Politics test ch 3

1st

5 fundamental freedoms

2nd

right to keep and bear arms

3rd

protection from quartering troops

4th

search, seizure, and privacy rules

5th

due process and property rights

6th

criminal court guarantees

7th

jury rights in civil lawsuits

8th

bails, fines, and punishment limits

9th

enumerated rights retained

10th

reserved state powers

11th

limits on state lawsuits

12th

separate election for president and vice president

13th

abolished slavery

14th

equal protection and citizenship

15th

voting rights regardless of race

16th

federal income tax

17th

direct election of senators

18th

prohibition of alcohool

19th

women’s right to vote

20th

dates of presidential and congressional terms

21st

repealed prohibition

22nd

two term limit for president

23rd

electoral votes for washington DC

24th

abolished poll taxes

25th

presidential succession and disability

26th

lowered voting age to 18

27th

limits on congressional pay raises

5 fundamental freedoms

religion, speech, press, assembly, petition

religion clauses in the 1st amendment

establishment and free exercise

legal limitations placed on civil liberties

clear and present danger, unreasonable searches, defamation, manner restrictions

rights guaranteed to individuals accused of a crime

self-incrimination, double jeopardy, due process, grand jury, just compensation

process for proposing and ratifying a constitutional amendment

1. congressional vote

2. national convention

3. state legislatures

4. state conventions

eminent domain

government authority to acquire private property for public use with mandatory fair compensation

convention

formal assembly of delegates for a specific purpose

incorporation doctrine

extends bill of rights protections to state governments via 14th amendment due process requirements

impeach

formally charge a government official with misconduct while they are in office

enumerated powers

authorities granted to the federal government by the US constitution

probable cause

elastic clause

reasonable legal basis linking a specific person or location directly to a criminal act

repeal

officially revoke, cancel, or rescind a law