Important Docs.
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branch are located in sections.
What is Article 1, Article 2, Article 3?
The division of power between the national gov and the state govs. as written in the Constitution
What is federalism?
The president has the power to nominate judges, the Senate approves or denies them.
What is Checks and Balances?
Set term limits to 2 terms or 10 years for the President.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This document, broken into sections, contains a list of grievances against the King, and is thought of as a break up letter.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Officially ratified in 1789, after a tough argument between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Both got what they wanted.
What is the United States Constitution?
This document is the Supreme Law of the Land as stated in the Supremacy Clause.
What is the Constitution?
Interprets the Constitution based on the Framers' intent, as is.
What is an Originalist? What is a Strict Constructionist?
Lowered the voting age from 21-18 due to Vietnam. "Old enough to fight, old enough to vote".
What is the 26th Amendment?
This intro to the Constitution lists out the purposes of our government.
What is the Preamble?
The concept of limited government directly related to this Clause in the Constitution.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Power to levy and collect taxes, borrow money, establish courts are examples.
What are examples of Concurrent Powers?
Established Judicial Review and gave the courts this power
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment. Civil War Amendment.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Congress cannot tax, weak central government, cannot regulate commerce, no national court system, difficult to amend.
What are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Implied powers of Congress are derived from this addition in the Constitution.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause? What is the Elastic Clause?
What are examples of Reserved Powers?
Utilized the Commerce Clause to determine who had supremacy in a monopoly.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
All persons born or naturalized in the US are citizens. Grants citizenship to African Americans. Civil War Amendment.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Written in 1215 and known as the Great Charter, an agreement between the nobles and King addressing grievances such as fair hearings, jury of peers, and no unreasonable fines.
What is the Magna Carta?
A provision (Clause) in the Constitution that states, States can make their own decisions and other states respect the choices being made. No outside state interference.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
Powers that are not written down, but have historically been given to the nat'l gov.
What are Inherent Powers?
Set the precedent of the Necessary and Proper Clause as well as the Supremacy Clause. Implied powers to Congress.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
An amendment that grants any remaining powers, as long as they aren't denied, to the States. Reserved powers.
What is the 10th Amendment?