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article II
executive
article III
judicial
article I
legislative
1st amendment
freedom of speech, religion, and expression
2nd amendment
right to bear arms
3rd amendment
no quartering
4th amendment
protects from unreasonable searches and seizures
12th amendment
separates president and vice president votes
13th amendment
abolished slavery
14th amendment
declared all U.S. born people under jursidiction of U.S.
15th amendment
no denial of right to vote based on race
16th amendment
congress has the right to levy a federal income tax
17th amendment
allows people to directly elect their senators
19th amendment
no denial of right to vote based on sex
22nd amendment
limits number of presidential terms to two
24th amendment
no denial of right to vote based on poll taxes
25th amendment
declares line of succession
26th amendment
no denial of right to vote based on age 18+
27th amendment
adjustments to congress members’ salaries go into effect AFTER the next congressional election
president should ensure that all laws are
faithfully executed
executive privilege
president’s right to withhold information
court case that challenged executive privilege
U.S. vs Nixon
name of role that designates president as leader of navy
commander in chief
significance of election of 1800
ushered in the two party system
electoral college voters are chosen by
the people
checks and balances
ensures no one branch of government is given too much power
original four departments of cabinet
secretary of: war & state, treasurer, attorney general
president can create legislation directly through
executive order
pardon
to release an individual from legal punishment
number of cabinet members today
16
original cabinet positions were held by:
-Secretary of state: Jefferson
-Secretary of war: Knox
-Attorney general: Randolph
-Treasurer: Hamilton
salary and benefits of president
-$400,000 + $50,000 expense allowance
-free air travel
-secret service/housing
two parts of congress
senate and house of representatives
different versions of same bill in house and senate are worked out in
conference committees
in electoral tie, who chooses president
house of representatives
in electoral tie, who chooses vice president
senate
powers found in article I
-borrow money
-declare war
-establish national guard/army
senate qualification
-30 yrs
-9 yrs citizen
-resident
house qualification
-25 yrs
-7 yrs citizen
-resident
head of house of representatives
speaker of the house - nancy pelosi
head of senate
VP - Kamala Harris
all appropriation bills are proposed
house
frequency of house reapportionment
10 yrs
members of senate
100
members of house
435
congress salary
$174,000
congress member cannot be arrested for minor offenses while court is in sessionon
true
approves all appointments, nominees, and treaties
senate
tn senators
marsha blackburn and bill hagerty
chattanooga us representative
chuck fleischmann
number of tennessee reps in house
9
creates inferior courts
congress
federal district courts
94
federal district court of appeals
13
chief justice
john roberts
associate justices
kavanaugh, barrett, jackson, sotomayor, gorsuch, kagan, alito, thomas
nominates appointments to supreme court
president
original jursidiction
court is first to hear case
appellate jurisdiction
court can only hear case on appeals
role of grand jury
decides if tried person is guilty or not
types of opinions made by Supreme Court
majority, dissenting, concurring
rule of four
at least four judges have to agree to hear a case
first chief justice
john jay
federal district court of appeals for chattanooga
cincinatti, ohio
case that established judicial review
marbry v madison
case that stated congressional implied powers superceded state law
mculloch v maryland
case that declared missouri compromise unconstitiutional
dred scott v stanford
case that established separate but equal doctrine
plessy v ferguson
case that overturned separate but equal doctrine
brown v board of education
case that extended right to counsel for felony defendants in states
gideon v wainwright
case that says states cannot bane same sex marriage
obergefell v hodges
case that states that evidence from an illegal search can’t be used in trial
mapp v ohio
majority to ratify amendment in house and senate and then state
2/3, 3/4
three tn presidents
andrew johnson, andrew jackson, james k polk
first tn governor
john sevier
current governor of tn
bill lee
requirments for governor of tn
-30 years
-citizen of us
-resident of 7 yrs
name of tn legislature
tn general assembly
leader of tn senate
Randy McNally
leader of tn house
Cameron Sexton
number of tn supreme court justices
5
chattanooga mayor
tim kelly
hamilton county mayor
weston wamp
chattanooga government form
mayor-council
becomes president if president can no longer serve
vice president
serves as president if vp can’t serve
speaker of the house
wrote bill of rights
james madison
had largest impact on declaration of independnce
jhn locke
said government should be separated into three branches
aristotle
said man is good, society corrupts them, and need social contract
rousseau
man has no right to overthrow government bc they gave up rights
thomas hobbes
wrote declaration of independence
jefferson
writers of federalist papers
jay, madison, hamilton
biggest issue of articles of confederation
weak central government
senate term
6
representative term
2
president term
4
top iss ue for voters n 2022
economy
engaged in first televised presidential debate
jfk v nixon
deep background
report agrees to not name source
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