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| How is the Constitution amended? What is ratification? |
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| 2/3 of the Senate and 2/3 of the House. 3/4 of states |
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| How many amendments does the Constitution have? |
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| What is the Bill of Rights? What is its purpose? |
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| first 10 amendments that guarantee civil liberties and civil rights of people. |
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| freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition |
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| right to bear arms. so ability to form a militia. restrictions: no machine guns, not for carry on, towns/state have restrictions |
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| search and seizure. must have a warrant: but if find something not on warrant than cant take it, but sticky with cars. must have probable cause |
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| rights of the accused. "i plead the fifth." eminent domain. double jeapordy. |
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| seize property for public good |
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| What is self-incrimination? |
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| statements, usually made under oath, suggesting that the person speaking is guilty of a crime |
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| a document issued by a judge that authorizes law enforcement officers to carry out a search, seizure of evidence, or arrest |
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| reasonable suspicion of criminal behavior |
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| the prosecution of a person a second time for a crime in which the defendant has already been tried once and found non guilty, prohibited under the Fifth Amendment |
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| right to a fair trial with a jury of your peers |
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| a group of citizens who examine the evidence in a serious criminal case to decide whether a person accused of a crime should be indicted, or charged |
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| a formal accusation of criminal behavior handed down by a grand jury; this means that the accused person will be brought to trial |
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| right to a civil trial, usually monetary, anything above $8000, need an attorney in California |
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| bail and punishment, death penalty must fit the crime |
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| What is cruel and unusual punishment? |
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| the punishment must match the crime |
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| Rights retained by the people, offers protection for unenumerated rights |
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| states' rights: if not written down Federally, the states can write about it individually |
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| What article is the President created under? |
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| What are the president's roles? |
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| Commander-in-chief, head of state, chief legislature, chief diplomat, appointing supreme court justices, appointing ambassadors, signing treaties, pardons |
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| Who approves the Supreme Court Justices, ambassadors, and treaties? |
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| Who elects the president? |
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| Who chooses the President if the Electoral College cannot? |
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| house of representatives. Senate chooses the VP |
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| What are the requirements to be president? |
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| 35 years old, born in the US, lived in the US for 14 years |
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| What is the president's cabinet? What is their role? |
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| The cabinet are the heads of the executive departments of the federal government. Appointed by the president |
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| What veto powers does the president have? |
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| veto, do nothing, pocket veto |
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| What article was Congress created under? |
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| What is the elastic clause? What is the necessary and proper clause? |
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| "we as the government have the right to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying out its duties" |
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| How many members are in the House of R? Senate? |
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| What is the upper house? Lower house? |
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| How old do you need to be in the House of R? Senate? |
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| What is the minimum number of House of R members each state can have? |
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| How many senators does each state have? |
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| How many electors in the Electoral College does each state have? |
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| Who presides over the House of R? Senate (and when he/she is gone?) |
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| Speaker of the House. VP, president pro temp |
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| The Tenth Amendment says that all power not given to Congress goes to whom? |
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| Who impeaches government officials? Who presides over the hearing? |
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| House of R. Chief Justice in Senate (2/3 vote needed) |
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| Where do revenue or money bills begin? What vote number is needed? |
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| What is needed to pass a law? What is needed to override a presidential veto? |
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| majority in both houses. 2/3 in both houses |
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| What article is the Judiciary Branch created under? |
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| What is the Judiciary function? |
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| Judicial review, review cases if they violate people's rights, appellate |
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| review a law if it's constitutional or not |
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| What is the term of office for a Supreme Court justice? |
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| Who appoints a justice if there is a vacancy? Who approves these appointments? |
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| What is their job in impeachments? |
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| Preside over the trial in the Senate |
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| What is their original jurisdiction? |
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| Ambassadors and if a state is involved |
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| When was the Constitution written? When was it approved? Who wrote it? |
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| 1787. 1788. James Madison |
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| What was the New Jersey Plan? |
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| What was the Virginia Plan? |
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| population representation |
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| What was the Great Compromise? |
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| What are checks and balances? |
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| a system in which each branch of government can limit the power of the other branches |
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| What check does the executive branch have on the legislative branch? |
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| can approve or veto bills, call special sessions of Congress, and recommend legislation |
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| What check does the executive branch have on the judicial branch? |
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| can nominate Supreme Court justices and federal judges |
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| What check does the legislative branch have on the executive branch? |
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| can override presidential vetoes, approve or reject presidential appointments and treaties, and impeach and try the president |
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| What check does the legislative branch have on the judicial branch? |
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| can approve or reject nomination of federal judges, create lower courts, and remove justices through impeachment |
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| What check does the judicial branch have on the executive branch? |
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| can declare treaties and executive acts unconstitutional. appointments are for life, and judges are free from executive control |
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| What check does the judicial branch have on the legislative branch? |
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| can declare laws unconstitutional |
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| How many branches are in the government? |
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| 3: executive, judicial, legislative |
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| What is separation of powers? |
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| the idea that the powers of a government should be between two or more strongly independent branches to prevent any one person or group from gaining too much power |
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| a political system in which power is divided between a central government and smaller regional governments. checks and balance, separation of powers |
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| What is treason? What counts as treason? |
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| "levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort" |
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| What were the weaknesses to the Article of Confederation? |
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| no taxation, no regulating interstate commerce, one house congress, 9 out of 13 needed to pass a law, no executive branch to enforce laws, no court system to settle disputes, all 13 states needed to amend, money issued by states, states could ignore laws created by congress, states loosely joined |
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