Constitution
The Great Compromise created these two houses of Congress
What are the House and Senate?
ALL of these are included in this amendment: speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
What is the 1st Amendment?
The Senate has this many members
What is 100?
There are this many levels of the federal court system
What is three?
This term refers to protecting freedom by putting limits on the powers of the government
What are civil liberties?
The Constitution established this method of electing the president--it was meant to be a barrier from people directly voting for their president
What is the electoral college?
The right of people (or is it militas?) to bear arms
What is the 2nd Amendment?
Members of this house of Congress are up for re-election every two years
What is the House of Representatives?
What is life?
This term refers to expanding the powers of the government to prevent discrimination
What are civil rights?
The Constitution originally said the second-place finisher in a presidential election became Vice President--clearly the Founders never imagined that Americans would be divided into these groups!
What are political parties?
This amendment banned slavery in the United States--except as punishment for imprisonment, of course
What is the 13th Amendment?
It is now the law that the President can only serve this number of full four-year terms
What is two?
Senators are elected into office for this length of time
What is six years?
This term refers to segregation that still exists in our country, even though it's not mandated by law
What is de facto segregation?
The Constitution tried to establish a perfect system through these--meant to ensure no branch of the government became more powerful than another
What are checks and balances?
What is the 4th Amendment?
If the president disagrees with a law passed by Congress, he can do this in an effort to stop it
What is veto?
This philosophy states that judges should try to apply the Constitution to the modern era by interpreting it loosely
What is broad constructionism/judicial activism?
This is the legal concept that you cannot be put on trial for the same crime once you are acquitted of it
What is double jeopardy?
What is habeus corpus?
This very important amendment created birthright citizenship; it was originally intended to protect the rights of the former slaves
What was the 14th Amendment?
This is the term given to the long-term trend of the expanding powers of the President
What is the imperial presidency?
This Supreme Court justice was just appointed by President Trump; it was a very controversial choice
Who is Kavanaugh?
This rule was meant to protect you from illegal search and seizure; it declares that certain evidence is not admissible in court if it was improperly obtained
What is the exclusionary rule?