Details Title: amendements Description: 1-27 amendments Total Flash Cards: 62 Created: 10/02/2008 06:49:20		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Law Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term 10TH AMENDMENT Definition STATE RIGHTS Term 27TH AMENDMENT Definition CONGRESSIONAL PAY (DELAYING INCREASE OF SALARIES UNTILL REGULAR ELCTION Term 4th Amendment Definition search and seizure Term 8th Amendment Definition no cruel on unusual punishment Term 9th Amendment Definition enumerated rights the right to privacy Term 3rd Amendment Definition no quatering soldiers Term 15th Amendment Definition  gave blacks the right to vote Term 12th Amendment Definition changes in electing president Term 7th Amendment Definition right to a jury Term 2nd Amendment Definition right to bear arms Term 11th Amendment Definition imunity of states from certain suits Term 5th Amendment Definition rights of the accused (grand jury,no slef incrimination) Term 15th Amendment Definition right for blacks to vote Term 17th Amendment Definition electing senators Term 18th Amendment Definition prohibition Term 20th Amendment Definition date congress starts is changed to January 20th for president and up to start new position Term 16th Amendment Definition income tax (congress can levy tax not dependent on state size) Term 1st Amendment Definition 5 freedoms (press,religion,speech,assembly,petition) Term 23rd Amendment Definition d.c.electoral votes(3 electoral votes for presidential election) Term 26th Amendment Definition you have the right to vote at age 18 Term 19th Amendment Definition women have equal suffrage Term 21st Amendment Definition prohibition is repealed Term 14th Amendment Definition defined citizenship Term Jus-Soli Definition you were born on american soil Term Jus-San guines Definition you are a citizen by blood Term Weakness of Articles of Confederation Definition it had a weak central government Term 24th Amendment Definition poll tax (you can no longer tax people to vote) Term 25th Amendment Definition Presedential Succession (Vice President fills the spot if the President dies or is removed, he then gets to choose a new Vice President) Term Popular Sovereignty Definition the right of the people to rule themselves and the government Term 6th Amendment Definition the right to a lawyer Term 13th Amendment Definition prohibited slavery Term 22nd Amendment Definition Presidential term (serves two terms for 8 years) Term Public Welfare Definition programs for the poor, elderly, mentally and physically disabled Term public Safety Definition highways, roads, police, building permits Term public morals Definition each state determines what is to be judged as obscene Term Public Conveniences Definition parks,museums, mass transportation Term public Education Definition sets guidelines 4 schools accredidation, graduation requirements Term House of Representatives Definition members would be based on popular vote (virgina plan) Term New Jersey Plan Definition small states favored because it alloted a certain number of representatives for each state that way just because they were smaller in size or population they wouldn't recieve less representatives to speak and vote for them. Term Virginia Plan Definition favored large states because it was based on the amount of people that lived in the state. Slaves were counted as well. Term 6 categories of reserved powers to the state Definition public health,safety,welfare, morals,conveniences, and education Term Senate Definition equal number of members from every state (derived from New Jersey Plan) Term Soveriegnty Definition allows the state to be ruled through the citizens Term Thomas Hobbes (1588) Definition problem with social and political order (how humans live togethor in peace avoiding the danger and fear of civil conflict) Term Marxist View Definition government is dominated by capitalist, struggle betweent eh business owners and the labors Term federalism Definition seperation and or shared powers between the federal and national government Term Representive Democracy Definition Individuals that aquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for people vote, Office holders who follow closely the prefrences of the citizens Term power elite Definition the government is dominated by a few top leaders. Term Beaucratic View Definition dominated by appointed officers Term Pluralistic View (power elite) Definition competition among all affected interests,shapes public policy Term Direct Democracy Definition no elctoral college, no congress, no president, works well for small groups Term implied powers (not written in constitution) Definition elastic clause, necessary and proper, and implied powers Term Public Health Definition inspections of restaurants, hotels, and vaccinations Term Checks and Balances Definition were designed to keep no one branch from gaining to much power (unique to U.S. constitution) Term executive branch (Checks and Balances) Definition veto bills, and can appoint judges Term Judicial Branch (Checks and Balances) Definition declare laws unconstitutional, in supream court judges hold seat for life or upon retirement Term Legislative Branch (Checks and Balances) Definition can override decisions with 2/3 vote and senate must condirm appointed judges, and pass laws. Term Triangle of Democracy (essay question) Definition it has three parts power authority and legitimacy. Term Power (Triangle of Democracy) Definition the ability of one person to get others to act within accordance of their wishes Term Authority (Triangle of Democracy) Definition the right to use power and the ability to enforce public policy Term Legitimacy (Triangle of Democracy) Definition political authority conferred by law, by state or national constitution. Term Expressed Powers Definition powers written into the constitution. (ex. raising and maintaining an army)