Key of Liberty Project Resources

Credit: Kami Harris Article 4. Section 1 Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. (This gives each state the right to have its official acts recognized and accepted by every other state.  It also gives every American the right to have any adjudication (to make an official decision about a problem or dispute) or decree in his own state officially accepted and legalized before the courts and administrative officials of all the other states.)  And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof. (This provision gives the Congress the right to prescribe the form and manner in which official papers of one state shall be prepared in order to be officially accepted in all of the other states.) Section 2 The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several Stat...

 Credit: Kami Harris Article III Section 1 The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.  This provision gives the American people the RIGHT to have a system of federal courts where their problems under federal jurisdiction can be adjudicated (to make an official decision about a problem or dispute).  The size of the Supreme Court is not indicated, and down through the years the number of Justices has gone up and down like a political yo-yo.  In 1937 a bill was passed which allowed the Attorney General to appeal directly to the Supreme Court whenever the constitutionality of an act of Congress was involved.  The inferior courts were first called circuit courts, but by 1890 the Supreme Court was so overburdened that a “circuit court of appeals” was set up in each of the nine circuits of the United States.  The names “circuit Courts” was ab...

Credit: Kami Harris   Black is the actual Constitution (Red is taken from Making of America by Cleon Skousen to help you understand what the Constitution means.) Article I Section 8. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties (a tax on goods, especially imports and exports) , Imposts (a tax or other payment levied on goods brought into a country) and Excises (tax on goods for domestic market) , to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; This provision gave the Congress the RIGHT to expend funds for all of the purposes itemized in Article I, section 8, provided that it was done for the general welfare of all the people and not for individuals or preferred groups.  Thomas Jefferson explained that this clause was not a grant of power to “spend” for the general welfare of the people, but was intended to “limit the power of t...

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Credit: Keenan Johnson Engstrom  There is also another Heritage Award worksheet published by the same author  in the Facebook Group Files August 13, 2018 at 4:53 PM that I am unable to copy and paste or link here. NAME_______________________ PARENT’S SIGNATURE ________________________  United States Heritage Award Worksheet  When this worksheet is completed and reviewed by a mentor, you will earn your key.  Please have your parent pass you off on any memorization required and sign the worksheet.  Answer the following questions:  1. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?___________ signed?____________  2. When was the Constitution of the United States signed? ___________________________  3. National Anthem  a. Show that you know the first and one other verse of “The Star Spangled Banner” __ yes  b. Who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner”?___________________________________  c. When? ______________________________________...