Court Decisions
Tells the public the Supreme Courts decision
What is the majority opinion?
This case resulted in judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Freedom of Religion
What is the 1st Amendment?
Article that sets up the judicial branch
What is Article III?
The executive leader of a state
Who is the governor?
The name of the decision that does not agree with the Supreme Courts decision
What is the dissenting decision?
Ruled segregation is unconstitutional
What is Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas?
This prevents illegal search and seizures
What is the 4th Amendment?
This branch is set up by Article I of the United States Constitution
What is legislative branch?
This is how most governments get money
What are (income) taxes?
Agrees with the majority opinion, but for different reasons
What is the concurrent decision?
Prior restraint (censoring of news publications) is unconstitutional
This lowers the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th Amendment?
The sharing of powers by the three branches
What is separation of powers?
This level of government has the most influence on everyday lives of its citizens
What is the local government?
The decision of at least 5 out of 9 Supreme Court justices
What is the majority decision?
School intiated prayer violates the First Amendment
What is Engel v. Vitale?
This gives women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
This branch is led by the President
What is the executive branch?
This is found at all levels of government and is responsible for the day to day running of the government
What is bureaucracy?
The decision of less than 5 out of 9 Supreme Court justices
What is the minority decisions?
Establishes that the federal government is above the state government
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
Equal Protection Clause
What is the 14th Amendment?
This article sets up the branch has the sole power to declare war
What is Article I?
Most states have this type of legislature
What is bicameral?