Bill of Rights
These are the 4 freedoms the first amendment grants U.S. citizens.
Speech, Press, religion, assembly
Outlawed by the 24th Amendment in 1964, this financial requirement was frequently used in Southern states to disenfranchise low-income voters.
What is a poll tax?
This is the current legal voting age in U.S. federal elections.
18
holds the primary responsibility of writing and passing federal laws.
What is Congress?
Guaranteed by the 6th Amendment, if an accused criminal defendant cannot afford legal representation, the state must provide this type of lawyer.
What is a public defender?
This many amendments were originally written for the Bill of Rights
What is 12?
Under the Fourth Amendment, law enforcement generally needs this document signed by a judge to search your home.
What is a warrant?
This 1965, landmark federal law outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
The President uses this Constitutional power to reject a bill passed by Congress, which Congress can then override with a two-thirds majority vote in both houses.
What is a veto?
This civic duty requires eligible citizens to sit on a panel, hear trial evidence, and deliver an impartial verdict.
What is jury duty (or jury service)?
This Founding Father that had a musical written about his life was against the Bill of Rights
Alexander Hamilton
Named after a 1966 Supreme Court decision, this mandatory warning informs arrested individuals of their right to remain silent and to an attorney.
What are Miranda Rights (or Miranda Warning)?
It required states to offer voter registration when individuals apply for a driver's license.
What is the Motor Voter Act?
This practice involves individuals or groups attempting to directly influence decisions made by legislators or regulatory agency officials.
What is lobbying?
A defendant cannot be forced to testify against themselves, a protection commonly called "pleading" this.
What is the Fifth?
These many amendments make up the Bill of Rights.
What is 10?
The 19th Amendment, ratified in 1920, extended the constitutional right to vote to this group.
Who are women?
Under the U.S. Constitution, a presidential candidate must secure at least this specific number of Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
What is 270?
While the House of Representatives holds the sole power to bring charges of impeachment against a federal official, this body acts as the court and holds the sole power to conduct the trial.
What is the Senate?
Derived from the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, this Constitutional principle guarantees that government must follow fair, established procedures before taking away life, liberty, or property.
What is due process?
This Founding Father wrote the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?
Ratified in 1870, this amendment prohibited denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
What is the 15th Amendment?
This term describes the practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to favor one political party or demographic group over another.
What is gerrymandering?
This procedural technique, used in the U.S. Senate, allows a minority of senators to delay or prevent a vote on a piece of legislation by extending debate indefinitely unless 60 votes end it.
What is a filibuster?
In the 1963 landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that states must provide counsel to indigent defendants facing these types of severe charges.
What are felony charges?