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According to the 12th Amendment, if no one person receives a majority of electoral votes for President, this is who decides the issue.
What is the House of Representatives?
The Constitution gives the primary responsibility to conduct American foreign policy to this person.
Who is the President of the United States?
This prevents evidence gained as the result of an illegal act by police from being used in the trail of the person from whom it was seized.
What us the exclusionary rule?
This determines how many members each state sends to the House of Representatives.
What is the population of each state?
This development led to a change in the electoral college system following the election of 1800.
What is the rise of political parties?
This is the underlying principle behind the right of the accused to "take the Fifth".
What is the accused does not have to prove his or her innocence?
FDR was elected to 4 consecutive terms which broke a Presidential tradition of "no third term". This issue was resolved through the passage of this Amendment
What is the 22nd Amendment?
This landmark case Supreme Court case ruled that segregation by race in public education was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v Board of Education?
the proposal finally moved the Philadelphia Convention to create a Congress composed of two houses.
What is the Connecticut Compromise (Great Compromise)?
They are responsible for carrying out policies about the government's money.
Who is the Federal Reserve Board?
This Amendment makes it illegal, in most cases, for the government to search a home without good reason.
What is the 4th Amendment?
They must confirm a President's selection of every federal judge.
Who is the Senate?
The Supreme Court's power to declare an act of Congress to be unconstitutional
What is judicial review?
This keeps one branch of government from having more power than the others.
What is checks and balances?
The effectiveness of the Second Continental Congress was severely limited by the lack of powers to do this.
What is tax and regulate trade?
This war was one of the main factors for the ratification of the 26th Amendment.
What was the Vietnam War?
This person's role is to preside over the Senate and to help decide the question of Presidential succession.
Who is the Vice President of the United States of America?
In a democracy, this is where the supreme authority ALWAYS resides.
Who are the people?
These are powers given to Congress by the Constitution.
What are delegated powers?
This determines who will benefit from, and who will pay for, public policies.
What is politics?
According to this Amendment, a defendant must be told the reason(s) for the charge.
What is the 6th Amendment?
When one major party occupies the White House while the other major party holds a majority of seats in Congress.
What is divided government?
The Supreme Court upheld the concept of implied powers, in the case of McCulloch v Maryland, and set a pattern for this type of approach to interpreting the Constitution.
What is a liberal constructionist?
They are the leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Who are the Speaker of the House and the Vice President of the United States?
This important document was signed by King John in the 1200's granting certain rights to the English people and limiting the king's power.
What is the Magna Carta?