Learn about the U.S. Constitution and its amendments.
The highest law of the United States that outlines the structure of the government.
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect individual rights.
The principle that the government must follow legal procedures before depriving a person of life,...
The constitutional amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and pe...
The system that divides power between the federal government and the states.
The role of the U.S. Constitution as supreme law.
The principle of due process under these amendments.
The role of the First Amendment in protecting this.
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The highest law of the United States that outlines the structure of the government.
U.S. Constitution
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution that protect individual rights.
Bill of Rights
The principle that the government must follow legal procedures before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.
Due Process
The constitutional amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
First Amendment
The system that divides power between the federal government and the states.
Federalism
The role of the U.S. Constitution as supreme law.
Supreme Law
The principle of due process under these amendments.
5th and 14th Amendments
The role of the First Amendment in protecting this.
Free Speech
The concept of distributing governmental powers among different branches.
Separation of Powers
The concept that allows the Supreme Court to take action on the unconstitutional laws.
Judicial Review
This case established the principle of judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
A clause in the Constitution that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the states, and with Indian tribes.
Commerce Clause
A clause in the 14th Amendment that prohibits state governments from denying persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Equal Protection Clause
The amendment protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Fourth Amendment
The system that prevents one branch of government from dominating the others.
Checks and Balances
The final interpreter of the Constitution.
Supreme Court
The amendment that grants the right to bear arms.
Second Amendment
The amendment that emphasizes the decentralized nature of the U.S. government.
Tenth Amendment
The clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that prohibits the government from establishing a religion.
Establishment Clause
The doctrine of precedent, under which it is necessary for a court to follow earlier judicial decisions when the same points arise again in litigation.
Stare Decisis
A writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.
Habeas Corpus
Ruled that racial segregation in public education was a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
Brown v. Board of Education
The case that resulted in the Supreme Court decision that a pregnant woman has a constitutional right to choose to have an abortion.
Roe v. Wade
These help in shaping the U.S. Law.
Constitutional Amendments
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