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John Roberts |
current chief justice of the supreme court |
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Sandra Day O'Connor |
First female supreme court justice |
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Civilian Control of the Military |
Gives Military control to civilian political leaders, not military officials. Leaders can't have any affiliation with the military to avoid corrupt decision making. |
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Federalism |
Shared power between national and state governments |
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Individual rights |
Right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
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Patriotism |
devotion to one's own country |
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Constituents |
Electors |
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ex parte milligan |
military courts unconstitutional |
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gibbons v odgen |
congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce |
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gideon v wainwright |
a lawyer must be provided to those who cannot afford one |
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mapp v ohio |
evidence gathered in an unlawful way cant be presented as evidence in court |
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mcculoch v maryland |
state cannot tax federal government |
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miranda v arizona |
miranda rights |
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plessy v furguson |
seperate but equal clause |
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printz v united states |
fed government cant force states to do stuff for them (backround checks on handguns) |
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tinker v des moines |
cant take away freedom of speech in school zones (arm bands) |
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1st amendment |
RSPAP religion, speech, press, assemble, petition |
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2nd |
the right to bear arms |
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3rd |
no quartering |
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4th |
no unlawful search or seisure |
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5th |
right to a grand jury, due process |
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6th |
guarantees the rights to criminal defendants |
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8th |
no excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment |
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10th |
federal government only has the powers designated to it by the constitution- expressed powers |
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14th |
got rid of slavery, gave full rights to every american citizen |
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15th |
voting rights to all |
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17th |
popular election of us senators |
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19th |
give women the right to vote |
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18-21 |
prohibits alc then rehibits |
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20th |
sets end dates for federal elected official's terms |
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22nd |
limits terms |
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23rd |
gives the right to vote to citizens of DC |
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25th |
list of people who will replace the president should he die |
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26th |
lowered voting age to 18 |
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27th |
prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives |
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salutary neglect |
neglect to enforce laws deemed too strict |
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unitary government |
a government in which the central government is ultimately supreme |
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block grants |
grants from the federal government to local or state governments, for broad purposes |
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extradition process |
a fugitive from another country is returned to that country |
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bipartisan politics |
two sides with conflicting viewpoints make comprimises in order to get **** done |
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partisan politics |
a partisan is someone who is commited deeply to their political party and is unlikely to comprimise with another party |
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censure |
the expression of formal disapproval |
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gerrymandering |
manipulating borders of a constituency to favor a certain party |
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reapportionment |
changing the number of reps for each state based on population |
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whip |
keepin dat party in line |
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impoundment |
didnt spend all the $$$$ in da budget |
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pres succession acto fo 1947 |
who will be president if all dem people die |
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deposition |
sworn out of court testimony by a witness |
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docket |
list of cases bout to happen |
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sequestered |
take legal possession of while person is in debt to u |
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writ of certiorari |
orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may review it, apellate jurisdiction |