Amendments
How many amendments are there?
27
How many steps are there to the amendment process?
Two
What is is a strategy in the Senate to kill a bill by debating it to death?
Filibuster
What branch does Article III cover?
Judicial Branch
Who influenced the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
How many amendments has Congress proposed?
33
How have all the amendments been proposed?
By Congress with 2/3 vote in both houses
What are the two ways to overturn a Supreme Court Decision?
1. Later court overturns it
2. Constitutional Amendment
Necessary and Proper Clause
How many types of governments are there and what are they?
3; Autocracy, Oligarchy, and Democracy
What amendment prohibits a state from making it a qualification for their Congressman or Senator to be a Christian?
1st amendment
What is the only amendment ratified by conventions in 3/4 of the states?
21st Amendment
What is it called when the president can keeps meetings with his advisors confidential to ensure that he gets honest advice?
Executive Privilege
What is the focus of Article VIII?
There is no 8th article
Who was the first to theorize on the social contract?
Thomas Hobbes
The 22nd amendment prohibits a president from serving more than two terms. What is the maximum number of years a president can serve?
10 years
How many electoral college votes are there total?
538
What decides how the candidate for president is nominated and decides how Congress is organized, but is not mentioned in the Constitution?
Political Parties
What is Article VI, Paragraph 2 of the U.S. Constitution commonly referred to as?
The Supremacy Clause
Who stressed the separation of powers(branches) in their book and what was the book called?
Montesquieu; The Spirit of Laws
What year were the first 10 amendments ratified in?
1791
What is the percentage and number of legislatures it takes for an amendment to be ratified?
75%, 38
What makes up the President's cabinet by tradition?
The heads of the 14 Departments
What fraction of the Senate is held up for election every 2 years?
1/3
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the term for when the government's source of authority is the people?