Ap gov flash notes

Kinda what I just said I need to cram for the exam so we are making cards

1st amendment

freedom of speech, press religion, assembly, and right to petition the government

2nd Amendment

right to bear arms

4th Amendment

freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures

5th Amendments

due process rights (right to fair justice, and freedoms from self-incrimination). Also double jeopardy.

6th amendment

right to a fair trial attorney

10th Amendment

Division of powers between the states and federal government (federalism)

13th Amendment

Abolition of slavery

14th amendment

equality and due process clause

15 amendment

universal male sufferage

16th amendment

can collect federal income taxes without giving any to the states

17th amendment

direct election of senators

19th amendment

women’s sufferage

25th amendment

two terms per president

22nd Amendment

clarified succession of the President, and vacancy of Vice President

26th Amendment

lowered voting age for the soldiers in the Vietnam war

Federalist 10

* a strong, united republic would be more effective than the individual states at controlling “factions”
* a large republic will help control factions because when more representative are elected, there will be a greater number of opinions. Therefore, it is far less likely that there will be one majority oppressing the rest of the people.

Brutus 1

* anti federalist, made to reject the constitution
* the bill of rights was needed to ensure that the peoples rights couldn’t be taken away, natural rights

Declaration of Independence

* natural rights
* government made to protect these rights
* if it doesn’t protect the people can go crazy to keep them in line

Articles of Confederation

* limited central government
* more about the states than anything else, the states were sovereign
* one state per vote

Constitution

* outlines the government structure
* constitution as supreme law
* bill of rights 1-8 individual rights
* 9 even if rights are not listed mean that they should be denied
* 10 state laws do not beat federal

Federalist 51

* the government should be broken into 3 branches.
* each branch should be able to check one another.
* is basically checks and balances

Federalist 70

* supports a strong executive branch
* believes that the President is necessary and should expand a little more

Federalist 78

the judicial branch needs to be strengthened

protects the supreme court from being touched by the government and the right to use judicial review

Letter from Birmingham Jail

* it is the oppressed who need to stand up and not tolerate abuse.
* civil rights the goal of America
* it was the whole be peaceful because the moment you turn aggressive people will see the whole things as bad and evil.

Necessary and proper clause

* the government can make a law in oder to make the constitution true
* it will do what ever it can to make everything follow what its its suppose too

supremacy clause

federal laws are more important than state laws

Mccolloch v Maryland

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Wanted to tax a federal bank

The us v Lopez

Put federalism, it was leading towards federal power, but ultimately cited with the state power

Baker v carr

Redistricting all votes for one person

Shaw v reno

Gerrymandering

Marburg v madison

Judicial review

Engel v vital

Prayer in school

Wisconsin v Yoder

Amish family and sending their kids to school after eighth grade

Tinker V Des moine

School protest for black arm bands. Rights or not absolute

Schenk v US

World war, one draft his pamphlet was too violent

New York Times v the United States

Pentagon papers

McDonald v Chicago

Guns in Chicago wanted to buy handgun and cut it

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Gideon V Wainwright

Sixth amendment allowed to have an attorney to represent you

Brown versus Board of Education

Overturn, Plessy, V Ferguson. No more separate but equal.

Citizens, United V FEC

Hillary movie to be about whether or not they can do it

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The patriot act

The government can team up in order to catch a terrorist for the better good of the US, even if that to break some morals

Due process clause

Can’t take away life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It’s a part of the 14th amendment.

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