Article I  Legislative Branch

• Overview of Article I, Legislative Branch

• Section 1 Legislative Vesting Clause

  • Overview of Legislative Vesting Clause

  • Historical Background

    • Origin of Limits on Federal Power

    • Origin of a Bicameral Congress

    • The Great Compromise of the Constitutional Convention

    • Legislative Power and the Executive and Judicial Branches

  • Legislative Power in the Constitutional Framework

    • Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

    • Functional and Formalist Approaches to Separation of Powers

    • Enumerated, Implied, Resulting, and Inherent Powers

    • Bicameralism

  • Delegations of Legislative Power

    • Overview of Delegations of Legislative Power

    • Historical Background on Delegating Legislative Power

    • Delegating Legislative Power to Fill Up the Details

    • Contingent Delegations and Nondelegation Doctrine

  • Nondelegation Doctrine

    • Overview of Nondelegation Doctrine

    • Historical Background on Nondelegation Doctrine

    • Origin of Intelligible Principle Standard

    • Nature and Scope of Intelligible Principle Doctrine

    • Agency Discretion, Chevron Deference, and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

    • Major Questions Doctrine and Canons of Statutory Construction

  • Categories of Legislative Power Delegations

    • Criminal Statutes and Nondelegation Doctrine

    • Delegations of Foreign and Military Affairs to the President

    • States and Legislative Power Delegations

    • Quasi-Governmental Entities and Legislative Power Delegations

    • Private Entities and Legislative Power Delegations

    • Taxes and Delegations of Legislative Power Delegations

    • Individual Liberties and Delegations of Legislative Power

• Section 2 House of Representatives

  • Clause 1 Composition

    • Congressional Districting

    • Voter Qualifications for House of Representatives Elections

  • Clause 2 Qualifications

    • Overview of House Qualifications Clause

    • Ability of Congress to Change Qualifications for Members

    • Ability of States to Add Qualifications for Members

  • Clause 3 Seats

    • Enumeration Clause and Apportioning Seats in the House of Representatives

  • Clause 4 Vacancies

    • House Vacancies Clause

  • Clause 5 Impeachment

    • Overview of Impeachment

    • Historical Background on Impeachment

    • Impeachment Doctrine

    • Alternatives to Impeachment

• Section 3 Senate

  • Clause 1 Composition

    • Equal Representation of States in the Senate

    • Historical Background on State Voting Rights in Congress

    • Selection of Senators by State Legislatures

    • Six-Year Senate Terms

  • Clause 2 Seats

    • Staggered Senate Elections

    • Senate Vacancies Clause

  • Clause 3 Qualifications

    • Overview of Senate Qualifications Clause

    • When Senate Qualifications Requirements Must Be Met

    • Congress's Ability to Change Qualifications Requirements for Senate

    • States' Ability to Change Qualifications Requirements for Senate

  • Clause 4 President

    • President of the Senate

  • Clause 5 Officers

    • Senate Officers

  • Clause 6 Impeachment Trials

    • Overview of Impeachment Trials

    • Historical Background on Impeachment Trials

    • Impeachment Trial Practices

    • Oath or Affirmation Requirement in Impeachment Trials

    • Impeaching the President

  • Clause 7 Impeachment Judgments

    • Overview of Impeachment Judgments

    • Doctrine on Impeachment Judgments

• Section 4 Congress

  • Clause 1 Elections Clause

    • Historical Background on Elections Clause

    • States and Elections Clause

    • Congress and Elections Clause

  • Clause 2 Assembly

    • When Congress Shall Assemble

• Section 5 Proceedings

  • Clause 1 Authority

    • Congressional Authority over Elections, Returns, and Qualifications

    • Quorums in Congress

  • Clause 2 Rules

    • Congressional Proceedings and the Rulemaking Clause

    • [Punishments and Expulsions from Congress](https://www.law.cornell.