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The president has the power to make treaties, provided that ⅔ of this institution concurs.
What is the Senate?
The Constitution was signed by members of the Constitutional Convention in the summer of this year.
What is 1787?
The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and a writer of the Federalist Papers, he resigned to become governor of New York.
Who is John Jay?
Segregation is Constitutional, according to this 1896 SCOTUS decision.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This president received approval from Congress before invading Kuwait in 1991.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
According to the Constitution, “all bills for raising revenue” must originate in what institution?
What is the House of Representatives?
This Article in the Constitution has ten sections, more sections than any other.
What is Article 1?
This 1803 Supreme Court case established the precedent of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The Latin term for the decision stands, or making a decision based on precedent.
What is stare decisis?
In Federalist 70, Hamilton wrote that this is “a leading character in the definition of good government.”
What is energy in the executive?
Elected in 1974, he is the longest serving current member of the Senate.
Who is Patrick Leahy?
During the Constitutional Convention, delegate Oliver Ellsworth said “The morality or wisdom of this practice belonged to the states.”
What is slavery?
This 1962 case regarding prayer in schools helped establish the concept of separation of church and state.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
The number of Circuit Courts.
What is 13?
This institution redraws Congressional district boundaries every 10 years.
What are the state legislatures?
The filibuster is unique to this institution.
What is the Senate?
This is the subject of Article VII, the last article in the Constitution.
What is ratification?
This wise individual held John Roberts’ role in a landmark 1803 Supreme Court case.
Who is John Marshall?
The federal judges in all 91 District Courts need to be approved by this institution.
What is the Senate?
This part of government is most involved in overseeing education.
What is state, or local?
This Constitutional clause has served as the basis for nearly every major environmental and public health law passed by Congress, including the Clean Water Act.
What is the Commerce Clause?
This delegate at the Convention didn't sign the Constitution; he later became known for strategic redistricting of voters.
Who is Elbridge Gerry?
This 1819 case established helped establish the supremacy of the federal government over states.
What is McCulloch v., Maryland?
In the 1955 Brown v. Board decision (not the 1954) decision, the court added the words "with all deliberate speed" to encourage what?
What is integration?
This Amendment inspired a part of the 14th and says that individuals should not be "deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
What is the 5th Amendment?