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20 Cards in this Set
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3/5ths Clause
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Article I, Section 2
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Elastic Clause
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Article I, Section 8
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Vesting Clause
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Article II, Section 1
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Full Faith and Credit Clause
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Article IV, Section 1
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Bicameral Congress
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Article I, Section 1
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What Congress can do
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Article I, Section 8
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What Congress can't do
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Article I, Section 9
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What the president can and/or must do
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Article II, Section 2-3
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How amendements are done
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First step: 2/3rds of Congress agree or 2/3rds of state legislatures call for it
Second step: 3/4ths of state legislatures agree or 3/4ths of special ratifying conventions in each state agree (Congress decides which one to use) |
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The one thing Congress cannot change about the Constitution
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Equal representation for the states
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1st Amendment
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Freedoms of religion, speech, press, and assembly
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2nd Amendment
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Right to bear arms
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3rd Amendment
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No forced quartering of troops
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4th Amendment
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Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure
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5th Amendment
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JUDICIAL: Trial by jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination
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6th Amendment
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JUDICIAL: Speedy and public trial, charges made public, right to a jury and witnesses
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7th Amendment
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JUDICIAL: Trial by jury in civil matters
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8th Amendment
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Cruel and unusual punishment
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9th Amendment
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All rights not listed in the Constitution are reserved for the people
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10th Amendment
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All powers not explicitly given to the Federal gov't nor denied to the states are reserved to the states and the people
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