The Constitution
It was an agreement that gave us a Bicameral legislature where the House is based on State population and Senate each with two Senators
What is the Great Compromise?
He warned “the common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it.”
Who was George Washington?
The Biden Administration wants to overturn policies that separate families at the border and prolong detentions. This care falls in this general classification of foreign and domestic policy.
What is immigration?
The infamous 12th District of Ohio, also known as the "snake by the Lake" was drawn using this tactic of Gerrymandering that redraws two districts in such a way as to force incumbents of same party to run against each other.
What is hijacking?
He said "The first Amendment is the supreme law of the land… thus fixed its own value of freedom of speech and press by putting these freedoms beyond the “reach” of the federal power to abridge…”
Who was Hugo Black?
In Article I it states that this position will lead the Senate in the absence of the President of the Senate.
What is the President Pro Temporae?
The most common inherent powers are Emergency Powers, exercised only in times of great need. He spent money without congressional approval, and he also suspended a number of civil liberties, including the writ of habeas corpus.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
A method that deals with the articulation of foreign policy. It is about the means, not the ends, of foreign policy. Its purpose is to strengthen the state, nation, or organization it serves in relation to others by advancing the interests in its charge.
What is diplomacy?
Under the Constitution it is their responsibility to redraw Congressional districts through reapportionment following the ten year census?
What are State Legislatures?
It is not part of the Constitution, but is a check and balance.
What is judicial review?
He shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers but they make his actions in sending an ambassador official through this action.
What is Advice and Consent?
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.“ Harry Truman used it in number 9981 to desegregate the military.
What is an Executive Order?
This domestic policy is defined as the constitutional relationship between U.S. State Governments and the national government of the United States.
What is federalism?
One of the three principles of redistricting - Equal Population: Each district must contain roughly the same number of people (approx. 650,000 per district) means there should be this in each district
What is one person, one vote?
During the Constitutional Convention, the matter was referred to the Committee of Eleven on Postponed Matters, which devised the system in its original form.
What is the Electoral College?
Article 3, section three says "No person shall be convicted of (this) unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court."
What is treason?
George Washington chose to serve only two consecutive terms and successive presidents would follow his lead until Franklin D. Roosevelt who was elected to four terms. This Amendment, ratified in 1951, limit the term of office for Presidents
What is the 22nd Amendment?
The Supreme Court ruled “in the field of public education, the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal”. This domestic policy was established in the decision expressed in this court Case.
What is Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education?
48 states use the winner take all method of distributing Electoral College Votes, these two states use the Congressional District Method.
What are Nebraska and Maine?
The United States has sixteen territories, five of which are permanently inhabited including this island in the Caribbean region
What is Puerto Rico?
The Tenth Amendment is short and to the point. “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the People.”
What is the Reserved Powers Amendment?
Section 1 of Article 2 says the President is responsible for this action and, appointing the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet.
What is implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress?
He felt the President as the Chief Executive is the sole spokesman of the nation in the field of foreign relations, the Congress as the law-making body may prescribe the policy to be followed, and the President in dealing with foreign nations must keep within that policy.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
The Equal Protection Clause is part of this Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".
What is the Fourteenth Amendmennt?
The legal or moral claims that citizens are entitled to make on the government; how government must treat you
What are Civil Rights?