Amendments
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
What is the 1st amendment?
Rule by the people
What is a Democracy?
4th and 14th give women right to choose to have an abortion within the 1st trimester
What is Roe v Wade?
Establishes the legislative branch
What is Article 1?
Defines the Executive Branch, its powers, duties, and means of removal.
What is Article 2?
No excessive bail or unusual punishment
What is the 8th amendment?
A regime in which all power is held by a single person
What is a Monarchy?
Expands federal "implied powers" and federal. supremacy
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
First 3 words of the constitution
What is "We the People"
First amendment requirement that law cannot prevent free exercise of religion
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
States can't be sued in another state, has to be sued in its own state
What is the 11th Amendment?
An absolute government in which one person holds all the power, and uses it for his or her own self interest
What is a Dictatorship?
Holds the court may intervene in appointment cases and that every citizen's vote carries equal weight
What is Baker v Carr?
Year the Constitution was ratified
What is 1787?
Latin term meaning "Made more certain." An order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up a case for review
What is Writ of Certiorari?
Lame Duck, Establishes date of terms for congress and the President, and when there is no president elect
What is the 20th amendment?
A regime in which the government controls every facet of life
What is Totalitarianism?
Race can be used for determining congressional districts, but not the only reason
What is Shaw v Reno?
Each state must recognize the validity of laws, public records, and court decisions of every other state.
What is Full Faith and Credit Clause?
An examination of the political ideology of a nominated judge
What is Litmus test?
succession to the presidency, filling the VP spot if confirmed by a majority vote for both houses of Congress, VP can become Acting President
What is the 25th Amendment?
A regime in which the legislature chooses the executive branch
What is a Parliamentary Democracy?
Removed campaign contribution limits for business and unions
What is Citizens United v FEC?
Enables congress to pass special laws, even if the constitution itself does not give it authority to act on
What is the elastic clause?
The federal government has the power to regulate interstate commerce through the Interstate Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
What is Wickard v Filburn?