Supreme Court Cases
This case establishes The Supreme Courts power of judicial review. Article III of the Constitution.
Madison v Marbury
All human beings are born free and equal with a right to life, liberty and property. It is the duty of the government to protect the natural rights of the citizens. These ideas come from which period.
Enlightenment
This branch of government is in Article I of the Constitution. They make the laws. Congress.
Legislative
This was signed in 1776 by revolutionaries. It declared the United States as a "free" state.
Declaration of Independence
The first ten amendments are called this.
Bill of Rights
This allows limits to free speech when there is a "clear and present danger" principle. 1st Amendment 1919
Schenck v United States
An agreement between the people and their government signifying their consent to be governed.
Social Contract
This branch of government is in article II of the Constitution. This branch is led by the President. The President is responsible for enforcing and implementing laws.
Executive
This was written in 1780 by John Adams and served as a model for U.S. Constitutions in 1787. It included a preamble, a declaration of rights and a framework for government.
Constitution of Massachusetts
Religion, assembly, petition, press and speech are all 5 freedom that can be found in which Amendment.
first or 1
Mandatory prayer in school is a violation of the establishment clause. 1st Amendment. 1962
Engle v Vitale
This English philosopher advocated the idea of a "social contract". The government serves the people. People have natural rights to life, liberty and property.
John Locke
This article of the Constitution describes the process of Amending the Constitution.
Article V
This was the first Constitution of the United States. It was considered very weak. It had no executive, no judicial, no power to tax and no power to regulate trade.
Articles of Confederation
The police need permission or a search warrant signed by a judge according to this amendment.
4th
This legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of the "separate but equal" doctrine. 1896
Plessy v Ferguson
He believed the government should have a "separation of powers." Government should be limited.
Baron de Montesquieu
These powers are given to the Federal Government by the U.S. Constitution. An example would be the Federal Government has the authority to print money.
Delegated
The Enlightenment ideas include all human beings are born free and equal with a right to life, liberty and this?
Property
The right to an attorney (counsel) can be found in this amendment.
6th
This case overturned Plessy v Ferguson. Racial segregation violates the 14th Amendments "Equal Protection Clause". "Separate is inherently unequal". 1954
Brown v Board of Education
The division of power among the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of government.
Separation of Powers
The judicial branch of government interprets the laws. They can be found in which article of the Constitution.
Article III
Which Federalist paper written by Alexander Hamilton was strongly in favor of broad Federal powers including the power to tax.
#31
No state within its jurisdiction shall deny a person the "equal protection of the laws". This can be found in which Amendment.
14th