Church and State
This is where the phrase "wall of separation" is found
What is a letter by Thomas Jefferson?
These Amendments abolished slavery, granted former slaves citizenship and due process of law, and forbade the denial of the right to vote because of race.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This person was the first Vice-President to assume the office of President upon the death of the President.
Who is John Tyler?
The Interstate Commerce Commission and it started to oversee railroads
18.What was the first independent agency created by Congress and why was it started?
These are some benefits that the Federal government has provided veterans.
What is Health care, educational benefits, mortgages, pensions?
This is how the Supreme Court ruled regarding the Ten Commandments display
What is "some displays are constitutional"?
The President can notify the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. If that is not possible, the VP and a majority of Cabinet members can inform the Speaker and the President Pro Tem of the President’s incapacity.
What is the provision the Twenty-Fifth Amendment provides in case the President becomes disabled?
This is how a President's agenda can influence how he carries out laws
What is aggressively enforcing certain laws and downplaying the enforcement of other laws
Congress has generally supported the President in foreign affairs, even if he has not had the same party affiliation as the majority of Congress.
What has generally been the position of Congress regarding foreign affairs?
These are laws about Health care, education, transportation, and safety.
What are sunset laws?
This is a Christians greatest right and responsibility
What is praying for our leaders?
This is the value of the First Amendment right of freedom of speech
What is a sign of a healthy society and government to allow dissent?
Presidents have generally been more active in proposing legislation to Congress.
How has the role of the President with regard to initiating legislative proposals changed over the years?
These are the basic responsibilities of the Justice and Interior Departments.
What is enforcing Federal law and administering Federal lands and natural resources?
These are the two main economic systems and how they differ.
What is capitalism and socialism and who they are owned by?
To pray for our government leaders is this.
What is a Christian’s greatest right and responsibility when it comes to Government?
To protect individual rights and to limit government is the purpose of this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Stare decisis (precedent), deferring to legislative will and avoiding political controversies, and protecting individual liberty and conscience.
What are the three principles followed by the Supreme Court?
This department handles America’s relations with other countries.
What is the State Department?
Health care becomes rationed instead of more readily available; the system has no motivation to be efficient; it is driven by bureaucracy and not by patients’ needs.
Why is socialized medicine not a good solution to the health care issue?
Many rights but also carry many responsibilities
What do American citizens enjoy?
Criminal law involves crime against the state and civil law involves a dispute between two parties.
What is the difference between criminal law and civil law?
These are the three basic levels of Federal Courts
What are District Courts, Circuit Courts of Appeals, Supreme Court?
These are some examples of works carried out by the Treasury Department.
What is collection and disbursement of Federal revenue, Bureau of the Mint, Printing and Engraving, and Bureau of Public Debt?
These are some of the rights guaranteed to a person accused of a crime.
What is he does not have to testify against himself and is not subject to double jeopardy, has the guarantee of due process of law, the right of a speedy trial by jury, the right to know the charges against him, the right to an attorney even if he cannot afford to pay one, and protection against cruel and unusual punishment?