appeal each with one of the distinct judges sitting with 2 supreme court justices
4. gave over all power to supreme court in all cases involving constitutionality of state laws
IV.1st offices of government
A. president-George Washington
B.VP-John Adams
C.3 secretaries – State-Thomas Jefferson, Treasury-Alexander Hamilton, War-General Henry Knox
D.Attorney General-Edmund Randolph
E.Postmaster

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