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40 Cards in this Set
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What is Article I?
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The Congress (Legislative Branch)
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What is Article II?
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The Executive Branch (The Presidency)
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What is Article III?
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The Judicial Branch
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What is Article IV?
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Interstate and Federal-State Relations
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What is Article V?
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The Amendment Process
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What is Article VI?
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General Provisions
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What is Article VII?
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Ratification
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What is Article I: Section 8: Clause 18?
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The elastic or implied powers clause
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What is Article III: Section 2: Clause 1?
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The jurisdiction of the courts of the United States
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What is Article IV: Section 4?
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Federal guarantees given to the several states
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What is Article VI: Section 2?
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The supreme law of the land clause
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What is Amendment I?
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Congress shall make no law (freedom of speech...)
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What is Amendment II?
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a well regulated militia...necessary for security...the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed
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What is Amendment IV?
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The right of the people
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What is Amendment V?
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Individual immunities
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What is Amendment VIII?
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Prohibition of: excessive bail requirements, excessive imposition of fines, and infliction of cruel and unusual punishments
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What is Amendment IX?
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Rights not enumerated in the United States Constitution are retained by the people
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What is Amendment X?
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Powers not delegated to the federal government nor prohibited to the several states by the U.S. constitution are reserved to the states or to the people (the only amendment that doesn't have to do with the people)
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What is Amendment XIV?
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No state shall: abridge the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the U.S., deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, and deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws
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What is 2/3 of both houses of Congress?
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impeachment and ratify treaties
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What is 6 years?
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senators are up for re-election this number of years
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What is the number of years the members of the House of Representatives are up for re-election?
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2 years
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What is the minimum age you have to be in order to be a senator?
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30 years old
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What is the minimum age that you have to be in order to be a member of the house of representatives?
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25 years old
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What is the minimum age that you have to be in order to be a president?
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35 years old
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How many years does a senator have to be a U.S. citizen?
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9 years a U.S. citizen
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How many years does a member of the house of representatives have to be a citizen?
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7 years a citizen
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How many years does a president have to be a citizen?
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a natural born citizen
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How many members are in the house of representatives?
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435 members
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How many members are in the senate?
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100 members
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How many years is a president up for re-election?
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4 years
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How many supreme court justices are there?
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9
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What % of the house of representatives are up for re-election?
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100%
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What % of the senate is up for re-election?
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33.3% (1/3)
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What is the maximum number of terms the president can hold the office?
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2 full terms
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What is impeachment?
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To charge (a public official) with improper conduct in office before a proper tribunal
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What 2 words aren't found anywhere in the constitution?
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slavery and equality
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What is judicial review?
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a constitutional doctrine that gives to a court system the power to annul legislative or executive acts which the judges declare to be unconstitutional
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What is the hierarchy of law?
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U.S. constitution
Federal laws state constitutions state laws local charters local laws |
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What is the constitution?
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the fundamental law
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