Midterm Review Gov't

In the case of TLO v. NJ, a high school student claimed the school violated her rights under the ___ Amendmet.

Prior Restraint refers to deciding a law is unconstitutional.

Which Amendments protect rights in the legal system?

What is incorporation?

“the right to exercise supreme power and authority over a region, a group, or oneself" is the definition of:

Criticizing elected official is protected under the 2nd Amendment.

True/False: The Supreme Court has the largest role in interpretting the Bill of Rights.

An independent country in which people share a common culture is called a nation-state.

Authority is an established organization, especially one providing a public service.

What do the powers of oversight, confirmation, impeachment, ratification and amendment have in common?

Treaties needing Senate approval is an example of:

Judicial Power of the United States shall bevested in 1 supreme Court&in such inferiorCourts- relates to which principle

When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus, she was demonstrating:

The institutions and officials organized to establish and carry out public policy are called:

The SC ruled that a school can search a student if it is based on reasonable suspicion that the student broke a law/rule

The power in our government comes from:

The number of seats in the Senate depends on the number of states.

The process of amending the Constitution involves both Congress and the states.

The Bill of Rights protects:

The purpose of the Constitution is stated in:

According to social contract theory of govt, when a ruler abuses his power he should be put in prison or put to death.

Why do we have a seperation of powers?

The two major political parties in the U.S. are the Democrats and the Republicans.

The 14th Amendment:

The U.S. Constitution states that the national government must guarantee that every state government

Flag burnig is protected under which amendment?

Marbury v Madison strengthened the power of the Supreme Court by: