Preamble
These are the first three words to the Preamble
What is We the People?
The longest article in the Constitution dealing with the legislative branch.
What is Article 1?
The Second Amendment to the Constitution deals with this right.
What is the right to bear arms?
This is when you have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions from authorities based on the possibility of self-incrimination.
What is pleading (taking) the 5th?
This amendment says that people have more rights than those listed in the Constitution
What is Amendment 9?
These two words in the Preamble mean to create fairness.
What is establish justice?
This is what the word article means in the Constitution.
What is section?
The third amendment to the Constitution deals with this.
What is quartering (housing) soldiers in your home?
According to the 6th Amendment, everyone is entitled to this kind of trial, related to the amount of time it takes to come up for trial.
What is a speedy trial?
This means the amount of money sought in a case according to the 7th Amendment.
What are damages?
These words in the Preamble mean to keep peace in the home country of the United States
What is ensure domestic tranquility?
The third article in the Constitution deals with this branch of government.
What is the judicial branch?
According to the 4th amendment, authorities must have this before searching your home.
What is a search warrant?
This is when the government can take your land for public use while paying you fair market value.
What is eminent domain?
The eighth amendment bans these two types of punishment.
What are cruel and unusual punishment?
This is another word for welfare in the Preamble.
What is well-being?
This word deals with the approval of the Constitution from the states.
What is ratification?
This is the definition of the word petition in the First Amendment.
What is gather signatures to influence the government to place a concern on the ballot?
According to the 6th Amendment, the accused can call these two kinds of people to help them with their case.
What are witnesses and a lawyer?
This is the definition of the word injunction when dealing with the 7th Amendment.
What is a court order to do or not to do something?
This is the meaning of the word posterity in the Preamble (2 words)
What is future generations?
This is one of the processes by which a constitutional amendment could be approved (either method is acceptable).
What is proposing an amendment in Congress and 3/4 of state legislatures approving the amendment OR a national convention to propose an amendment and ratification by 3/4 of state conventions?
These are all 5 freedoms listed in the First Amendment.
What are speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
This means that once you are found not guilty for a crime, you cannot be tried again for that same crime.
What is no double jeopardy?
This is what the tenth amendment deals with.
What are the rights of state governments? States have more rights than those listed by the Constitution.