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Constitution Review Flashcards

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Ex Post Facto

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No person can be charged for a crime if the crime becomes illegal after it was committed

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Electoral College

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People are not actually for president but for electors that will vote for a certain candidate in the electoral college

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Delegates Powers

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Specific powers granted to congress in the constitution

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Judicial Branch

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Law interpreting branch of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts

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Executive Branch

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Law executing, law-enforcing, law administrating branch of the president

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Concurrent Powers

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Powers held by both the federal and state governments

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Bill of Rights

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First 10 amendments to the constitution

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Elastic Clause

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Article 1, section 8, clause 18 and congress can pass all laws that are necessary and proper

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Libel

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Written untruth

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Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Can’t hold a person in jail without charges except in time of rebellion

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Federalism

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Strong central government with the powers divided between the federal government and the states

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Poll Tax

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Tax that had been used by some states to keep African American from voting

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Slander

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Spoken untruth

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Vice-President

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President of the U.S Senate

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Treason

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Only crime defined in the constitution

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Legislative Branch

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Lawmaking branch

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Nail

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Money or property used to secure from jail before trail

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Speaker of the House

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Presiding officer

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Veto

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President refuses to agree with a bill passed by congress

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Judicial Review

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Power to decide if the laws or actions of the government are constitution or unconstitutional

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Interstate Trade

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Congress

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Veto Bills

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President

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Declares laws unconstitutional

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Supreme Court

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Power to Tax

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The States and Congress

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Declares War

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Congress

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Power to Build Roads

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Congress and The States

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No Double Jeopardy

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5th

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Right to bear arms

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2nd

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No excessive bail or cruel or unusual punishment

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8th

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Powers reserved to the states

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10th

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Prohibits unreasonable search and seizure

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4th

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Minimum years old for House of Representatives

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25

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Years of U.S. Citizenship for House of Representatives

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7

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Length of one term in the U.S. House of Representatives

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2 years

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Current Representative

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Todd Rokita

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Current Speaker

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John Boehner

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Minimum years old for U.S. Senate

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30

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Years of U.S. Citizenship for Senate

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9

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Length of one term in the senate

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6

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Two Senators from Indiana

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Joe Donelly

Dan Coats

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Minimum years old for President

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35

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_____ _____citizen of the United States

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Natural Born

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Length of one term for President

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4

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Three branches

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Legislative
Executive
Judicial

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Member in the House of Representatives

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435

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Members in the Senate

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100

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Proposed by

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2/3 vote in both houses of congress

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Ratified by

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The state legislatures of 3/4 of the states

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