Chapter5fill

• The U.S. Constitution was drafted in __________.

1787

• The first 10 amendments are called the __________.

Bill of Rights

• Article III of the Constitution created the __________ Court.

Supreme

• The __________ Clause gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among states.

Commerce

• The __________ Clause makes the Constitution and federal laws the supreme law of the land.

Supremacy

• The __________ Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

First

• The __________ Clause prohibits the government from establishing a religion.

Establishment

• The __________ Clause protects religious practices from government interference.

Free Exercise

• The Supreme Court case __________ v. Johnson (1989) protected flag burning as free speech.

Texas

• The __________ test determines whether speech is intended and likely to incite imminent lawless action.

Brandenburg

• The Fifth Amendment includes the Due Process Clause and the __________ Clause.

Takings

• Government power to take private property for public use is called __________.

eminent domain

• The Supreme Court upheld eminent domain in __________ v. City of New London (2005).

Kelo

• The Fourteenth Amendment requires states to provide __________ protection of the laws.

equal

• Laws that discriminate based on race are reviewed under __________ scrutiny.

strict

• The Supreme Court overturned “separate but equal” in __________ v. Board of Education (1954).

Brown

• The right to privacy, contraception, and marriage are considered __________ rights under substantive due process.

fundamental