Amendments
19th amendment
gives women the right to vote
The legislative branch
makes laws
The length of the president's term
4 years
This case resulted in the creation of judicial review
Marbury v Madison
The legislative's check on the executive branch
override a veto
13th amendment
abolished slavery
Laws that make crimes of acts that were legal when committed
Ex post facto
The commander in chief
the president
The case that required sate courts to provide an attorney
Gideon v. Wainwright
Executive's check on the legislative branch
can veto laws
10th amendment
powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states.
House term
2 years
The people the president appoints
cabinet members
Brown v. Board of Education
ruled segregation in schools violated the 14th amendment.
Judicial branch's check on the legislative branch
declaring a law unconstitutional
5th amendment
no person should be subject to double jeopardy.
Senate term
6 years
The executive branch's function
carries out the law
Plessy v. Ferguson
ruled segregation in trains was legal
who declares war
the legislative branch
3rd amendment
no soldier shall be quartered in another persons home.
what is required to override a law in both houses
a 2/3 vote
A directive issued by the president
Executive order
Tinker v. Des Moines
neither students nor teachers “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”
the power of the courts of a country to examine the actions of the legislative branch
Judicial Review