Required Docs
Finish this quote from Fed #10: "Liberty is to _____ as air is to fire."
What is Faction?
The amendment in the Bill of Rights that reserves powers to the states
What is the 10th Amendment?
This case deals with freedom of the press and allowed the printing of the Pentagon Papers
What is NYT v US?
This chamber in Congress has a Rules Committee
What is the House?
How many faces does a Dodecahedron have?
What is 12?
The article of the Constitution that explains the amendment process.
What is Article V?
The case that established federal supremacy over the states
What is Maryland v. McCullough?
This case gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review in 1803
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This position is the Senate sets the political agenda for the chamber
Who is the majority leader?
The main route the majority of cases go to the Supreme Court
Locke's ideas on the breaking of the social contract were important to this foundational document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The article in the Constitution that contains the "Full Faith and Credit Clause."
The case that created the "Clear and Present Danger Test."
What is US v Schenck?
Rule 22 of the Senate refers to this power. This is when a senator can speak forever to delay a bill
What is the filibuster?
The required number of justices that are required for a case to be heard by the Supreme Court case
What is the Rule of Four?
Brutus was concerned with this vague statement in Article 1: Section 8 that could lead to the expansion of federal power
What is "the necessary and proper clause"?
The court case that prevented the federal government from using the commerce clause in Article I to prosecute gun possession in TX
What is US v Lopez?
This case established that students have freedom of speech rights in schools
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
A main power of Congress that allows the branch to keep the bureaucracy in check?
What is the power of the purse or oversight?
What country would you find mount Kilimanjaro?
Where is Tanzania?
In this Federalist Paper, Hamilton argued that the Judiciary is weak because it does not have the power of the purse or the sword.
What is Federalist #78?
The type of federalism that was started by FDR that allowed the federal government to fund state projects to promote economic growth.
What is cooperative federalism?
What is Baker v. Carr?
The entity in Congress that gives Congressmen nonpartisan information on the economy and budget
What is the CBO?
How many minutes are in a full week?