Executive Branch
This individual is the head of the executive branch
Who is the President?
This case ruled that separate but equal was unconstitutional; overturned Plessy v Ferguson
What is Brown v Board of Education?
Two houses
What is bicameral?
Women's suffrage
What is the 19th amendment?
Number of Supreme Court justices
What are nine?
All the secretaries of departments make up this group
What is the cabinet?
Applied 2nd amendment rights to states
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Regular committee
What is a standing committee?
Washington D.C. can vote
What is the 23rd amendment?
Power of the supreme court to declare actions of the other branches unconstitutional
What is judicial review?
The president uses this to reject and send legislation back to Congress
What is a veto?
School sanctioned prayers were declared unconstitutional
What is Engel v. Vitale?
Talking a bill to death
What is a filibuster?
No searches or seizures without a warrant
What is the 4th amendment?
Brief from a "friend of the court"
What is an amicus curiae brief?
Presidential successor if president dies
Who is the Vice President?
Speech can be punished if it causes a "clear and present danger"
What is Schenck v United States?
Temporary committee where members of both houses meet to resolve disagreements on legislation
What is a conference committee?
Shortened "lame duck" period
What is the 20th amendment?
Type of jurisdiction that consists of reviewing decisions of other courts
What is appellate jurisdiction?
The president uses popularity to push his agenda
What is the bully pulpit?
6th amendment requires states to provide an attorney to those unable to afford their own
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Assists party leader in gathering party members for votes
Who is the whip?
Popular election of Senators
What is the 17th amendment?
States the number of Supreme Court justices needed to grant a writ of certiorari
What is the rule of four?