Semester Test Flashcards
(31 cards)
2nd amendment
The right to bare arms
3rd amendment
No soldier is allowed to stay in any house without owners consent
4th amendment
- No search without warrant
2. No warrant without reason
5th amendment
- Nobody can be put on trial for a Capitol crime with out enough evidence.
- If someone is put on trial for a crime and the trial ends, they may not be tried again for the same crime.
- nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,
- nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law
- nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
- No double jeopardy
6th amendment
- Criminal shall get the right to a speedy trial
- Impartial jury within district
- Right to an attorney
- Confront their witnesses
- Present own witnesses and evidence
- Habeas corpus- know what they are accused of
7th amendment
Right to jury trial in civil cases
8th amendment
- No excessive bail or fines
2. No cruel or unusual punishment
9th amendment
Right to civil liberties
10th amendment
Anything not written in the constitution is reserved for the states
President Actions with bills
- ) signs it & becomes a law
- ) Ignores it & it becomes a law if more than 10 days in congress session
- ) vetoes bill & bill does unless 2/3 of each house overrides veto
4) pocket veto- less that 10 days left in congress session & press refuses to sign bill, then it dies.
Delegate voting
Voting the way your district wants
Trustee voting
Voting by conscious(mind)
-best thing to do
Politico voting
Voting because It would make their life easier
Partisan voting
Voting because that is the way their party voted
Congress staff
1) personal staff: works for and hired by a senator
2) congressional staff: helps the senators and house get their jobs done- hired by U.S. Gov
3. staff agencies:
a) GAO-accountants
b) CRS- research for senators
c) CBO- determine budget
House of Representatives
*2yer term
* 435 members because law capped #
* 1 rep per 675k ppl
* leaders:
-speaker(head of house)
-majority leader(agenda)
-whip(enforcer)
-major committees:
Rules committee( most powerful )
Apparition ($$)
Ways and means ($$)
-25 years of age
-U.S citizen at least 7yrs
-live in the state you represent
1st amendment
- Freedom of speech
* freedom of expression - Freedom of religion
* prevent exercise of religion
* make no law respecting an establishment - Freedom of press
- Freedom of the right of the people to peaceful assemble
- Freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances
Senators
-6yrs term
-100 b/c each state gets two
-president of Senator (VP of U.S)
-president of pro tempore (VP of Senate)
^^^have no influence
Leaders:
Majority leader
Minority
Whips
-30 years of age
-U.S citizens 9yrs
- live in state you represent
Descriptive Representative
You represent people similar to you in appearance, economic status, religion, or politics
Substantive Representation
You rep a group different than yourself
Woman in congress
- woman are very under represented in congress (less than 5%)
- why don’t they run for office?
1) woman are less likely to run if thy fear losing
2) family issues (children)
3) don’t feel inferior
4) need higher credibility and expertise than a man to win - rank higher than men in trust and intelligence factors
Characteristics of congress men(women)
- background in business or law
- mostly Caucasians
- no African American in Senate and only 10% in house
- 95% are men
- mostly Christians
- upper middle class
- middle age
Incumbency
- both HR and SN have high reelection rates
- HR members are more likely to get reelected
- HR 94% SN 85%
Why does house have higher reelection rates?
House reps 675k(district) and Senator reps states entire population
