Six Principles
This Principle means that government gets its authority from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This Articles established the Legislative Branch
What is Article I?
This article explains how the Constitution can be changed through the amendment process.
What is Article V?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This case established that students have First Amendment free-speech rights at school, although those rights can have limits.
what is Tinker v. Des Moines?
the Constitution divides the federal government into three branches: Legislative, executive, and judicial.
What is Separation of Powers
This Article Establishes the executive branch and gives the President responsibility for enforcing federal laws.
What is Article II?
This article establishes the Constitution, federal laws, and treaties as the supreme law of the land.
What is Article VI?
This amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This case established that police generally need a warrant to search the digital contents of a cellphone seized from someone who has been arrested.
What is Riley v. California?
Congress passes a law, the President vetoes it, and Congress can override the veto.
What are checks and balances?
Congress passes a federal law, but someone challenges the law as unconstitutional. This article establishes the branch that would ultimately decide the constitutional quesiton.
What is Article III?
A person moves from California to another state and expects their legal rights and public records to be recognized there. Which article addresses relationships among states?
What is Article IV? or What is The Full Faith and Credit Clause?
A person accused of a crime refuses to answer a question because their answer could be used against them.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Police question a person who is in custody without first informing them of certain constitutional rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Government officials and citizens are limited in what they can do.
What is limited Government?
Congress has the power to collect taxes, borrow, money, and regulate commerce. These specifically listed powers are typically known as....
What are enumerated powers?
DAILY DOUBLE
A state law conflicts with a valid federal law. Which constitutional principle would determine which law takes priority, and where is that principle found?
What is the Supremacy Clause?
A person is charged with a serious crime but cannot afford an attorney. This amendment guarantees the right to an attorney in a criminal prosecution.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
A person accused of a serious crime cannot afford a lawyer. The state argues that it does not have to provide one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
The Supreme Court determines that a law passed by Congress violates the Constitution and cannot be enforced. This power is known as this principle.
What is Judicial Review?
Congress passes a law that is not specifically listed among its powers in the Constitution, arguing that the law is necessary to carry out one of its enumerated powers. What clause gives Congress the flexibility to make laws needed to carry out its constitutional responsibilities?
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
The Constitution provides a specific process for changing the Constitution itself. This process requires both proposal and ratification of a proposed amendment.
What is the Amending Process?
A defendant is convicted of a crime and ordered to pay a fine that is extremely disproportionate to the offense committed. The defendant argues that the punishment violates the Constitution.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
DAILY DOUBLE
A state law prohibits people of different races from marrying each other. The state argues that marriage laws are traditionally controlled by the states. The Supreme Court rules that the law violates both the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the 14th Amendment
What is Loving v. Virginia?