Constitution

Right to bear arms

Right not to have to house (quarter) troops

Right against unlawful searches and seizures

Right of the accused (can't make you testify against yourself)

Right to a speedy and fair trial

Right to trial by jury

Right to bail and punishment (no cruel and unusual)

Rights not specified (Rights are subject to change depending on location)

Powers reserved to the states

Suits against states - other countries and states cannot sue a state

Election of president and vice pres

Abolished slavery

Rights of citizens - everyone is equal

Qualifications of a man to vote

Income Tax

Direct election of senators

Prohibition of Alcohol

Women's right to vote

Lame Duck - Fixes times when senators are presidents take over after an election and term limits

Repeal of Prohibition

Limits Presidential Terms

Voting in Washington DC - now able to vote for electors and for US Presidents

Abolishment of poll tax - don't have to pay to vote

Presidential succession

18 years of age and older can vote

Restraint on congressional salary

signed by King John, limited power of king

An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown

first document of governing, written by colonists

statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Br

the first constitution of the United States and specified how the Federal government was to operat

the person who heads a monarchy, a form of government in which a country or entity is usually ruled or controlled by an individual who norm

set of laws that a set of people have made and agreed upon for government

the political leaders who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776

a person who speaks or acts on behalf of an organization at a meeting or conferenc

answer

a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 in which three-fifths of the population

Connecticut Compromise

an agreement between large and small states

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

president and vice pres; enforces laws

congress; makes laws

courts; interprets laws

the upper house or chamber of a legislature; each states gets two

lower house or chamber of a legislature; state reps are determined by population

elected individuals representing the people

Believes less in states rights and more in power to the federal government

Believes more in states rights and less in federal gov't

written in support of the Constitution

vote in/ approve an act or treaty

First 10 Amendments to constitutions

forty-seventh paper from the Federalist Papers. It was published on January 30, 1788 under the pseudonym Publius, the name under which all t

a political concept in stem of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and con

a motion to modify a pending main motion in parliamentary procedure

Senate and House of Representatives

power is separated between the executive, legislative, and judicial branch of government

answera legal doctrine holding that more than one sovereign (e.g. a state government and the Federal government) may prosecute an individual

an introductory and explanatory statement in a document that explains the document's purpose and underlying philosophy

a provision in Article One of the United States Constitution, section 8, clause 18: “ The Congress shall have Power - To make all Laws wer

To formally accuse an official of a crime related to official duties

vote by Congress to change the president's veto; requires 2/3 majority

power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop a piece of legislation

make something happen; carry out a law

to make more clear; courts do this with our laws

designate someone to a position; the president _______ people to his cabinet positions, for example

related to separation of powers; each branch has a power to do this over the other branches

Not following the rules of the constitution

The highest court of the US

a list of items found in Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution that set forth the authoritative capacity of the United State

under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, powers that the United States Constitution does not give to the federal governm

a legal procedure used in many civil law and common law legal systems whereby police or other authorities and their agents, who suspect that

type of authorization; a writ issued by a competent officer, usually a judge or magistrate, which permits an otherwise illegal act that woul

some form of property deposited or pledged to a court to persuade it to release a suspect from jail

describing criminal punishment which is considered unacceptable due to the suffering or humiliation it inflicts on the condemned person.

a legal proceeding in which a jury either makes a decision or makes findings of fact which are then applied by a judge.

a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, pract