Constitution
Number of amendments
27
Number of amendments that are considered to be called ‘The Bill of Rights’
10
'Necessary and Proper Clause' is also known as this.
Elastic Clause
residential rule or regulation that has the force of law
executive order
Date of ratification of the Constitution (month, day, year)
September 17, 1787
The man who introduced into the first session of the First Congress a set of 12 proposals, only 10 of which were ratified and went into effect in 1791
James Madison
What court case is an example of the supremacy clause
McCullough V Maryland
departments, agencies, bureaus, and commissions in the executive branch of government
bureaucracy
By which the Constitution is changed.
Amendments
Bill of rights were added because the constitution hardly referred to any _____
civil liberties
Article and Section in which the Commerce Clause is located
Article 1 Section 8
the people who are represented by elected officials
constituents
Document that was replaced by the Constitution
Articles of Confederation
when did the bill of rights go into effect
1791
Clause under which the right against unlawful search and seizure was granted.
Due Process Clause
Senate motion to end a filibuster that requires a 3/5 vote
cloture
Articles of confederation only allowed ____ governments to levy taxes.
State
what are 3 categories of protections that the amendments can be sorted into
to participate in political process, against arbitrary police and court action, states rights and unnamed rights
Prohibits states from interfering with the federal government’s exercise of its constitutional powers
Supremacy Clause
House action that formally charges an official with wrongdoing
conviction