Structure of Government
The president can cancel laws Congress has passed
What is Veto?
keeps any branch of the government from becoming to powerful
The right of people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed
What is the Second Amendment?
This order gives authorities permission to search someone's property?
What is a search warrant?
What is Impeach?
The delegated created this system to balance the power between the national and state government
What is Federalism?
provides crucial protections for people accused of crimes, guaranteeing the right to a grand jury indictment, protecting against double jeopardy, prohibiting forced self-incrimination, ensuring due process of law,
What is the Fifth Amendment?
required military services into national armed forces, enforced by law rather than voluntary enlistment
What is a Draft?
Freedom from punishment
What are pardons?
The process for amending or adding to the Constitution
protects individuals against unreasonable government searches and seizures of their persons, homes, papers, and effects.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This Virginia delegate contributed many ideas that shaped the U.S. Constitution
Who is James Madison?
a system that divides powers between the states and the federal government
What is Federal System?
The ten amendments intended to protect citizen rights
What is the Bill of Rights?
These fundamental liberties are guaranteed by the First Amendment
What are freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to assemble, and freedom to petition the government?
The first Hispanic American justice on the Supreme Court?
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
to carry out laws affecting the Constitution, treaties, and statutes issued by the president
What is Executive Orders?
The framers of the Constitution divided the national government into these three branches.
What is Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branch?
formally abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the nation, except as a punishment for a crime
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
The first African American Justice on the Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?