FCLE C2P4 C3P1

Constitutional ______ are sections of the U.S. Constitution that are examined by scholars, lawyers, legislators, and other government officials to determine the intention of the principles of the Constitution and make decisions about the application of rights.

• Clauses

• Amendments

• Articles

• Statutes

Match the following:

• Commerce Clause

• prohibits federal officeholders from receiving any gift

• Emoluments Clause

• Power to regulate commerce

• Full Faith and Credit Clause

• Federal law has precedent over state law

• Supremacy Clause

• state courts respect the judgments of courts from other states

Match the following:

• First Amendment Clauses

• basic constitutional limits on police procedure

• Due Process Clause

• Make all Laws as necessary and proper to carry out listed powers

• Equal Protection Clause

• prohibits the government from making any law “respecting an establishment of religion"

• Elastic Clause

• government may not deny people equal protection

Changes to the constitution are called _________.

• additions

• modifications

• amendments

• revisions

The first ten amendments to the US Constitution are known as the _____________.

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

An amendment is proposed by a ​ (a)   majority, and is ratified with a ​ (b)   majority.

• 2/3rds
• 3/4ths
• 1/3rd
• 2/5ths

There are ____ Amendments to the US Constitution.

• 24

• 25

• 26

• 27

Procedures for amending the Constitution are established in Article ________.

• IV

• V

• VI

• VII

The _________ plays an important role in how the U.S. Constitution is interpreted and the ways in which individual rights are safeguarded (protected) and limited.

• legislative branch

• executive branch

• judicial branch

_______ means that an authority has to prove to a court why it is holding someone.

• Subpoena

• Writ of Mandamus

• Habeas corpus

• Writ of Attainder