U.S. Constitution
The year that the Constitution was approved by delegates of the Constitutional Convention.
What is 1787?
The number of Senators from each state.
What is 2?
This person is the head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
The power vested in the Supreme Court under Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Judicial Power?
This amendment creates the five freedoms.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The Article of the Constitution that makes the national government created by the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the land.
What is Article 6?
The total number of Senators in the Senate.
What is 100?
This is the primary power (function) of the Executive Branch.
What is enforcing laws?
The length of time judges shall hold their offices.
What is as long as they are on good behavior?
The five freedoms listed in the 1st Amendment.
What is speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
The number of changes made to the Constitution in the 200+ years since its creation. (Amendments)
What is 27?
Representation in the U.S. House of Representatives is based on this.
What is population?
These people formally elect the President.
Who is the electoral college?
Name a case where the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction.
What is cases affecting Ambassadors, public ministers and consuls, those in which a State shall be party.
This amendment prevents the government from searching your property or arresting you without probable cause.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The six goals laid out in the Preamble of the Constitution.
What is to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty?
This is the primary power (function) of the Legislative Branch.
What is making laws?
This is a requirement to be President that eliminates some American citizens.
What is Natural Born Citizen?
The number of witnesses needed to convict somebody of treason.
What is 2?
This amendment prevents cruel and unusual punishments or excessive fines.
What is the 8th Amendment?
The number of judges on the Supreme Court set by the Constitution.
What is none? The Constitution does not specify how many judges must be on the Supreme Court.
If the President vetoes a law made by Congress, this many members of Congress must vote to override the veto in order to make the law official.
What is 2/3?
The first power listed in Section 2 of Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy.
The highest number of justices that have served on the Supreme Court at once.
What is 10?
This Amendment prevents people from being charged twice for the same crime, i.e., double jeopardy.
What is the 5th Amendment?