Constitutional Principles
This principle means that "the people rule" and are the only source for all governmental power.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This term describes the "two-house" legislature established by the U.S. Constitution.
What is Bicameral?
Because the Framers did not trust the "common people" to elect the President directly, they created this group of electors.
What is the Electoral College?
This principle describes the division of power between a central national government and several regional state governments.
What is Federalism?
Ohio was admitted to the Union in 1803 as the nation's seventeenth state under its first version of this document.
What is the Constitution of 1802?
Established in the case Marbury v. Madison (1803), this power allows the Supreme Court to decide if a law is constitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
To serve in this house of Congress, a person must be at least 25 years old and have been a citizen for at least 7 years
What is the House of Representatives?
To be eligible for the presidency, a person must be at least this old and a natural-born citizen.
What is 35 years old?
These are powers specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution, such as the power to declare war.
What are Delegated (or Expressed) Powers?
Under Ohio’s original 1802 Constitution, this branch of government held almost all the power.
What is the Legislative branch (or the General Assembly)?
Often called "constitutionalism," this principle holds that government is not all-powerful and must obey the law.
What is Limited Government?
Also known as the "Elastic Clause," this allows Congress to carry out unlisted actions that are "necessary and proper".
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
To ensure they are shielded from political influence, Article III judges are appointed for this length of time.
What is for life (or during "good behavior")?
Article VI declares that the Constitution is the highest form of law in the U.S., also known by this title.
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
This new version of Ohio's Constitution was created in part because the state’s debt had grown to almost $20 million.
What is the Constitution of 1851?
James Madison argued that this principle—dividing power into three distinct and independent branches—prevents "tyranny".
What is Separation of Powers?
To ensure the "power of the purse" stays close to the people, all bills for raising or spending money must start here.
What is the House of Representatives?
While the House of Representatives brings impeachment charges, this body acts as the court to hold the trial for removal.
What is the Senate?
The Constitution prohibits states from exercising certain federal powers, such as this specific economic action.
What is printing (or issuing) money?
To reduce the power of the General Assembly, the 1851 Constitution required that these officials be elected by voters.
What are judges and executive officers?
This system allows each branch of government to monitor and limit the powers of the other two, such as the President's power to veto a bill.
What are Checks and Balances?
While the President can veto a bill, Congress can override that veto with this specific vote count in both houses.
What is a two-thirds (2/3) vote?
These specific types of courts, such as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, are also known as "Article I courts"
What are Special Courts (or Legislative Courts)?
This document provided a weak general government before the Constitution and lacked a chief executive or a national court system.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The 1851 Constitution requires that this question be submitted to Ohio voters every 20 years.
What is whether to hold a new Constitutional Convention?