Vocabulary
Powers that are not explicitly listed in the Consitution
Implied Powers
What rights are in your first amendment?
Freedom of speech, religion, press, and assembly.
What is the responsibility of the executive branch?
To enforce laws
Case that made segregation in schools unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
Which amendment protects you from cruel and unusual punishment?
8th amendment
Powers that are explicitly listed in the Constitution
Enumerated/Expressed Powers
Which Supreme Court case established the right to a lawyer even if you cannot afford one?
Gideon v. Wainwright
Which level of government is tasked with negotiating treaties?
Federal government
Case that stregthened the Exclusionary Clause of the 4th Amendment.
Mapp v. Ohio
The term meaning that everyone, including the President, must follow all laws of the land.
Rule of Law
The Establishment Clause of the 1st amendment prohibits what?
The government from establishing a national religion
What is one power shared by both state and federal governments?
Collecting taxes, enforcing laws, conducting elections
Supreme Court case that expanded first amendment rights and allowed students to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
Tinker v. Des Moines
What is the supreme law of the land?
The Constitution
The word for talking a bill to death
Filibuster
What does the 6th amendment guarantee?
Right to legal counsel, right to a trial jury, right to a public trial, right to a speedy trial
What level of government is responsible for collecting property taxes?
Local government
What is the term for interpreting the Constitution with consideration for contemporary life?
Living Document
What civic duty is required to ensure the 6th amendment right to a fair trial?
Serving on a jury
This is the word for the action to end a filibuster
Cloture
The 5th amendment protects you from _________________, or being tried twice for the same crime.
Double Jeopardy
The _____________ clause establishes that the federal government always reigns supreme over the state government.
Supremacy Clause
What case made flag burning a protected form of freedom of speech?
Texas v. Johnson
Burning the American flag is a ______________ power of the First Amendment.
Implied