Terms
As stated in the Constitution, this is the term given to the President as the head of the armed forces.
What is the commander in chief?
These amendments make up the Bill of Rights.
What are the first 10?
The 16th Amendment gave Congress this power.
What is the income tax?
This is the age a person must be to run for President.
What is 35?
This is who nominates Supreme Court justices.
Who is the President?
The President’s term starts at noon on this day according to the 20th Amendment.
What is January 20th?
This is protected by the 4th Amendment.
What is protection from illegal search and seizure?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th?
This amendment limits the President to 2 terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Although the exact number is not stated in the Constitution, this is how many justices there are on the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
These are the terms (in years) for a Supreme Court justice, a President, a Senator and a Representative.
What are life, 4 years, 6 years and 2 years?
These are the 5 things protected by the 1st Amendment.
What are the freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition and speech?
“Taking the fifth” amendment means that an accused person does this.
What is they refuse to testify against themselves?
This is the person who traditionally administers the Presidential Oath in which the President pledges to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution of the United States.
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
This is the primary function of the Supreme Court.
What is to interpret the Constitution?
This is the meaning of the term impeachment.
What is to accuse of a crime?
The 8th Amendment protects against this.
What is cruel and unusual punishment?
These 4 groups of people were given the right to vote by amendment.
Who are African Americans, women, residents of Washington,D.C. and 18-21 year olds?
The President delivers this annual message to Congress.
What is the State of the Union Address?
Not originally a part of the Constitution, Marbury v. Madison gave the Supreme Court this power - the power to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
This clause in the 5th Amendment states that the government will not deprive anyone of life, liberty or property by any unfair, arbitrary or unreasonable action- put simply, this term means that an accused person gets lawful treatment following all of the standard legal steps.
What is due process?
These are the things the 5th Amendment contains.
What are the right to due process, eminent domain, indictment by a grand jury for capital crimes, protection from self-incrimination and double jeopardy?
As states in the Constitution, this is how much of each house of Congress is needed to propose an amendment and how many of the states are needed to ratify it.
What are ⅔ and ¾?
A majority of this group of people is needed to elect the President and this is how many of them there are for each state.
What is the electoral college and the number of Representatives plus the number of Senators?
This is the power of the Supreme Court to hear cases appealed from a lower court.
What is appellate jurisdiction?