The House of Representatives

My favorite section of the Constitution is Article I Section 2. This section points out the main purposes of the House of Representatives.

"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 Age of twenty-five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant in that State in which he shall be chosen.

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 Representatives...

...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 chuse their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment." [US Constitution Article I Section 2]

They had funny words back then didn't they? Like 'chuse.' Regardless of their strange words this section says a lot to me and hopefully it does for you too. It doesn't teach much of a lesson through it's words because it wasn't meant to be a lesson. However the thought put into our Constitution by the Founding Fathers was magnificent and extremely intelligent.