This is the number of Amendments to the US Constitution.
What is 27?
100
This Supreme Court case ended legal segregation in the United States
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
100
This is the number of seats in the US House of Representatives.
What is 435?
100
This is the idea that a government's executive, judicial, and legislative functions should be divided into different branches.
What is separation of powers?
100
What was the case Snyder v. Phelps about?
A bunch of homophobic jerkwads picketing the funeral of a US Marine.
200
This is the only Amendment to the US Constitution that has ever been repealed.
What is the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)?
200
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review in the United States.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
200
This is the branch of the federal government that has the power to declare war.
What is the legislative branch?
200
The statement "do what I say or I'll shoot you right in your stupid face" is an example of this theory of government.
What is force theory?
200
What kind of fallacy involves attacking the person making the argument instead of the argument itself?
Ad hominem.
300
The establishment and free exercise clauses are components of this 1st Amendment right.
What is freedom of religion?
300
Which of the following cases is directly related to your "Miranda rights?":
Katz v. United States,
Brown v. Mississippi,
Terry v. Ohio,
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois (Right to speak to an attorney)
300
This type of legal jurisdiction can be thought of as being primarily geographic in nature.
What is personal jurisdiction?
300
Most European countries had this type of government prior to the 18th century.
What is an absolute monarchy?
300
Which modern US political party supported slavery during the Civil War?
The Democrats. (Thanks, Obama)
400
This is majority required in both houses of Congress for a proposed Amendment to be sent to the states for ratification.
What is 2/3, or 66.6%?
400
Which of the following Supreme Court cases is related to when & how it's legal for police to search you without a warrant?
Terry v. Ohio,
Escobedo v. Illinois,
Clinton v. Jones,
Brown v. Mississippi
Terry v. Ohio (the "stop and frisk")
400
This clause in Article I gives Congress the right to pass laws needed to carry out its enumerated powers.
What is the elastic or "necessary and proper" clause?
400
These are the four necessary qualities that comprise a "state."
What are territory, population, sovereignty, and government?
400
Who is the governor of Kansas?
Sam "Teachers-Can-Go-F***-Themselves" Brownback
500
Which of the following Amendments has NOT been incorporated by ALL 50 states in the Union?
1st
2nd
4th
6th
The 2nd. Some states still don't LOVE GUNS (WTF, right?)
500
Which of the following cases is NOT related to first amendment rights?
Lemon v. Kurtzman,
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier,
New Jersey v. T.L.O.,
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (4th Amendment, not 1st)
500
This clause in the Constitution establishes that the Constitution itself, U.S. treaties, and laws passed by Congress are above all other laws.
What is the supremacy clause?
500
Modern economic theories can be interpreted as reactions to the fall of this previous political/economic system.
What is feudalism?
500
What is McCarthyism?
Making baseless accusation of disloyalty or subversion, or possibly being stupidly paranoid about Communists, or just being a REALLY REALLY drunk dude from Wisconsin.