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Written by Madison, afraid that the "mischiefs of faction" will be controlled by the power of a large republic. It is this reason that a republic where power was broken up between the national and state governments was born
What is federalist 10?
This clause of the First Amendment states Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion
What is the establishment clause?
This Landmark case ended segregation in schools
What is Brown v Board of Education?
These are powers not specifically granted to the national government or denied to the states
What are reserved powers?
This is the number of Senators to convict an impeached president.
What is 67?
Hamilton disagrees to a system of multiple executive figures because a single executive is always better than multiple when it comes to acting quickly to remove corruption.
What is federalist 70?
This right not explicitly stated in the Constitution, has become weaker with the overturning of Roe v Wade
What is the right to Privacy?
This case's majority opinion created the "clear and present danger test" to analyze future free speech cases.
What is Schenck v US?
What is Congress?
This part of Congress has equal representation.
What is the Senate?
Check and balance system that separate the government into branches in order to prevent one to have more control over the others
What is federalist 51?
This rule says that illegally gathered evidence may not be introduced in a criminal trial.
What is the exclusionary rule?
This case preserved students' freedom of speech.
What is Tinker v Des Moines?
This part of the Constitution covers the rights and powers of the president.
What is Article II?
This part of Government carries out the day to day duties given to them by the President, Congress, and Supreme Court. Sometimes referred to as the 4th branch.
What is bureaucracy?
Argued for independence of the judiciary and giving them judicial review to allow them to judge and strike down laws passed by Congress
What is federalist 78?
This clause in the First Amendment allows for people to practice whatever religion they like
What is the free exercise clause?
Though it famously denied William Marbury his commission, this 1803 Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review, giving the Court the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This clause in Article VI of the Constitution establishes that federal law takes precedence over state law when the two conflict.
What is the supremacy clause?
This is when congressional committee members debate, amend, and vote on proposed legislation before it proceeds to the House or Senate floor.
What is markup?
This seminal text of the Civil Rights Movement outlines the four steps of nonviolent campaigns and defends the moral right to break unjust laws.
What is A Letter from a Birmingham Jail
This judicial doctrine, rooted in the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause, is the process by which the Supreme Court applies specific liberties from the Bill of Rights to the states on a case-by-case basis.
What is Selective Incorporation
Breaking from the "political thicket" doctrine, the Supreme Court used this 1962 case to rule that the Equal Protection Clause allows federal courts to intervene in state legislative redistricting disputes.
What is Baker v Carr?
This part of the Constitution details how the Constitution can be changed.
What is Article V?
This is a mutually beneficial relationship between Congressional committees, bureaucratic agencies, and interest groups
What is an Iron Triangle