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5 freedoms: speech, press, religion, assembly, petition
Right to bear arms (to protect the people against a government that becomes too powerful)
No quartering of soldiers
No unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant; right to privacy
Due process, eminent domain, no double jeopardy, right to remain silent (you can't be forced to testify against yourself) and the right to be tried by a grand jury for a capital offense
Right to a speedy trial
Right to a trial by a jury of your peers; no lawsuits under $20
No cruel or unusual punishment
Any rights not explicitly listed are automatically given to the people. (Meant to appease the Anti-Federalists)
Any powers not explicitly listed are automatically given to the states
When states sue other states, it automatically goes before the Supreme Court. Residents of one state cannot sue another state. Another country can't sue the US and vice verse
Creates a ticket for the presidency where the president and VP are elected together
Abolishes slavery and gives congress the power to enforce abolition through legislation.
Defines citizens as people born in the US and prohibits the states from denying due process and equal protection under the law. Also states that the value of the debt must always be paid and honored, and cannot be questioned. Also excludes women from voting
Voting rights will not be based on race.
Establishes the income tax
Direct election of senators
Prohibition
Women's suffrage
Shortens the lame duck period by moving the presidential inauguration from March to January.
Ends prohibition by repealing the 18th amendment
Limits the president to two terms in office
Washington DC is not a state, but gets 3 electoral votes.
outlaws pole tax
Outlines the direct line of succession for the presidency
Lowers the voting age to 18
Congress can't give itself a pay raise.
a conflict-resolution process used mainly to settle complex, multiparty disputes.
the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something.
an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
discussion aimed at reaching an agreement.
the proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower, typically expressed as an annual percentage of the loan outstanding.
a central bank regulation employed by most, but not all, of the world's central banks, that sets the minimum amount of reserves that must be held by a commercial bank.
The President
The lawmakers
The courts
the federal principle or system of government.
people get to vote for their leaders
one whose legalized force and power is restricted through delegated and enumerated authorities.
counterbalancing influences by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that political power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
the three branches of government
review by the US Supreme Court of the constitutional validity of a legislative act.
relating to a city or town, especially its administration; municipal.
are documents or pieces of information that are not considered confidential and generally pertain to the conduct of government.
Groups paying politicians to support their opinion
ways of getting peoples opinions
defined as recorded factual material commonly retained by and accepted in the scientific community as necessary to validate research findings; although the majority of such data is created in digital format, all research data is included irrespective of the format in which it is created
the quality of being trusted and believed in.
opinion over one side
in favor of constitution
not in favor of constitutuion
