Miscellaneous
The chamber of Congress that votes for impeachment articles
What is the House of Representatives?
How many Supreme Court justices are on the Supreme Court as established by the Constitution?
What is ? The Constitution does not specify this.
The number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
What is 10?
The necessary and proper clause is also known as this.
What is the elastic clause?
The minimum number of senators need to confirm any presidential appointment including Supreme Court justices
What is 51?
In any given election, this number of senators is up for reelection.
What is 1/3?
What article of the US Constitution establishes the filibuster?
What is none
The five freedoms from the first amendment.
What are speech, religion, petition, press, and assembly?
No one shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without this clause
What is the due process clause?
The ratio of vote in each house that allows Congress to override a veto
What is 2/3?
The total number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency
What is 270
This position is 3rd in line of presidential succession--bonus if you know who it actually is right now
What is the President Pro Tempore of the Senate?
Chuck Grassley
This amendment gave 18 year olds the right to vote.
What is the twenty-sixth amendment?
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are (this clause)to the states respectively, or to the people.”).
What is the Reserve clause?
The ratio needed of the state conventions or Congress to propose an amendment
What is 2/3?
Article I section 8 describes this body's powers
What is Congress
The article of the Constitution that prevents any state from being deprived of equal senators in the senate
What is article V?
This amendment guarantees a trial by jury.
What is the 6th amendment?
The power of Congress to regulate business with foreign nations, and among the several states
What is the Commerce clause?
The ratio needed for Legislatures of the several States, or by Conventions to ratify an amendment
What is the 3/4?
They "shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour"
What is federal judges
No person can be convicted of treason unless by confession or by this many witnesses to the "same overt Act"
What is two?
This amendment states that law enforcement cannot enter your home without a search warrant.
What is the 4th amendment?
Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution prohibits any person holding a government office from accepting any present...from any "King, Prince, or foreign State," without congressional consent
What is the emoluments clause?
To end a filibuster in the U.S. Senate, a cloture motion must be passed, which typically requires what ratio of senators?
What is 3/5 (60)?