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1st amendment
freedom of speech, press religion, assembly, and right to petition the government
2nd Amendment
right to bear arms
4th Amendment
freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendments
due process rights (right to fair justice, and freedoms from self-incrimination). Also double jeopardy.
6th amendment
right to a fair trial attorney
10th Amendment
Division of powers between the states and federal government (federalism)
13th Amendment
Abolition of slavery
14th amendment
equality and due process clause
15 amendment
universal male sufferage
16th amendment
can collect federal income taxes without giving any to the states
17th amendment
direct election of senators
19th amendment
women’s sufferage
25th amendment
two terms per president
22nd Amendment
clarified succession of the President, and vacancy of Vice President
26th Amendment
lowered voting age for the soldiers in the Vietnam war
Federalist 10
a strong, united republic would be more effective than the individual states at controlling “factions”
a large republic will help control factions because when more representative are elected, there will be a greater number of opinions. Therefore, it is far less likely that there will be one majority oppressing the rest of the people.
Brutus 1
anti federalist, made to reject the constitution
the bill of rights was needed to ensure that the peoples rights couldn’t be taken away, natural rights
Declaration of Independence
natural rights
government made to protect these rights
if it doesn’t protect the people can go crazy to keep them in line
Articles of Confederation
limited central government
more about the states than anything else, the states were sovereign
one state per vote
Constitution
outlines the government structure
constitution as supreme law
bill of rights 1-8 individual rights
9 even if rights are not listed mean that they should be denied
10 state laws do not beat federal
Federalist 51
the government should be broken into 3 branches.
each branch should be able to check one another.
is basically checks and balances
Federalist 70
supports a strong executive branch
believes that the President is necessary and should expand a little more
Federalist 78
the judicial branch needs to be strengthened
protects the supreme court from being touched by the government and the right to use judicial review
Letter from Birmingham Jail
it is the oppressed who need to stand up and not tolerate abuse.
civil rights the goal of America
it was the whole be peaceful because the moment you turn aggressive people will see the whole things as bad and evil.
Necessary and proper clause
the government can make a law in oder to make the constitution true
it will do what ever it can to make everything follow what its its suppose too
supremacy clause
federal laws are more important than state laws
Mccolloch v Maryland
Wanted to tax a federal bank
The us v Lopez
Put federalism, it was leading towards federal power, but ultimately cited with the state power
Baker v carr
Redistricting all votes for one person
Shaw v reno
Gerrymandering
Marburg v madison
Judicial review
Engel v vital
Prayer in school
Wisconsin v Yoder
Amish family and sending their kids to school after eighth grade
Tinker V Des moine
School protest for black arm bands. Rights or not absolute
Schenk v US
World war, one draft his pamphlet was too violent
New York Times v the United States
Pentagon papers
McDonald v Chicago
Guns in Chicago wanted to buy handgun and cut it
Gideon V Wainwright
Sixth amendment allowed to have an attorney to represent you
Brown versus Board of Education
Overturn, Plessy, V Ferguson. No more separate but equal.
Citizens, United V FEC
Hillary movie to be about whether or not they can do it
The patriot act
The government can team up in order to catch a terrorist for the better good of the US, even if that to break some morals
Due process clause
Can’t take away life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It’s a part of the 14th amendment.
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