Structure and Principle
A change to the Constitution.
Amendment.
The branch that is charge of writing laws and is divided into two house.
The Legislative Branch
The limits or territory within which authority may be exercised.
Jurisdiction
This Amendment protects your right to free speech and religon.
The first amendment.
Prevents the quartering of troops.
The third amendment
The name through which each branch exercises some control over the other two.
Checks and Balances
The clause that allows Congress to stretch its powers to meet situations the Founders could not anticipate.
Elastic Clause
A list of items, found in Article I, section 8 of the Constitution, that set forth, the authoritative capacity of Congress.
Enumerated Powers
The right to a speedy and public trial.
The sixth amendment.
Gives powers to the states or the people.
The tenth amendment
True or False All individual rights are balanced with the government's need to provide for the public good.
True
This branch interprets the laws and ensures that they are constitutional.
The Judicial Branch.
The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, and national government unconstitutional.
Judicial Review
The right to remain silent.
The fifth amendment.
Prohibits excessive bail.
The eighth amendment
True or False: One of the ways that the Constitution balances the power between the three branches is called the consolidation of power.
False it is the Separation of Powers.
This branch enforces the laws that Congress passes.
The Executive Branch
To revoke by legislative action.
Repeal
The right to bear arms.
The second amendment.
Right to a jury trial.
The seventh amendment.
One of seven divisions of the body of the Constitution.
Article
Which one of these is not a power of the President.
A. Grant pardons.
B. Make laws.
C. Make treaties.
Make Laws
Local group of armed citizens.
Militia
This amendment protects against unlawful search and seizures.
The fourth amendment
The rights not spelled out by the bill of rights are "retained by the people".
The ninth amendment