The portion of the Constitution that deals primarily with the legislative branch.
What is Article 1?
100
The amendment that guarantees you the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
100
The type of cake I might eat if I were really into cooperative federalism.
What is marble cake?
100
The type of primary that Oregon has. Voters may only cast a ballot for one of the candidates in the party they've registered for, and voters who have not registered in a party cannot vote in the primary at all.
What is a closed primary?
100
The Federalist Papers essay that I would most likely read if I were really into factions.
What is Fed 10?
200
The place where revenue bills must originate.
What is the House of Representatives?
200
The amendment that guarantees you the right to petition.
What is the 1st Amendment?
200
The Supreme Court case that ruled that (in part) that states cannot tax a federal entity due to the supremacy clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
200
The type of election coverage that focuses on poll results or speculation about the winner rather than substantive issues.
What is horse race journalism?
200
The essay from the Federalist Papers that I would most like to read if I were really into checks and balances.
What is Fed 51?
300
What the President of the United States needs to get before his Supreme Court nominations can join the Supreme Court.
What is the advice and consent of the Senate?
300
The amendment that delegates to the states any power not delegated to the federal government.
What is the 10th Amendment?
300
The legal case in which the Supreme Court first ruled that interstate commerce extended beyond the simple sale of goods.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
300
The total number of electoral votes.
What is 538?
300
The name of the revolt that spurred people to replace the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
400
The fraction of states necessary to call a Constitutional Convention.
What is 2/3?
400
The Amendment that gave 18-year-olds the right to vote.
What is 26th Amendment?
400
A type of federal law that requires state and local governments to comply, regardless of whether or not they receive money to aid in compliance.
What is a mandate?
400
The last step in the primary process, and also the first step in the general election for each of the major parties.
What is national convention?
400
The Supreme Court case that established that the Gun Free School Zone Act was unconstitutional because bringing a handgun to school is not interstate commerce.
What is US v. Lopez?
500
The only job that the Constitution specifies for our boy Joe Biden.
What is breaking a tie in the Senate?
500
The amendment that deals with presidential succession and stipulates how to replace the vice president in case of a vacancy in the office.
What is the 25th Amendment?
500
The type of federalism I support if I want to maintain distinct separation between federal and state governments.
What is dual federalism?
500
The name of the court case that ruled that money is speech, and therefore a candidate cannot be prevented from spending money on their own campaign because it would violate their 1st Amendment rights.
What is Buckley v. Valeo?
500
The type of power that is explicitly listed in the Constitution, the power to tax and the power to regulate interstate commerce are two examples.