Congress
The minimum age requirement to be elected to the House of Representatives.
25
Both the President and the Vice President are suddenly unable to serve, this official is next in the line of presidential succession
Speaker of the House
This is the only court explicitly created and named by the U.S. Constitution in Article III.
Supreme Court
Name three rights listed in the first amendment
speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
Ratified in 1920, the 19th Amendment extended this right to women
vote
While the House of Representatives has the sole power to impeach a federal official, this body acts as the court and holds the trial.
Senate
To override a presidential veto, both houses of Congress must pass the bill again with this specific fraction of a majority vote.
2/3
This is the only crime explicitly defined inside the text of the U.S. Constitution
treason
Amendment that protects you from unreasonable searches
4th
The 13th Amendment permanently abolished this institution throughout the United States
slavery
The minimum age requirement to be elected to the U.S. Senate
30
The Constitution requires the President to be this type of American
natural-born citizen
This constitutional check allows the President to completely forgive a crime and restore all civil liberties to an individual.
pardon
This amendment ensures you cannot be tried twice for the same crime (double jeopardy) and cannot be forced to testify against yourself.
5th
Triggered by the Vietnam War, the 26th Amendment did what?
lowered the voting age to 18
Breaks a tied vote in the senate
Vice president
While the President has the power to negotiate and sign treaties with foreign nations, they must be approved by a two-thirds vote in this chamber.
Senate
Federal judges and Supreme Court Justices hold their offices for this duration of time
Life
The Tenth Amendment states that powers not delegated to the federal government by the Constitution are reserved to these entities.
states (or the people)
Maximum number of years a person can theoretically be president
10
Under Article I, this is the fraction of both houses required to propose a constitutional amendment before it goes to the states.
2/3
This yearly address is mandated by Article II, Section 3, requiring the President to give Congress information on how the nation is doing.
State of the Union address
The president is ultimately chosen by this body
Electoral College
This phrase in both the 5th and 14th amendments ensures that the government must respect all legal rights that are owed to a person
due process
The 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause was the constitutional basis for this landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that desegregated public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education