Amendments
Gives the freedom for citizens to engage in any nonviolent, legal means of encouraging or criticizing government action; guaranteed in the First Amendment
1st Amendment
Cases involving a young African American girl who was denied admission into a school due to her race.
What is Brown V. Board of Education?
Case where students challenged their principals right to edit their newspaper articles that he felt were inappropriate. Students argued that their freedom of speech under the First Amendment was violated.
Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier?
Which branch of government are said to control the Purse Strings of Government
Congress: Only Congress can authorize spending, print/coin money, and borrow money
Which Amendment gives you the right to wear a peace symbol
1st
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that makes it illegal for the federal or state governments to deny someone the right to vote based on their race
15th (Fifteenth) Amendment
Case where a president refused to turn over cassette tape recordings, stating that he was able to use "executive privilege." The Supreme Court ruled against this president, stating that him turning over the tapes would not compromise national security.
What is U.S. V. Nixon?
What is the meaning of Segregation?
Separation of diffrent racial group in daily life. Laws approved the segregation during long time?
They department heads and advice the President
Which Amendment says you have a right to a lawyer
6th Amendment
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that made poll taxes illegal as a requirement for voting
24th (Twenty Fourth) Amendment
Case where a person accused of a felony was denied the right to an attorney by a judge. Court ruled for individual because it was violation of Sixth Amendment.
What is Gideon V. Wainwright?
U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a student's First Amendment right to engage in symbolic speech in school
Tinker v Des Moines?
This Branch of government hold the power to declare laws or actions unconstitutional
Judicial Branch: Judicial Review
Who has Judicial Review
Judicial Branch
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that made slavery unconstitutional in the United States
13th (Thirteenth) Amendment
What Established the principle of Judicial review at the national of the land.
Marbury v Madison?
You must remain silent. What case has those words in it.
Miranda v Arizona?
Which Branch of government has to call in Congress for an emergency session.
Executive Branch: Like in December 1941 when President Roosevelt called in Congress to debate if they should declare war on Japan.
Who has the power of Veto
Executive Branch
Gives a right that protects a person from being forced to tell the police, prosecutor, judge, or jury any information that might subject him or her to criminal prosecution
5th Amendment
U.S. Supreme Court case that determined that states cannot violate the Equal Protection Clause under the Fourteenth Amendment when conducting election recounts
Bush v Gore?
Case where a black citizen was arrested for violating the Separate Car Act by riding on a railroad car assigned for whites only. This black citizen took his case to the Supreme Court, where they ruled against him, based on the "Separate but Equal" act put in place earlier.
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
Who pays and maintains the U.S. Navy?
Congress: Article I of the U.S. Constitution.
If the president breaks the law who can impeach him?
Congress