The Constitution of the United States of America

Article 1: The Legislative Branch

Article I: Section 6

 

 

 

 

Section. 6. The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

 

38. Which of the following is provided for in Article 1: Section 6: Paragraph 1?

  1. The salary amounts to be paid to Senators and Representatives
  2. The fact that Senators and Representatives are not subject to criminal law
  3. The ideal that legislators should not be easily bribed or intimidated
  4. The fact that it is illegal to ask legislators about their positions on issues

 

39. In Paragraph 1 of Section 6, the word "ascertained" is used in an archaic (outdated) sense. Here it means . . .

  1. "made certain, exact, or precise"
  2. "decided by divine intervention"
  3. "discovered by public inquiry"
  4. "modified according to necessity"

 

40. Paragraph 2 of Section 6 is concerned with . . .

  1. Senators or Congressmen being paid by someone other than the treasury
  2. Separation of powers and legislators passing laws in their own interest
  3. Senators and Congressmen being able to vote themselves pay raises
  4. Congressmen and Senators working as lobbyists after they retire

 

41. The word "civil" as used in paragraph 2 of Section 6 probably means

  1. "relating to war or conflict between the states regarding slavery
  2. "relating to the regulation of courteous and polite behavior"
  3. "relating to the needs of the citizenry as opposed to special interests"
  4. "relating to conduct and contracts not governed by criminal law"

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