Path to Citizenship
This law principle states that if the immediate family is U.S. citizens, a person seeking citizenship can become a citizen.
What is Law of Blood?
This required action involves following the federal, state, and local rules.
What is obeying the law?
This branch of government is described in Article I and makes the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch? (Congress)
This historical document was written by Thomas Jefferson and was inspired by John Locke.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Supreme Court case established the power of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The amendment that provides 5 protections is considered foundational to citizens' rights.
What is the First Amendment?
The first words of the Preamble indicate that citizens "run" the country.
The role of this branch.
What is making or creating laws?
The role of this branch.
What is executing the laws?
The role of this branch.
This law principle states that if you are born on U.S. soil, you are automatically a citizen.
What is the Law of Soil?
This is the most common way to participate in democracy is essential for maintaining a government.
What is voting?
This branch wears certain "hats" such as Commander-in-Chief & Chief Diplomat.
The Executive Branch
This is the opening section of the Constitution that outlines the six goals of the government.
What is the Preamble?
This case established that suspects must be informed of their rights at the time of arrest.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This clause states that if federal law and state law conflict, the federal law "wins".
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The number of representatives in both chambers.
What are the 535 members?
A president must be this many years old, a natural-born citizen, and a resident for 14 years.
What is 35 years old?
What is original jurisdiction?
This amendment to the Constitution defines citizenship as anyone born or naturalized in the U.S.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This obligation requires you to participate in a trial and evaluate evidence.
What is jury duty?
This is a common fraction that Congress must achieve in important decisions - impeachment, the amendment process, etc.
What is 2/3rds?
This 1215 document limited the power of the King of England and established trial by jury
What is the Magna Carta?
This case ended segregation in public schools, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This amendment guarantees citizenship and due process to all citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The list was sent to King George III about the issues the colonies faced when declaring independence from Britain.
The term length of a Senator and Representative.
What is 6 years and 2 years?
The ability to deny a law in the traditional way.
What is a veto?
The authority to hear a case from a lower court and provide a new verdict.
What is appellate jurisdiction?
Someone who intends to stay in the country for a long time but is not a citizen.
What is a resident?
Men between 18 and 25 must register for this.
What is the Selective Service System?
This principle keeps one branch of the government from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances?
Thomas Paine's 1776 pamphlet that moved colonists to declare independence from England.
What is Common Sense?
This case guaranteed that all defendants must be provided with a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
These groups argue about the way the Constitution should be constructed. Even if a Bill of Rights should be included.
What are the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
This system of government divides power between the federal and state governments.
What is Federalism?
What are the powers to originate money bills and impeach?
This gets shared with the Executive employees when the President wants something accomplished quickly, but does not want a law.
What is an Executive Order?
The length of a Supreme Court Justice's term.
What is for life?
The process by which a resident could become a U.S. citizen
What is the Naturalization Process?
The ultimate obligation to defend this document and the nation.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The branches of government get their "instructions" from this document.
What is the United States Constitution?
This 17th-century document ended the struggle between the English Nobles and the King, further expanding individual rights.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This case protected a student's right to free speech (wearing armbands) as long as it didn't cause a "substantial disruption."
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
These amendments got this nickname because they were passed after the Civil War.
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
I am the "father" of the Constitution because I wrote most of it.
Who is James Madison?
While the President can negotiate treaties, this chamber must approve them by a two-thirds vote.
What is the Senate?
This president believed the Rule of Law did not apply to him and has a Supreme Court case that focuses on his actions.
These court cases deal with adoption, divorce, and breach of contract.
What are civil cases?