The Constitution
SCOTUS - Governmental Powers
SCOTUS - Rights and Liberties
Federalist Papers
Institutions and Participation
100

Under this clause, Congress gained power to regulate goods that cross state lines.

What is the commerce clause?

100

Judicial review was established by this case.

What is Marbury v. Madison?

100

This constitutional clause is at the heart of Brown vs. Board of Education.

What is the equal protection clause?

100
This Federalist Paper supports the idea of checks and balances.

What is Federalist 51?

100

This FCC rule requires that news broadcasts that give broadcast time to one candidate, do the same for all candidates.

What is the equal time rule?

200

This clause is also known as the elastic clause?

What is the necessary and proper clause?

200

McCulloch v. Maryland concerned the constitutionality of this institution.

What is the Bank of the United States?

200
According to this decision, even voluntary school prayer is a violation of the establishment clause.

What is Engel v. Vitale?

200

Federalist 10 warns of the danger of this.

What are factions?

200

This theorem predicts that more moderate candidates are likely to win elections.

What is the median voter theorem? 

300

Terms of good behavior appear in this Article of the Constitution.

What is Article III?

300

Racial gerrymandering was ruled unconstitutional by this case.

What is Shaw v. Reno?

300

In Tinker v. Des Moines, student rights to what were protected?

What is free speech?

300
This paper concerned the question of whether the elected officials of a large republic could truly represent their constituents.

What is Brutus I

300

Citizens United v. FEC gives interest groups the ability to spend unlimited amount of money on these.

What are independent expenditures?

400

This clause is what grounds the President's ability to issue executive orders.

What is the take care clause?

400

In US v. Lopez the Court narrowed its interpretation of this Amendment.

What is the 10th Amendment?

400
In this case, the Court found a "heavy presumption against" prior restraint.

What is New York Times v. United States?

400

This Federalist Paper includes the phrase: "neither the sword nor the purse."

What is Federalist 78?

400

For a bureaucratic agency to implement a rule or regulation, it must first go through this.

What is a public comment period?

500

This Article IV clause guarantees that legal documents and proceedings from one state are honored in another.

What is the full faith and credit clause?

500

According to this case, congressional apportionment is a justiciable question?

What is Baker v. Carr?

500

This doctrine is common to both McDonald and Gideon.

What is selective incorporation?

500

According to Federalist 70, personal responsibility is a key feature feature of this Article of the Constitution.

What is Article II?

500

This law explains the US's two party system.

What is Duverger's Law?

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