Bill of Rights
This Amendment protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is the 5th?
The author of Fed 51 says we would not need government if men were this.
What are angels?
This is the number of Electoral College votes need to win the Presidency.
What is 270?
System of government where power is shared by both the national and state governments.
Who is federalism?
2/3 vote of this group is required to remove a federal official that has been impeached.
What is the Senate.
This amendment protects against unreasonable search and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
In Fed. 78, this is considered the weakest branch of government.
What is the judicial branch?
This government body initiates the charges against a federal official in the impeachment process.
What is the House of Representatives?
This means the powers of the three branches of government are expressly written/listed in the Constitution.
What is enumerated powers?
In the amendment process, you will need this amount of votes from state legislatures/conventions to ratify a proposed amendment.
What is the 3/4?
This Amendment guarantees the right to a jury for a civil trial.
What is the 7th Amendment?
According to Fed. 70, promptitude is beneficial in the executive branch, but not here.
What is the legislative branch?
This article of the Constitution details the executive branch and the Electoral College?
What is Article 2?
AKA, the elastice clause.
What is the necessary and proper clause?
When a bill is presented to the President, he may sign it into law, veto the bill or this.
What ignore?
This amendment declares that we have rights not specifically enumerated in the Constitution.
What is the 9th amendment?
This Constitutional principle, discussed in Fed. 78 and established by the Supreme Court decision in the case of Marbury vs. Madison, states that the Court can declare executive actions or congressional laws unconstitutional.
What is the judicial review?
The 23rd amendment gave this place 3 electoral college votes for President, even though it is not a state.
What is Washington D.C.?
According to this Constitutional clause, states are obligated to honor the public acts, records, and judicial decisions of other states.
What is full faith and credit clause?
In the origination clause, bills of revenue/taxes must start here.
What is the House of Representatives?
The first Amendment states that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free excersise thereof, or inhibiting the free exercise of speech, or of the press or the right to peacefully assemble or this.
What is the right to petition the government?
Concerning checks and balances, Fed. 51 felt that this was the greatest check on government power.
What is the people?
What is the total number of electoral college votes available?
What is 538?
This is when both parties, Democrats and Republicans, work together to achieve a common goal.
What bipartisan?
These types of laws, which determine guilt without a trial, are unconstitutional.
What are bills of attainder?.