Cases
Vocabulary
Terms
100
Marybury vs. Madison
What is does MLJR mean? (Mama Loves Jolly Ranchers)
100
First Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that forbids Congress from interfering with a citizen's freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition. What word(s) fits this definition?
100
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
State the whole Preamble.
200
Judicial Review
is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary. What word(s) fits this definition?
200
Judicial, Legislative, and Executive
What are the 3 branches?
300
Limited Government
gives citizens more control on how they shape their local environment and policy. What word(s) fits this definiton?
300
Supreme Court
What is the highest court?
400
John Marshall
Who was the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. His court opinions helped lay the basis for United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States a coequal branch of government along with the legislative and executive branches.
400
Impeach
is a formal process in which an official is accused of unlawful activity, the outcome of which, depending on the country, may include the removal of that official from office as well as criminal or civil punishment. What word fits this definition?
500
Unconstitutional: not in accordance with a political constitution, especially the US Constitution, or with procedural rules. Constitutional: of or relating to an established set of principles governing a state
What do these two words mean unconstitutional/ constitutional?
500
Its emerged years. There wasn't just a year
What year Grievances in the Declaration of Indpendence happened?
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