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amendments/articles/check and balances
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Article I | Legislative branch, enumerated powers, necessary and proper clause, commerce clause |
| Article II | Executive branch |
| Article III | judicial branch |
| Article IV | relationships between states, full faith and credit, privileges and immunities clause |
| Article V | amendment process (⅔ congress, ¾ state legislatures) |
| Article VI | federal governments supremacy, supremacy clause |
| Article VII | ratifying the constitution (requirements, 9/13 states) |
| Amendment 1 | Freedom of Press, religion (free exercise, establishment clause), assembly, protest and press |
| Amendment 2 | Right to keep/bear arms |
| Amendment 3 | No forced quartering of troops in peoples homes |
| Amendment 4 | No unreasonable searches or seizures |
| Amendment 5 | rights of the accused (double jeopardy, grand jury, due process, self-incrimination) |
| Amendment 6 | Right to a speedy, public trial by jury, counsel, right to confront witnesses |
| Amendment 7 | Right to a jury in certain civil cases, prohibits excessive bail and fines |
| Amendment 8 | No cruel or unusual punishments |
| Amendment 9 | rights not enumerated in the constitution are still retained by the people |
| Amendment 10 | Rights not given to the central government go to the states and the people |
| Amendment 14 | Anyone born in US is a citizen, due process clause, equal protection clause |
| Judicial check Legislative | judicial review, can declare laws passed by congress unconstitutional |
| Judicial check executive | judicial review, can declare executive orders and presidential actions unconstitutional |
| Judicial check Bureaucracy | can review agency actions to ensure they comply with the constitution through judicial review. Can invalidate regulations |
| executive check Legislative | can veto legislation passed by congress, can use executive orders |
| bueracracy check Legislative | interprets the laws that congress passes and makes regulations/rules around the laws, choose how laws are implements |
| Legislative check executive | can override vetoes, approve presidential nominations and treaties, controls the budget, can conduct oversight hearings and can impeach the president. |
| Bureaucracy check executive | President can't fire civil servants, provide expertise to policy implementing |
| Bureaucracy check judicial | implement court decisions and choose how their implemented and regulated |
| executive check Bureaucracy | presidential appointments with agency heads, executive orders, controls budget, can reorganize agencies to align with policy goals |
| legislative check Bureaucracy | controls funding, conducts oversight and hearings, can pass laws that restrict agency authority, they confirm presidential appointments |
| legislative check judicial | confirms judicial nominees, can impeach or remove judges, can propose amendments to overturn rulings |
| executive check judicial | nominates supreme court justices/ federal judges, can issue pardons |
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