Amendment Process
The Article of the Constitution that describes the Amendment Process (1)
What is Article V (5)?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution may be violated if an individual is placed under arrest during a peaceful protest (5)
What is the 1st amendment?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that may be violated if police officers randomly search an individual’s garage (6)
What is the 4th amendment?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that may be violated if “Judge Judy” were to decide all verdicts in civil cases in Hillsborough County (11)
What is the 5th amendment-Due Process Law?
the right to vote; protected in the 15th, 19th, 24th and 26th Amendments
What is suffrage?
This fraction of Congress must approve a proposed amendment in order for it to be sent to states for ratification.
What is 2/3?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that might be violated if a soldier demanded shelter and meals (2)
What is the 3rd amendment?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that may be violated if an individual found guilty of candy bar theft is refused food for three days (8)
What is the 8th amendment?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that may be violated if you get a speeding ticket for one million dollars (13)
What is the 8th amendment (Excessive bail)?
the right of a defendant to be assisted by an attorney, and if he cannot afford his own lawyer, the government must appoint one for him; established in the Sixth Amendment
What is the right to legal counsel?
This fraction of states must approve a proposed amendment in order for it to be ratified
What is 3/4?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that would be violated if an individual wasn’t allowed to have a witness testify on their behalf in court (3)
What is the 6th amendment?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that may be violated if a local government didn’t allow hunters to have rifles for hunting deer (9)
What is the 2nd amendment?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that may be violated if the federal government said all students in the United States must now attend school through the 13th grade in order to graduate with a high school diploma. (15)
What is the 10th amendment (Reserved powers to states)?
according to the Ninth Amendment, any right that is not specifically addressed in the Constitution still may be protected (e.g., privacy)
What is unenumerated rights?
This is the last step in amending the Constitution
What is three-Fourths of the state legislatures ratify the amendment?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that would be violated if an individual was forced to speak to police after being arrested (4)
What is the 5th amendment?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that may be violated if the government only allowed you to watch one hour of television a day (10)
What is the 9th amendment?
A man in Topeka, Kansas is found not guilty of theft. After the case, he walks out of the courthouse and gets arrested for the same charge. The jury in this second case finds the man guilty as charged. What right has been violated? (16)
What is Double Jeopardy (5th)?
the right of a person to refuse to testify under oath in a court of law on the grounds that the answers could be used as evidence against him to convict him of a criminal offense
What is pleading the fifth?
The constitution has been amending this many times.
What is 27?
a trial in which the issue is determined by a judge and jury, usually with 12 members, whose job is to determine facts and make a judgment of guilty or not guilty.
What is trial by jury?
The amendment of the U.S. Constitution that may be violated if the government gives you only $5.00 for your house so a new road can be added through your neighborhood. (12)
What is the 5th-Eminent Domain?
This constitutional principle is applied when police inform suspects of their rights
What is due process of the law?
a guarantee under the 14th Amendment that a state must treat a citizen or class of citizens the same as it treats other citizens or classes in like circumstances
What is Equal protection under the law?