Bill of Rights
What is the 2nd Amendment?
The Right to bear arms
What does the Legislative Branch control?
Creation of Laws
What is the 6th Amendment?
Right to a speedy/fair trial
What is the 5th Amendment?
The Fifth Amendment's protection from self-incrimination allows citizens to not have to testify in court if they feel that it might incriminate themselves. In modern times, this protection has been most famously represented in the 1966 Supreme Court ruling Miranda v. Arizona.
How many Senators are there total in the United States?
How many Senators each per state?
100 total
2 per state
What is the 8th Amendment?
No cruel/Unreasonable punishment/fines
What is the 3rd amendment?
No Quartering Troops
How many elected members are there in the House of Representatives?
435
What is the 7th Amendment?
It protects the right for citizens to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases where the claim exceeds a certain dollar value. It also prohibits judges in these trials from overruling facts revealed by the jury.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Freedom of Speech, Religion, Assembly, and Petition.
Where are Federal Laws passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The Capital Building, Washington D.C.
How many amendments are included in the Bill of Rights?
ONLY the first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
What is the 4th Amendment?
No unreasonable search and/or seizure.
What is the minimum age you can run for President in the Constitution?
What is the maximum?
35
No maximum age restriction.
What is the 10th amendment?
The 10th Amendment says that any power or right not specifically listed in the Constitution as belonging to the federal government belongs to individual states or the American people themselves.