U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution divides powers among three branches.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the Legislative branch?
This amendment protects your freedoms of speech, religion, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
We went over this U.S. President's impeachment.
Who is Donald Trump?
This is the authority of the president to refuse to sign bills into law.
What is veto power?
The U.S. Constitution was signed on this date.
When is September 17, 1787?
This branch of government is led by the President.
What is the Executive branch?
This amendment prevents government from forcing homeowners to allow soldiers to use their homes.
What is the Third Amendment?
The Hot Coffee Case which left a woman with third degree burns.
What is Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants?
These powers are not clearly written in the Constitution, but are suggested, as many laws are "necessary and proper" to the function of government (e.g. the power to print postage stamps).
What are implied powers?
The U.S. Constitution has this many amendments.
What are 27 amendments?
This branch of government interprets laws and includes the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial branch?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures unless reasonable suspicion and probable cause exist.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
In our first meeting, Deborah went over a privilege which protects communication between a lawyer and their client, not forcing the lawyer to report what the client says.
What is Lawyer/Client Confidentiality?
This clause declares the Constitution (and federal law) to be the supreme law of the land (i.e. constitutional/federal law trumps state law).
What is the supremacy clause?
Two people who signed the U.S. Constitution who would later become the first and fourth presidents of the United States.
Who are George Washington and James Madison?
The Legislative branch is known as Congress, which is composed of these two houses.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This amendment provides additional protections to people accused of crimes, such as the right to a speedy and public trial, trial by an impartial jury in criminal cases, and to be informed of criminal charges.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
In one of our meetings, we had a guest speaker come to talk to us about her past experiences in law school and as a lawyer, having practiced multiple types of law.
Who is Joy Ford/the Redondo Beach City Attorney?
These powers belong to both federal and state governments (e.g. the powers to collect taxes, make and enforce laws, and establish courts).
What are concurrent (or shared) powers?
The oldest person who signed the U.S. Constitution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A key feature of the three branches where they employ a system which allows each branch to limit the powers of the others.
What are checks and balances?
This amendment states that listing specific rights in the Constitution does not mean that people do not have other rights that have not been spelled out.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
This federal civil rights law from 1990 prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in numerous areas of public life.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act/ADA?
All powers not belonging to the federal government but to the states (e.g. the powers to establish schools and set speed limits).
What are reserved powers?