Powers
This branch holds the power to write, or create law.
The Legislative Branch
Article I outlines the powers of the__________Branch.
Legislative
This term refers to the First 10 Amendments ratified to the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
This branch is made up of the president, his white house office, Office of the Management of the Budget, FDA, and many, many more.
The Executive Branch
This principle is the simple idea that government should not overreach its powers, nor become too intimately involved with people's lives (aka tyranny)
Limited Government
This branch is required to interpret law and decide major court cases that impact the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of law.
The Judicial Branch
Article II outlines the powers of the __________branch.
Executive.
This amendment protects your freedom of speech, petition, assembly, religion, etc.
First Amendment
These two houses make up the Legislative Branch: What are they?
The House of Representative and the Senate.
The principle of __________ is premised off of the idea that power emanates from the people - that the people's choices and decisions are directly reflected in government.
Popular Sovereignty.
Vetoing, signing, rejecting, or pocket-vetoing law, are all powers that rest with the_____________.
The President (Executive Branch)
Article III outlines the powers of the ________branch.
Judicial
The _____th Amendment protects you from unwarranted search and seizures by law enforcement or government agencies.
4th Amendment
This branch's members are elected to serve for life, unless they retire, die, or are impeached.
The Judicial Branch (Supreme Court Justices)
Having 3 branches with different powers is an example of
Separation of powers
Which branch was considered the weakest branch amongst the legislative, executive and judicial branches?
The Judicial
Article VI declares that the Constitution is the ___________law of the land, over state laws.
Supreme/Most powerful
Initially, this political faction clamored for the addition of the Bill of Rights, seeing it as a total necessity to protect people from government overreach.
The anti-Federalists.
Collecting taxes, regulating commerce, regulating coin/money, declaring war are all powers of the _______Branch under Article I, Section 8.
The Legislative Branch
The division of powers amongst the locales, states and federal government is a principle known as _________
Federalism
"Congress has the power to “make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the… Powers vested by this Constitution” This clause from Article I, Section 8, is also known as the:
Elastic Clause - or the Necessary and Proper Clause
Adding an amendment takes a lot! It takes a 2/3rd majority of state conventions/legislatures to agreeably propose an amendment, and then 3/4th of those to ratify it. Which article lists requirements for ratifying the Constitution?
Article VII
The 10th amendment declares that all powers not explicitly listed (or forbidden) in the US Constitution goes to the _________.
People and the States
There were at times proposals to have a three-person executive, an elected monarch, or a council to head this branch, which enforces law.
The Executive Branch.
A law is passed by Congress. The president vetoes it, but it goes directly back to Congress where they override the presidential veto by a 2/3rds majority. However, 10 years later, that law is struck down as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court after public outcry concerning it. This is an example of___________.
Checks and Balances.