Origins and Influences
The creation of the Constitution came as a result of the failure of this first U.S. Government
What is the Articles of Confederation?
According to Article I, section 2, a member of the House of Representative should be chosen this often.
What is every two years?
A president’s term in office is this long.
What is four years?
The Supreme Court is made up of this many members.
What is nine?
These are two of the rights individuals possess according to the first amendment
What are:
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
European philosophers from this era such as John Locke and Voltaire helped influence the creation of the Constitution.
What is the Enlightenment?
This fraction of the House and Senate must deem it necessary to amend the Constitution.
What is two-thirds?
A person must be at least this old to be elected president of the United States
What is 35 years old?
The authority that the Supreme Court has to determine the constitutionality of a law is called this.
What is Judicial review?
The protection against illegal search and seizure is part of this amendment
What is the fourth amendment?
The concept of higher law (everyone is subject to the law) was first established in England in 1215 with the signing of this document.
What is the Magna Carta?
The number of representatives to the House for a state is determined by this.
What is the census?
The president may nominate people to the Supreme Court but this body of government must confirm them
What is the Senate?
An amendment to the Constitution is needed to overturn these
What are Supreme Court Decisions?
In the 5th Amendment, it states no person shall be tried for the “same offense twice.” This is the common term for that situation.
What is double jeopardy?
According to John Locke, the right to life, liberty, and property are considered these.
What are Natural Rights?
Only this body of the legislature shall have the power of impeaching the president.
What is the House of Representatives?
“Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature may direct, a number of electors, equal to the number of Senators and Representative to which the state may be entitled in the Congress…” This passage describes this part of the executive branch.
What is the electoral college?
In an impeachment trial, this member of the Supreme Court presides over the proceedings
What is the Chief Justice?
“The powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states are ______ to the states respectively, or to the people.” The term that should be placed in the blank is this.
What is reserved?
This Enlightenment philosophe believed in the importance of freedom of speech and religion
Who was Voltaire?
The power to accept or reject treaties is reserved only for this body of Congress
What is the Senate?
The day on which the winner of the presidency is announced in Congress
What is January 6?
This person is the longest serving justice on the Supreme Court
Who is Clarence Thomas?
These two amendments are referenced in the Miranda Rights
What are the fifth and sixth?