Constitutional Structure

Question 1

Article I

Answer 1

Legislative Powers

Question 2

Article II

Answer 2

Executive Powers

Question 3

Article III

Answer 3

Judicial Powers

Question 4

Article IV

Answer 4

Relationship among the states.
“Horizontal Federalism”
Comity Article: obligations of states vis-à-vis out-of-staters (full faith and credit, commerce)

Question 5

Article V

Answer 5

Amendment procedure

Very stringent-need 2/3 of each house

Question 6

Article VI

Answer 6

National Debt/Supremacy Clause
Constitution is paramount law
Catch-all residual article–anything that doesn’t fall into other categories
National Debt

Question 7

Article VII

Answer 7

Ratification Procedures

9 states required for ratification

Question 8

Amendment I

Answer 8

Freedom of Expression (substantive)

Question 9

Amendment II

Answer 9

Right to Bear Arms (substantive)

Question 10

Amendment III

Answer 10

Quartering of Troops

Question 11

Amendment IV

Answer 11

Unreasonable Searches and Seizures

Question 12

Amendment V

Answer 12

Due Process of Law
Grand Jury
Double Jeopardy
Self-incrimination
Due Process
Takings

Question 13

Amendment VI

Answer 13

Right to fair trial
speedy and public criminal trial, confrontation
subpoena
counsel

Question 14

Amendment VII

Answer 14

Trial by Jury in Civil Cases

Question 15

Amendment VIII

Answer 15

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Question 16

Amendment IX

Answer 16

Unenumerated Rights
still retained by people
(residual)

Question 17

Amendment X

Answer 17

States’ Rights
When a power is not within the purview of Congress nor prohibited to the states, it resides either with the states or with the people as a whole
(residual)

Question 18

Amendment XI

Answer 18

Sovereign Immunity (1795)

Question 19

Amendment XII

Answer 19

Reforming Executive Election Procedures (1804)

Question 20

Amendment XIII

Answer 20

Abolition of Slavery (1865)

Question 21

Amendment XIV

Answer 21

Privileges and Immunities, Due Process, Equal Protection (1868)
Theme: you can give or withhold an entitlement, but not with an uneven hand

Question 22

Amendment XV

Answer 22

Abolition of race-based restrictions on vote (1870)

Question 23

Amendment XVI

Answer 23

Income Taxes (1913)

Question 24

Amendment XVII

Answer 24

Direct Election of Senators (1913)

Question 25

Amendment XVIII

Answer 25

Prohibition (1919)

Question 26

Amendment XIX

Answer 26

Women’s Suffrage (1920)

Question 27

Amendment XX

Answer 27

Lame Ducks (1933)

Question 28

Amendment XXI

Answer 28

Repeal of Prohibition (1933)

Question 29

Amendment XXII

Answer 29

Presidential Term Limits (1951)

Question 30

Amendment XXIII

Answer 30

Electoral votes for the District of Columbia (1961)

Question 31

Amendment XXIV

Answer 31

Banning Poll Tax

Question 32

Amendment XXV

Answer 32

Presidential Succession and Disability (1967)

Question 33

Amendment XXVI

Answer 33

Suffrage for Young People (1971)

Question 34

Amendment XXVII

Answer 34

Limiting congressional pay raises (1992)

Question 35

Which amendments prohibit denying franchise?

Answer 35

XV (race), XIX (women), XXIV (indigency), XXVI (age)