Bill of Rights
This Amendment protects the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment
These are the written changes to the Constitution.
What are formal amendments?
Powers given to the federal government that are specifically spelled out in The Constitution.
What are expressed powers?
The idea that all political power resides in the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This clause states that U.S. Constitution is the ultimate authority in the United States.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This Amendment protects citizens from illegal searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
These are changes made to the Constitution almost daily by the passing of laws, court decisions, and executive actions.
What are informal amendments?
Powers a government has simply because it is a sovereign state.
What are inherent powers?
The idea that government and its officers are always subject to, never above, the law.
What is rule of law?
Monies given by the Federal Government to the States for general purposes.
What are block grants?
This Amendment guarantees a speedy trial and right to jury of peers for a criminal case.
What is the 6th Amendment?
Name the four ways written amendments can be added to the Constitution?
Proposed- 2/3 vote of Congress, Ratified 3/4 State Legislatures; Proposed- 2/3 vote of Congress, Ratified- 3/4 vote of states in convention; Proposed- National Convention at request of 2/3 of states, Ratified-Ratified 3/4 State Legislatures; Proposed- National Convention at request of 2/3 of states, Ratified- 3/4 vote of states in convention
Powers reasonably suggested but not specifically written in the Constitution?
The principle that each branch of government is subject to the other two branches to keep them from becoming too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances?
Monies given to the States by the Federal Government for specific, defined purposes.
What are categorical grants?
This Amendment protects citizens for from excessive bail or fines and also from cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
The difference between an executive agreement and a treaty.
What is a treaty needs to have Congressional approval and is a formal agreement between two or more sovereign states?
Powers possessed by both the Federal and State Governments.
What are concurrent powers?
The principle that government powers are distributed among three independent branches of government?
What is separation of powers?
Funds given by the Federal Government for individual reasons that states, towns, and private agencies compete for.
What are project grants?
This Amendment states that citizens have other unwritten rights besides those listed in the Constitution. Also known as unenumerated rights.
What is the 8th Amendment?
The last amendment added to the Constitution.
What is congressional pay amendment?
Powers given to the Federal Government that cannot be exercised by the States.
What are exclusive powers?
This part of the Constitution lays out the purpose of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
This clause guarantees that documents such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, and court decisions will be accepted in all the states.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?