The US Constitution Study Guide by HECTOR MENJIVAR https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb Information en-us 2017-09-12 02:09:47 UTC 2026-03-12 16:26:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png 3 Branches of Government hemenjivar81 https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186616734 You can see the responsibilities and powers each branch has. 
Legislative-Makes the Laws
Executive- Carries out the Laws
Judicial- Evaluates Laws
]]> 2017-09-12 02:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186616734 Checks and Balances. What are they? hemenjivar81 https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186617698 By creating three branches of government, the delegates built a "check and balance" system into the Constitution. This system was built so that no one branch of our government could become too powerful.
Each branch is restrained by the other two in several ways. For example, the president may veto a law passed by Congress. Congress can override that veto with a vote of two-thirds of both houses. Another example is that the Supreme Court may check Congress by declaring a law unconstitutional. The power is balanced by the fact that members of the Supreme Court are appointed by the president. Those appointments have to be approved by Congress.
]]> 2017-09-12 02:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186617698 Checks and Balances hemenjivar81 https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186619459 Watch the film to get a better understanding of Checks and Balances.]]> 2017-09-12 02:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186619459 Amendments hemenjivar81 https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186620271 Amendment 1

Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press
First Amendment definition. An amendment to the United States Constitution guaranteeing the rights of free expression and action that are fundamental to democratic government. These rights include freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech.

The Constitution states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.



]]> 2017-09-12 02:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186620271 Fifth Amendment hemenjivar81 https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186621524 The Fifth Amendment definition  is the section of the Bill of Rights that protects you from being held for committing a crime unless you have been indicted correctly by the police. The Fifth Amendment is also where the guarantee of due process comes from, meaning that the state and the country have to respect your legal rights. 

The Constitution states: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; 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.]]> 2017-09-12 02:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186621524 Should the structure of Congress under the Constitution be changed? hemenjivar81 https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186623242 Whatever the pros and cons, the rule appears impossible to change because of a specific provision agreed to at the convention that prohibits depriving any state of its “equal suffrage” in the Senate without the state's consent. “No small state is going to vote to do that,” says Bodenhamer. Levinson agrees. “That's not going to happen in my lifetime,” he says. “It probably won't happen in my grandchildren's lifetime.”]]> 2017-09-12 02:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186623242 Should the election of the president under the Constitution be changed? hemenjivar81 https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186623795 Supporters of the Electoral College see one major advantage to the system: greater certainty than with a popular vote in a close election, with all but inevitable voting irregularities and errors in countless voting places.]]> 2017-09-12 02:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/hemenjivar81/wt6un0br4ymb/wish/186623795