Bill of Rights
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
10
What is the 6th amendment?
Right to a fair trial
Rights of the states
What is the primary job of the executive branch?
To carry out the laws
with a 2/3s majority vote
speech, assembly, petition, press, religion
What is the 7th amendment?
Civil trial rights
This amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishments
What is the Eighth Amendment?
What is the primary job of the judicial branch?
What is checks and balances?
A system to ensure no group gets too powerful
What is the second amendment?
What is the eight amendment?
What are the 3 branches of the government?
Legislative, judicial, executive
Who is the leader of the executive branch?
To win the Presidency a candidate needs....?
Majority of electoral votes
What is the fourth amendment?
No illegal search and seizure
What is the ninth amendment?
Rights of the people
What is the primary job of the legislative branch?
To make laws
House of representatives and the Senate
What are the first words of the preamble? Why are these words important?
We the people; To show that power comes fromj the people
What is the 5th amendment?
Rights of the accused
What is the third amendment?
No quartering troops
Police may not unreasonably search without a warrant, except for under these 4 reasons:
1. Reasonable suspicion
2. Endangering the public
3. Airports and borders
4. Evidence is in plain sight
Who has power to veto a bill from becoming a law?
The president
True or false: Judges appointed by the President have to be approved by the senate
True