Bill of Rights/Amendments 11-27
This Amendment protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is the 5th?
The author of Fed 51 was also your 4th President.
Who is James Madison?
This is the number of Electoral College votes need to win the Presidency.
What is 270?
According to the Constitution, who regulates commerce between the States, with foreign countries and the Indian tribes.
Who is Congress?
2/3 vote of this group is required to remove a federal official that has been impeached.
What is the Senate.
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Which Enlightenment thinker inspired the separation of powers argument presented in Fed. 51?
Who was Montesquieu?
If there is a tie in the Electoral College vote, this is who decides will be President.
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?
This group has the power to impeach a President or federal judges.
What is the House of Representatives?
This Amendment guarantees the right to a jury for a civil trial.
What is the 7th Amendment?
According to Fed. 51, if men were this, there would be no need for government.
What are angels?
This Article of the Constitution details the role of the President and outlines the Electoral College.
What is Article 2?
The 14th Amendment requires states to also follow the Bill of Rights. This is known as what?
What is the selective incorporation?
These are the three things a President can do when presented a bill from Congress.
What is sign, veto, ignore?
This amendment limits the President to two 4-year terms.
What is the 22nd amendment?
According to Fed. 51, which branch of a republican government is the strongest?
What is the legislature?
Although it rarely happens, these folks may decide to vote for someone other than the candidate who won their state's popular vote for President.
What are faithless electors?
This type of grant comes with very specific instructions from the federal government on how the money is to be spent, such as the funding of school lunch programs.
What are categorical grants?
These are the three Presidents who have been impeached.
Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump
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?
This Amendment increased the Electoral College votes by 3, to a total of 538.
What is the 23rd Amendment?
This is when both the national and Federal government share powers (such as raising taxes, building roads and borrowing money).
What are concurrent powers?
This Constitutional principle, 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 judicial review.