A | B |
Preamble | states the purpose of the Constitution |
The Constitutional Convention location | Philadelphia |
Called for bicameral Congress based on population | Virginia Plan |
Constitution needed | 9 states to approve |
Congress divieded into | 2 houses |
U.S. Senators are elected for | 6 years |
Revenue bills originate in the | House |
The power to declare war belongs to | Congress |
The judicial branch | judges laws |
Number of Supreme court justices | 9 |
Person who administers oath of office to the President | Chief Justice |
Type of law that punishes without a trial | bill of attainder |
A person has the right to appear in person, in court | writ of habeas corpus |
A formal request to the Supreme Court to hear a case | writ of certiorari |
Qualifications of Supreme Court justices are | not stated in the Constitution |
Number of members of House of Representatives | based on population |
Number of members of Senate | based on equality |
When the Supreme Court hears a case already heard in a lower court | appellate justice3 |
Ammendments can be proposed by | 2/3 vote of each house of Congress |
Article V tells | how the Constitution can be ammended |