Article I
These are the two houses of the legislature; both houses must pass bills before they reach the executive.
What are the House of Representative and the Senate?
What is the President of the United States?
This section defines what cases the Supreme Court hears.
What is Section 2?
This amendment reads: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
What is the Second Amendment?
This is a power that the President has that keeps Congress from passing laws themselves.
What is a veto?
The number of Representatives and Senators for New Hampshire.
What is 4?
Natural-born citizen, live in the US for 14 years, 35 years old.
What are the qualifications for President?
Making war against the United States, or being loyal to an enemy of the United States, or giving that enemy help or comfort.
What is treason?
What is the First Amendment?
Congress has the right to create these to address problems in the Constitution.
What are amendments?
This section enumerates the powers of Congress.
What is Section 8?
Each state has this many Electoral College members.
What is Representatives + Senators?
What is a jury?
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
This is the ultimate form of check against any federal office; held by both houses of Congress.
What is Impeachment?
This person's role in the legislative branch is to be the President of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
Enforces all laws; Commander-in-Chief of the military; Chief Diplomat; empowers all offices of the United States; nominate ambassadors and certain public officials; nominate Supreme Court Justices; fill vacancies in federal offices; advises Congress during an address given "from time to time"; manage all departments in the Executive Branch.
What are the powers and responsiblities of the President?
The landmark court decision that established the power of Judicial Review, as argued by Chief Justice Marshall in 1803.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This amendment prevents illegal search and seizure and requires warrants issued by a judge.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Congress holds this aggressive power to keep the President in check, despite the President's role as head of the armed forces.
What is Declare War?
This section and clause declared that no law can be made against the importation of enslaved people until the year 1808.
What is section 9; clause 1?
No US President in history has had this done to them.
What is (being found guilty of) Impeachment?
DAILY DOUBLE
What is Congress?
One of the most important amendments; proclaims that rights not written in the Constitution still exist and people in the US still have them.
What is the 9th Amendment?
Justices are the only ones who have this in the federal government; acts as a means of keeping political pressure out of the judiciary.
What are life-long appointments?