Amendments
freedom of the press, of speech, of religion, and of assembly.
What is First Amendment?
Limited quantities of resources to meet unlimited wants.
What is Scarcity?
A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
Students in an Iowa school were suspended for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam war. Ruled that this suspension was unconstitutional and that public school students do not "shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse door." Upheld First Amendment Right to freedom of expression.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)?
Basic liberties and rights of all citizens are guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
What is Individual Rights?
Right to keep and bear arms.
What is Second Amendment?
Land, labor, and capital; the three groups of resources that are used to make all goods and services.
What is Factors of Production?
A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution.
What is Limited Government?
The Court held that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" protected by the 2nd Amendment is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and applies to the states.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
Life, liberty, and property, which are threatened by individuals who steal, kill, and otherwise act without regard for others.
What is Natural Rights?
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
Government policy attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending.
What is Fiscal Policy?
principle that the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.
4th Amendment Case in which the Supreme court decided that a student may be searched if there is "reasonable ground" for doing so.
What is New Jersey v. TLO?
constitutional authorization for Congress to make any law required to carry out its powers.
What is Necessary and Proper Clause?
The right to counsel, the right to confront witnesses, and the right to a speedy and public trial.
What is Sixth Amendment?
economic system that combines both private ownership and government ownership of the means of production.
What is mixed market?
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.
What is Checks and Balances?
Fifth Amendment case in which the Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
powers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states.
What is Reserved Powers?
A constitutional amendment designed to protect the rights of persons accused of crimes, including protection against double jeopardy, self-incrimination, and punishment without due process of law.
What is Fifth Amendment?
Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling the money supply and thus interest rates.
What is Monetary Policy?
the division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
What is Separation of Powers?
1954 - The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
powers that neither state or national governments are allowed to have.
What is Denied Powers?