Amendments
Protects freedom of press, speech and religion
What is the 1st Amendment ?
Sole power to impeach a government official of wrong doing
What is the House of Representatives?
Administered by the Chief Justice of the United States
What is the Oath of Office?
Article which created the Judicial Branch
What is Article III?
The introduction to the Constitution
What is the preamble?
Requires a search warrant for police to enter a home.
What is the 4th Amendment?
Determines the number of Representatives each state has.
What is Population?
Sets up a system for electing a President and lists the requirements for the office
What is article II?
Courts which have less power than the Supreme Court
What are Inferior Courts?
Agreement in 1781 under which the 13 original colonies established a government of states (first American constitution)
What are the Articles of Confederations?
Saying something that is meant to damage another person’s reputation
What is slander?
Necessary and proper clause of the Constitution often used to expand the powers of Congress
What is the elastic clause?
Presidential speech reporting the nation’s condition to Congress
What is the State of the Union?
Allows federal courts to decide whether court decisions and laws are in keeping with the intent of the Constitution
What is Judicial Review?
When each branch of the government has the means to check actions of the other branches
What are checks and balances?
No on can be put on trial for a serious crime unless a grand jury agrees the evidence justifies it.
What is the 5th Amendment ?
1st President to be impeached by the House of Representatives
Who is President Andrew Johnson?
Maximum number of years a President can serve.
What is 10 years?
The federal government has certain powers, even though they are not spelled out in the Constitution
What are Implied Powers?
A document presented to Congress for adoption in to law
What is a bill?
Power of the government to take private property for public use
What is eminent domain?
The month in which electors cast votes for President and Vice President of the United States
What is December?
This small group elects the President and Vice President of the United States
What is the electoral college?
The federal government has certain powers, even though they are not spelled out in the Constitution
What are Implied Powers?
The “Great Chief Justice.”
Who is Chief Justice John Marshall?