US Constitution
Article I
What is the Legislative Branch?
12
How many articles are in the Florida Constitution?
Speech, religion, press, petition the government and the right to peacefully assemble.
What are the freedoms guaranteed in the 1st Amendment?
This supreme court case established what judicial review really was.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Article II and Article III
What are the Executive Branch (II) and the Judicial Branch (III)?
Preamble, Articles, and individual freedoms.
What are the similarities of the US and Florida constitutions?
Bear Arms
What is the 2nd Amendment?
Racial segregation is constitutional as long as things were separate but equal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Article IV (4)
What is federalism?
It's called the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution.
What is Declaration of Rights?
Double Jeopardy (being put on trial twice for the same crime/incident)
What is the 5th Amendment?
Public school students have the right to free speech so long as it is undisruptive.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines School District?
Articles V (5) and VI (6)
What are the amendment process and the supremacy clause?
Proposal and Ratification.
What are the steps to amend the Florida Constitution AND the US constitution?
No excessive bail or fines. No cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Stopped a recount of votes in Florida for a presidential election.
What is Bush v. Gore?
Article VII (7)
What is ratification?
6 different ways
What is ways to amend the Florida Constitution?
Addressed in the 14th, 19th and 26th Amendments
What are voting rights?
Said "separate but equal" for schools was unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education?