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What is the 26th amendment?
18 year olds can vote
What is Supreme Court?
the final appeals
What did the Constitution create? What does Congress create?
Constitution created the Supreme Court
Congress created lower courts
What is the 15th amendment?
right to vote regardless of race of color
US v. Nixon?
President cannot use executive privilege to withhold evidence in a case
How does a case reach the Supreme Court?
Party petitions the court to review a lower court decision, justices study documents and then vote and must have4 justices who decide to hear a case
If a case is chosen?
Parties have 30 minutes to make their arguments, justices write opinions on why they voted as they did and finally, the Court issues their decision
What is the 4th amendment?
no unreasonable search and seizure
How many chief justices and associate justices are there?
1 chief justice and 8 associate justices
What is the 21st amendment?
prohibition repealed
What is full faith and credit clause?
each state recognizes laws, legal documents, etc. of other states
What is the 1st amendment?
freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
Roe v. Wade?
gave women the right to have an abortion, no longer illegal
What is the 18th amendment?
prohibition, no alcohol
Plessy v. Ferguson
upheld segregation as long as facilities/services were separate bet equal
What is the 22nd amendment?
limits president to 2 terms
What is the 2nd amendment?
right to bear arms
Who nominates justices for Supreme Court?
Nominated by the President but confirmed by Senate
What is the 5th amendment?
no double jeopardy
Miranda v. Arizona
police have to give people their rights before questioning them, Miranda Rights
Dred Scott v. Sanford?
slaves were not citizens of the US
What branch does Article 3 create?
Judicial Branch
Marbury v. Madison?
gave Supreme Court the right to decide if a law is unconstitutional over Congress
What is the 19th amendment?
women get the right to vote
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka?
got rid of separate but equal in schools, ends segragation