Amendments
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the 1st amendment?
This document was ratified on September 17, 1787.
the U.S. Constitution
What is higher law?
Higher law is a set of laws that establish and limit the power of the government.
A proposed law given to the legislature for approval
What is a bill?
Legislative Executive Judicial
What are the three branches?
The right to refuse quartering soldiers.
What is the 3rd amendment?
Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
The distribution and balance of power among the branches of government.
what is checks and balances?
The job of congress is to...
make laws for our nation.
The right to due process, no self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and a grand jury.
What is the 5th amendment?
Only by amendments can this legislation be changed.
How can the Constitution be changed?
A set of customs, traditions, rules, and laws that govern how a government is organized.
what is the constitution?
The judicial department is made up of?
judges
Powers reserved to states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
The process of this took 4 months.
How long did it take to write the Constitution?
The branch of government that interprets and applies the laws
what is the Judicial branch?
The president and cabinet members make up this...
What is the executive branch?
Protection against unreasonable search and seizure.
What is the forth amendment?
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
The division of powers among the different branches of government. In the United States, powers are among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
what is separation of power?
Senators & house of representitives (congress) make up this branch of the government.
the Legislative Branch