Foundational Docs.
This document was written by MLK and encouraged the use of non-violent protest and civil disobedience.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
This case protects students who want to politically protest in school.
Tinker v. Des Moines
According to Alexander Hamilton, this branch is the weakest.
This law banned gender discrimination in schools that receive federal funding.
Title IX
This is the body that actually elects the president and vice president in America.
Electoral College
This foundational document begins with "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal."
Declaration of Independence
This clause resulted in a Supreme Court Ruling that the Amish don't have to attend school past 8th grade.
The Free Practice Clause
This is a power of debate that the Senate has and the House does not.
This amendment keeps your safe from cruel and unusual punishment.
8th Amendment
This is the power the President can use to convince you to vote a certain way.
Bully Pulpit
This amendment protects civil rights by granting all people born in the US citizenship and equal protection under the law.
14th Amendment
This Supreme Court Case gave businesses and labor unions 1st amendment rights to free speech.
Citizens United v. FEC
This is one of the checks that the Judicial Branch has on the Executive Branch.
Exclusionary Clause
Name one of the four linkage institutions.
Interest Groups, Political Parties, Media, Elections
This clause of the Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate interstate and national commerce.
Commerce Clause
This Supreme Court Case established that apportionment should be equal in representing the people.
Baker v. Carr
This is a power that the House has that the Senate does.
All revenue bills begin the House.
Gideon v. Wainwright confirmed your right to this.
An attorney.
The way people obtain their political ideas is known as.
Political socialization.
This anti-federalist document argued that it was impossible to have a stable government in a large republic.
Brutus 1
This court case made gerrymandering along racial lines illegal.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
Aside from the President and Vice President, this group belongs to the Executive branch.
The Cabinet OR The Bureaucracy
This is what the government wasn't able to prove in New York Times v. United States.
Prior Restraint
This is the number of electoral votes you need to win the presidency.
270