Order in Court
Ended school segregation
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Enforce the rules
What is the job of the executive branch?
Article 3
Congress
What is the name for the House and the Senate together?
Life, liberty, and property
What are natural rights
Set up separate but equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
How many electoral votes do you need to win the presidency?
270
How many justices are there in SCOTUS?
9
435/100
Philosopher that philosophized separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
Must read off your rights when being arrested
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
A group of advisors to the president
What is the cabinet?
What are the three levels of the justice system?
District, Circuit, SCOTUS
Who leads the House?
Speaker of the House
The document that limited the power of the Monarchy, passed in 1215
What is the Magna Carta?
No matter the case, the defendant has the right to a lawyer
What did Gideon v. Wainwright decide?
What article outlines the power of the president?
Article 2
The power of the judicial branch to review any law for constitutionality
What is judicial review?
Who leads the Senate? Who leads the Senate when they are not there?
Vice President/President Pro Tempore
The first constitution written in America, the goal was to create order in the colony
What is the Mayflower Compact
States could not tax the federal government
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
The moving of representation lines to benefit a certain party
What is Gerrymandering?
What is the difference between Civil and Criminal Court cases?
Criminal- there has been some crime committed
Civil- two parties suing each other for some wrong doing
Explain how a bill becomes a law?
The bill passes both House and Senate with proper revisions and then goes to the President. The President can approve or veto. If the president vetos, the bill goes back to the house and needs to be overturned with a 2/3 majority
Explain how the Enlightenment inspired the Declaration of Independence and Constitution
Social Contract Theory. Natural Rights; Life, liberty, and property. Separation of Powers with the three branches. Checks and Balances.