Articles
This establishes the legislative branch.
What is Article I.
The executive branch's role pertaining to laws.
What is to enforce or execute the laws?
The determination for the number of congresspersons for each state.
What is population based for the HofR and equal representation for the Senate.
The first ten (10) Amendments of the Constitution designed to protect individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This means two (2) houses in the legislative branch.
What is bicameral?
This branch creates the laws and controls the purse strings of the government.
What is the legislative branch?
The number of Supreme Court Justices and their terms.
What are nine (9) Justices and lifetime terms?
Each branch of government can limit the powers of the other branches.
What is "Checks and Balances"?
The right to be secure in your person and possessions. No illegal Search and Seizure.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This comes before the articles.
What is the Preamble?
The judicial branch's role pertaining to laws.
What is interpreting the laws?
This is how a bill passed by Congress becomes a law.
What is signed by the President?
Power originates from the people, reflected in "We the People".
What is "Popular Sovereignty"?
The right to Due Process, Grand Jury, Just Compensation, No self-incrimination, No Double Jeopardy.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This establishes the executive branch.
What is Article II?
The division of power between the federal and state governments.
What is federalism?
A bill is denied by the President.
What is a Veto?
The percentage of the Senate up for re-election every two (2) years.
What is approximately 33% or 1/3?
The right to speedy trial, trial by jury, to confront witnesses, and the right to counsel.
What is the 6th Amendment?
This is established by Article III of the Constitution.
What is the Judicial branch?
The principle that the Constitution restricts government.
What is "Limited Government"?
This is how to override a Veto.
When both Houses approve a returned bill by a 2/3 margin to override a Veto?
The process to determine if a law is Constitutional.
What is "Judicial Review"?
An Amendment needs this for ratification.
What is approval of 3/4 of state legislatures?
The amount of articles in the Constitution.
What is seven (7) articles?
This establishes that federal law is the highest law of the land.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The role of each House to impeach a President.
What is the HofR brings the charges of impeachment and the Senate holds the trial.
The Amendment stating "the powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states."
What is the tenth (10) Amendment?
The five freedoms of the 1st Amendment.
What are the Freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?