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| Executive branch employees |
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| Elevated Supreme Court's status |
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| Protects freedom of speech |
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| Damages a person in writing |
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| Article II of the Constituion is important because it |
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| Describes the executive branch |
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| This action between the President and the head of a foreign government does NOT need approval |
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| In this part of the Constituion, the three branches of the government are named |
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| Article I of the Constitution |
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| Describes the legislative branch |
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| Artice II of the Constitution |
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| Describes the executive branch |
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| Article III of the Constitution |
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| Describes the Supreme Court |
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| "Necessary and proper" laws |
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| Jurisdiction of federal courts |
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| House accusation of federal official |
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| In this part of the Constitution, the founders listed six goals for American government |
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| Article I of the Constitution created the voice of the people in the |
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| This branch of the government is the final authority on the Constitution |
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| This section of the Constitution is responsive to the needs of a changing nation |
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| Poll taxes hurt low-income African Americans because taxes were paid in order to |
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| The Founders created a Constitution that could be adapted for the future through |
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| This action between heads of state does NOT require Congressional approval |
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| The president can check Congress by this power |
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| False speech intended to hurt another is |
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| In modern times, Congress has set this limit on state ratification of an amendment |
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| How did the Twenty-first Amendment effect the Eighteenth Amendment |
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| The First Amendment protects the American press from this |
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| Decisions of the Supreme Court can only be overturned by the Court or by |
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| Final interpreters of the Consitution |
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| Presidential check of Congress |
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| Wheelchair accessibility laws |
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| Americans with Disabilities Act |
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| Chief Justice Earl Warren |
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| Agreement between nations |
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| Agreement between heads of state |
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| Protects individual liberties |
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| A proposed amendment can be ratified by two-thirds vote of each house or by a |
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| Under Chief Justice Earn Warren, the Supreme Court demonstrated |
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| The Equal Rights Amendment caused questions because |
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| States revojed their ratification |
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| The first 10 amendments are called |
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| Jurisdiction of the federal courts does NOT include cases involving |
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| This action is required to override a presidential veto |
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| A two-thirds vote of each house |
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| The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect rights of individual liberty and |
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| the rights of persons accused of crimes |
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| The Amendment protects the freedom of speech |
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| To protect liberty and specify its powers, the Framers gave Congress |
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| The Twenty-fourth Amendment helped some low-income African Americans to vote by |
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| The Framers provided this section of the Constitution for a changing nation |
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| Federal courts do NOT have jurisdiction over cases involving |
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| One way the Founders provided for change in the Constitution was to describe how to |
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| This proposed amendment caused questions when states revoked their ratification |
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| This is NOT an example of a congressional enumerated power |
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| The only method of amending the Constitution that has been used to date is by |
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| two-thirds vote of each house |
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| power divided between nation and states |
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| Two-thirds vote of each house |
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| Supreme Court decisions can only be overturned by the Court itself or by |
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| Ratification of an amendment must come within this time limit |
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| This gives Congress the right to make all "necessary and proper" laws |
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| Sam & Geeta Dardick changed government policy in the passage of this bill |
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| Americans w/ Disabilities Act |
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| This elevated the Supreme Court to a status balancing the powers of the other branches |
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| This section of the Constitution states why it was written |
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| The Constitution is based on the concept of |
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| This is asked for when a defendant cannot receive an impartial trial in the original location |
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