Judicial Branch
This is the location of the judicial branch in the U.S. Constitution.
What is Article III?
This clause provides immunity to legislators for their legislative activites.
What is the Speech and Debate Clause?
The "Butterfly Ballot" was at issue in this landmark Supreme Court ruling.
What is Bush v. Gore?
This term represents clear boundaries between branches of government.
What is formalism?
He succeeded Marshall as Chief Justice and was reviled by many for his ruling in the famous Dred Scott case.
Who was Roger Taney?
This man served as the "intellectual" member of the Marshall Court, using legal citations and writing the majority opinion in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee.
Who was Joseph Story?
The Supreme Court decided this case in 1819 on the constitutionality of whether Congress can charter a national bank.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
A House vote on certain articles and a Senate vote describes this term.
What is impeachment?
From the Curtiss-Wright case comes a theory describing the president as this in foreign relations.
What is the "Sole Organ?
This type of federalism sees the national and state governments working together to carry out shared policy goals.
What is cooperative?
This piece of legislation created the federal court system.
What was the Judiciary Act of 1789?
Watkins v. United States focused on the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and its ability to investigate those with ties to this party.
What is the Communist Party?
This form of presidential power does not need Congress' approval and has the force of law.
What are executive orders?
This case dealt with the constitutionality of the legislative veto.
What is INS v. Chadha?
This case dealt with sports betting and the Tenth Amendment.
What is Murphy v. NCAA?
This term relating to nonjusticability is when the Supreme Court will not hear a case due to it being brought too early.
What is ripeness?
This constitutional amendment allows "the right of citizens...to vote shall not be denied...on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
The Court ruled that FDR could not unilaterally fire a member of the Federal Trade Commission due to being part of an independent body in this case.
What is Humphrey's Executor v. United States?
Korematsu v. United States was decided during this war in American history.
What is World War II?
This state passed Senate Bill 1070, it triggered a heated conversation about state vs. federal power over immigration law.
What is Arizona?
This Latin term orders a public official to carry out a specific duty.
What is a writ of mandamus?
McGrain v. Daugherty concerned this political scandal during the administration of Warren G. Harding.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This woman's claim led to a landmark decision on executive immunity in civil suits.
Who is Paula Jones?
President Harry Truman's decision to nationalize these led to the Youngstown case which helped clarify the limits of presidential authority during wartime.
What were the steel mills?
The case of New York v. United States centered on this topic, which can be quite hazardous.
What is radioactive waste disposal?