rehling amendments Flashcards
Amendment 1
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
Amendment 2
Right to bear arms
Amendment 3
Quartering of Soldiers
Amendment 4
Search and Seizure
Amendment 5
Grand jury, double Jeopardy, self incrimination, due process, private property taken for public use
Amendment 6
Right to speedy trial by jury, witnesses, counsel
Amendment 7
Jury trial civil lawsuits, cannot sue over $20
Amendment 8
Excessive Fines, Cruel and unusual punishment
Amendment 9
non-enumerated rights retained by people
Amendment 10
Rights reserved to states or people
Amendment 13
Abolition of Slavery
Amendment 14
Citizenship rights, equal protection, apportionment, civil war debt
Amendment 15
Right to vote not denied by race
Amendment 19
Women’s right to vote
Amendment 22
Two-term limit on presidency
Amendment 24
Abolition of poll taxes
Amendment 25
Presidential Disability and Succession
Amendment 26
Right to vote at age 18
President
Donald Trump
Vice President
JD Vance
Secretary of State
Marco Rubio
Senate Majority Leader
John Thune
Senate Minority Leader
Charles E. Schumer
Speaker of the House
Mike Johnson
Minority leader of the House
Hakeem Jefferies
Chief Justice
John Roberts
California representative in US Senate 1
Adam Schiff
California representative in US Senate 2
Alex Padilla
governer
Gavin Newsom
Fountain Valley in House of representatives
Derek Tran
President length of term
4 years
Senator length of term
6 years
House of Representative length of term
2 years
how many terms can a president serve?
2 terms
how long can a supreme court of justice serve
for life!!!
how many branches are there?
3 (legislative, executive, judicial)
which branch makes laws
legislative
how many justices are on supreme court
9 (8 judges, 1 chief)
checks and balances
system to check and balances the power of the branches
which branch interprets law
judicial
how many us senators are there?
100
how many representatives? what determines the # of representative for each state
435, population of state
who’s president of Senate? what do they do?
Vice president, break tiebreakers
what’s a veto? how can Congress override a veto?
take out a law they don’t like, override a veto by 2/3 vote in House and senate
electoral college? how many votes?
electors representing the states when voting for president, 270 vote (more than half)
what % of Congress must vote to pass a bill
more than 50%de
defendant
person being accused
prosecution
person accusing someone else
plaintiff
person who brings a case against another
litigation
taking legal action
judge
public official who decides cases in court of law
jury
body of 12 people who help determine innocent or guilty
landmark case
case with historical or legal significance
scope
how much you can search before it violates the person’s rights
burden of proof
if you have evidence you have to show it
criminal case vs. civil litigation
criminal - violation of the law, civil - disputes between private parties or organizations
