All of The President's Men
This person is 3rd in line to the Presidency
Who is the Speaker of the House (Mike Johnson)?
Elaborated on in Miranda v. Arizona, this Amendment gives us the Right to Remain Silent
What is the 5th Amendment?
This was the rough draft of the Constitution, formally discarded in 1788.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This is what happens when the President refuses to sign a Bill passed by the House and the Senate
What is a Veto?
This is the fundamental concept that gives the Courts the ability to determine the Constitutionality of a given governmental action
What is Judicial Review?
This Department in the Executive Branch was renamed after World War II
What is the Department of Defense (previously the Department of War)?
"No Trespassing!" Is what you can say to the military, because of this Amendment
What is the 3rd Amendment
Prior to the 12th Amendment, this was how the Vice-President was decided
Who was the runner-up to the President?
Uh oh, if a Supreme Court Justice is found to be corrupt, this type of trial could be called by the House and heard in the Senate
What is an Impeachment?
This Big Idea of the Constitution is usually seen on the first Tuesday of November
What is Republicanism?
The number of votes needed to confirm a Presidential appointee, be they a Judge/Justice, or a Department head
What are 51 Senate votes?
Stop! This Amendment protects you from unwarranted searches and seizures
What is the 4th Amendment?
These two Amendments both applied, and then repealed, Prohibition in this country
What are the 18th and 21st Amendments?
This Balance on the Executive Branch by Congress hasn't been fully used since 1942
What is the Congressional Declaration of War?
This Big Idea is best exemplified by the Commerce Clause in Article 1 of the Constitution and in the 10th Amendment. It is also our next Unit!
What is Federalism?
The head of the Justice Department, this Cabinet office currently held by Pam Bondi, is the nation's highest-ranking lawyer
What is the Attorney General?
No small amount of money, this Amendment calls for a civil trial for any damages totalling over $20
What is the 7th Amendment?
These are some debated, but yet-to-be-ratified Constitutional Amendments
What are: the Equal Rights Amendment, the DC Voting Amendment, the Congressional Apportionment Amendment, etc?
If not for this Check on the Executive Branch, the President could spend whatever money on anything they would like
What is the House's Power of the Purse?
This Ideal is directly tied back to Locke's idea of the Social Contract
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This is our newest Cabinet-level Agency, introduced in 2003
What is the Dept of Homeland Security?
This Amendment passes off responsibility for any leftover Rights to the States
What is the 10th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case fundamentally changed American politics, declaring political donations to be protected by the 1st Amendment
What is Citizens United v. FEC?
These are the only 3 Presidents to have ever been impeached: one in 1868, one in 1998, and one in 2019 and 2021
Who were Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump
The fact that we have 3 distinct and independent Branches of Government is itself an example of this Big Idea
What is the Separation of Powers?