What is Article One of the United States Constitution?
{{wikisource|Constitution of the United States of America#Article I|Article One of the United States Constitution}} {{US Constitution article series}} '''Article One''' of the [[United States Constitution]] establishes the [[Legislature|legislative branch]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]], the [[United States Congress]]. The Congress is a [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] legislature consisting of a [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] and a [[United States Senate|Senate]] Section 1: Legislative power vested in Congress[[File:C-SPAN 112th Congress Roll Call.jpg|thumb|360px|Opening of the [[112th United States Congress|112th Congress]], House of Representatives chamber, January 5, 2011]] {{quote|All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.}} Section 1 gives [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] [[Legislation|legislative]] power [[wikt:exclusive|exclusive]]ly to Congress.<ref name=Law.com>{{cite web |url=http://kids.laws.com/article-1 |title=Article 1 |publisher=Law.com |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> Similar clauses are found in Articles [[Article Two of the United States Constitution|II]] and [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|III]]. The former gives [[Executive (government)|executive]] power to the President. The latter grants [[Judiciary|judicial]] power to the federal [[judiciary]]. These three articles create a [[separation of powers]] among the three branches of the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]].{{efn|The Constitution does not [[wikt:explicitly|explicitly]] say that the powers of the three branches of the federal government are to be separated.<ref name=ExpCC>{{cite web |url=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/separationofpowers.htm |title=Separation of Powers |publisher=Exploring Constitutional Conflicts |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref> [[James Madison]] wa