Legislative
This is the number of Senators every state gets
What is 2?
All the power of the executive branch is vested in this person, but they usually delegate some power to others to get the job done
This is how many current Supreme Court Justices there are
What is 9?
What is the first amendment?
One of these things state government's can't do:
Issue marriage licenses
Negotiate treaties
Issue taxes
What is negotiate treaties?
The legislative branch can exercise this power over Executive or Judicial branch members who have committed "treason, bribery, or other high crimes & misdemeanors"
What is impeachment?
The President also has this military title
What is the Commander-In-Chief?
The Supreme Court justices are appointed by this person and approved by this group
What is the President and the Senate?
The 4th Amendment requires the government to provide a search warrant, protecting you from these unreasonable S's
What are search & seizure?
This clause of the Constitution says that the Federal government's power supercedes that of the states
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The Vice President also has this legislative role
What is the President of the Senate?
Not as powerful as a law, this presidential decree can adjust how certain laws are enforced- FDR holds the record for the most with 3,726 and William Henry Harrison has the least with 0
What is an executive order?
The Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison established that the Supreme Court has this power
What is judicial review?
Some of your 5th and 6th Amendment rights are required to be read to you when you're arrested, and they're called this after the Supreme Court case that confirmed it:
What are Miranda rights?
Originally, the Bill of Rights only applied to this part of government
What is the national government?
This is the fraction of votes needed by Congress to override a Presidential Veto
What is 2/3rds?
This amendment limits the President to only 2 4-year terms
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Once the Supreme Court has made a constitutional decision, there are only two ways to override it, and this is one:
What is Amend the Constitution
or
The Supreme Court reverses its decision?
Protection from being waterboarded as punishment would most likely come from this amendment
What is the 8th Amendment
This many states (today) need to approve an amendment in order for it to become part of the Constitution
What is 38 (3/4ths)?
This clause of the Constitution gives the legislature a much broader scope to make laws that are "N______ and P_______ for carrying into execution the foregoing powers"
What is necessary and proper?
Presidents are elected using the Electoral College-- this is the TOTAL number of electoral votes available to win (as of 2026)
What is 538?
This is the current number of U.S. Courts of Appeals (Circuit Courts)
What is 13?
These are the two separate clauses of the freedom of religion:
What is the establishment clause and the free exercise clause?
Until the 17th Amendment, this group elected U.S. Senators