Enlightenment Philosophy
Form of legislature that consists of two bodies possessing equal or similar power.
Bicameral Legislature
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorses this modern political thought.
What is Modern Liberalism
This amendment allows citizens to use firearms for self-defense.
What is the 2nd Amendment
Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches of the United States Government.
What are the three branches of government
The only way a journalist or citizen can violate their 1st Amendment rights is if they committ these crimes.
What are slander and libel
Form of democracy where citizens elect individuals to govern over society.
Representative Democracy
Citizens can gather to peaceably demonstrate thanks to this part of the Constitution.
What is the First Amendment
This Amendment makes it illegal for the federal government to create a national religion.
What is the First Amendment
Powers that states share along with the federal government.
What are Concurrent Powers
This form of journalism involves asking digging deep to expose any wrongdoing that may have been committed by the government or a business.
What is Muckracking
The right to life, liberty and propety.
What are Natural Rights
This modern political thought is distrustful of government and believes it should not be involved in peoples’ day-to-day lives.
What is Modern Conservatism
This amendment allows individuals to not implicate themselves in a crime or testify against themselves.
What is the 5th Amendment
This clause in the US Constitution allows Congress to make all laws deemed necessary and proper to carry out enumerated powers.
What is the Elastic Clause
Form of journalism popularized in the mid-to-late 19th century that contained mostly salacious stories and cartoons aimed at a mass audience.
What is Yellow Journalism
Concept that all citizens give up some rights and consent to being governed in exchange for protection and security.
What is the Social Contract
Nevada became the ninth state to allow recreational marijuana using this form of democratic representation.
What is Direct Democracy
This amendment has a “privileges and immunities clause” granted to all citizens born in the United States that heavily influenced the gay marriage decision in 2015
What is the 14th Amendment
Powers that include the power to tax, raise an army, regulate commerce, declare war and regulate immigration.
What are Enumerated Powers
This allows journalists to report sensitive information from confidential informants without naming their source, even if it is illegal leaking.
Reporter’s Privilege
In 1792, US citizens could only vote for this branch of Congress.
What is the House of Representatives
Concept that seeks to answer who has a control in society, those in power or the citizens who elect them.
Human Agency
This Amendment requires law enforcement to present a judge with the place, thing, person and reason for search and seizure in order for a search warrant or arrest to be issued.
What is the 4th Amendment
This right requires citizens be presented with a written statement of crimes committed in order to be held by authorities.
What is the Writ of Habeaus Corpus
Who has said “The green dream, or whatever they call it, nobody knows what it is, but they’re for it, right?
Nancy Pelosi