Civil Liberties
The supreme court ruled that the protections of the Bill of Rights only applied to the federal government.
What is Barron v Baltimore?
What is the 10th Amendment?
Freedom of the press
What is the first amendment?
The case that established the court's power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This deal was struck between the large and small states that resulted in the government structure that we have today.
What is the Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise?
The concept that civil liberties within the bill of rights applies to the states through the 14th Amendment.
What is the incorporation doctrine?
A clause is found in Article 1 Section 8 that makes Congress' power more elastic.
What is the necessary and proper clause?
Protection against illegal search and seizure.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The landmark case that ruled that the right to bear arms within the 2nd Amendment must be protected by the states.
What is McDonald v Chicago?
The sum of the total number of articles and amendments in the US constitution.
What is 34?
The way the civil liberties are applied to the states on a case by case basis.
What is selective incorporation?
A type of federal grant that is more prefered by the states because it gives them more autonomy on how the money is used.
What is a block grant?
Right to a jury of one's peers.
What is the 6th Amendment?
In this case, student political free speech was protected by the first amendment according to the Supreme Court
What is Tinker v Des Moines?
This original constitution had many weaknesses, but none more than a weak central government structure.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The 4th amendment protection that disregards evidence that was obtained illegally.
What is the exclusionary rule?
The clause that establishes governmental hierarchy putting the federal government on top.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The people have additional rights to those stated in the constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment?
The free exercise of religion was strengthened by this case that involved an Amish community in a northern state.
What is Wisconsin v Yoder?
An essay written by James Madison in support of the US constitution that explains the dangers of factions
What is Federalist 10?
The constitutional clause that effectively bridges the civil liberties to the states.
What is due process?
Examples of this type of power include taxes, criminal laws, borrowing and spending of money, and building and maintaining roads.
What are concurrent powers?
This right was incorporated to the states in 1963 thanks to Clarence Earl Gideon's appeal to the Supreme Court after what he deemed a wrongful trial in the state of Florida.
What is right to an attorney?
What is McCulloch v Maryland?
The third clause of Article 1 Section 8 that was the basis of US v Lopez.
What is the Commerce Clause?