Supreme Court Cases
How many people are on the Supreme Court?
What is Nine?
This document is the supreme law of the land.
What is the constitution?
This principle ensures that the powers of the government are restricted by a system of laws and that individual rights are protected from government overreach.
What is limited government?
This principle ensures that power is divided between the national government and state governments in the United States.
What is federalism?
This 2010 Supreme Court decision ruled that corporations and unions can spend unlimited money on political campaigns and affirming that such spending is protected by the First Amendment.
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
This founding document outlined the principles that would guide the new government and established the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
As a final recourse against government abuse, the Founding generation codified a list of rights that they believed were essential to the maintenance of their constitutional governing structure.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This principle of federalism refers to powers specifically granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution.
What are delegated powers?
This 1819 Supreme Court case established the principle of federal supremacy and ruled that the state of Maryland could not tax the Second Bank of the United States.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This document was the first governing document of the nation, however, it was weak and too vague.
What are the Article of Confederation?
This principle asserts that the government's power is derived from the consent of the governed, and that the people are the ultimate source of political authority.
What is popular sovereignty?
This term, refers to the powers that are shared between the national government and the states.
What are concurrent powers?
When a man brought a gun to a school in Texas, authorities took his gun and sentanced him to federal prison.
What is U.S vs Lopez? (1995)
This document supported power within the federal government and aimed to control the negative effects of factions.
What is Federalist paper #10
This principle ensures that no one branch of government becomes too powerful by granting each branch distinct powers and responsibilities
What is the separation of powers?
This clause in the U.S. Constitution gives the federal government the authority to regulate interstate commerce, often leading to a balance of power between state and federal laws.
What is the Commerce Clause?
Chief Justice John Marshall's opinion invoked the necessary and proper clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This document supported power within the states over the federal government and aimed to warn the public about the negatives that come with factions.
What is Brutus 1?
This principle guarantees that the government must follow fair and consistent procedures before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.
What is due process of law?
This constitutional principle allows the states to retain powers not specifically granted to the federal government, as outlined in the 10th Amendment.
What is states' rights?