https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2 en-us 2023-10-19 13:53:00 UTC 2023-10-24 03:03:42 UTC hello@padlet.com bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2754638094 2023-10-19 13:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2754638094 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2754642628 2 Senators per state ; 100 total senators
Term length: 6 years, number of terms is unlimited 

]]> 2023-10-19 13:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2754642628 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2754654624 Representatives per district is 1. There are 435 Representatives total.

Term Length is unlimited

Requirements: You must be 25 years of age, U.S Citizen for 7 years, must live in a state whose district you represent.]]> 2023-10-19 14:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2754654624 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2754659499 2023-10-19 14:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2754659499 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759116586 P: Roles: Head of state, commander-in-chief, and chief executive.

VP: Ceremonial assistant to the president and president of the Senate


]]> 2023-10-23 13:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759116586 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759118303 The Cabinet includes the Vice President and the heads of 15 executive departments, the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General.]]> 2023-10-23 13:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759118303 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759124850 2023-10-23 13:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759124850 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759133282 2023-10-23 13:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759133282 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759143963 Federal courts adjudicate federal laws and determine wether federal laws are constitutional. They do not review all laws, but only those over which lawsuits originate. The Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the United States.]]> 2023-10-23 13:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759143963 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759148725 Cases reach the Supreme Court on appeal: a request from a higher court to reverse a lower court’s decision. Most appeals come from lower federal courts, but sometimes they come from state courts if they deal with federal law.]]> 2023-10-23 13:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759148725 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759151558 The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents the government from making laws that: regulate an establishment of religion; prohibit the free exercise of religion.]]> 2023-10-23 13:54:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759151558 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759151858 The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along with nine other articles of the Bill of Rights.]]> 2023-10-23 13:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759151858 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759158843 The Third Amendment to the United States Constitution places restrictions on the quartering of soldiers in private homes without the owner's consent, forbidding the practice in peacetime.]]> 2023-10-23 13:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759158843 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759159145 The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. It prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets requirements for issuing warrants.]]> 2023-10-23 13:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759159145 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759160032 The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. It was ratified, along with nine other articles, in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights.]]> 2023-10-23 13:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759160032 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759160250 The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions. It was ratified in 1791 as part of the United States Bill of Rights.]]> 2023-10-23 13:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759160250 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759165511 The Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. This amendment codifies the right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:02:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759165511 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759167161 The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. This amendment was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the United States Bill of Rights. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:03:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759167161 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759167375 The Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. It is part of the Bill of Rights. The Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution addresses rights, retained by the people, that are not specifically enumerated in the Constitution. It is part of the Bill of Rights. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:03:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759167375 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759167606  It expresses the principle of federalism, also known as states’ rights, by stating that the federal government has only those powers delegated to it by the Constitution, and that all other powers not forbidden to the states by the Constitution are reserved to each state.]]> 2023-10-23 14:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759167606 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759167849 The Eleventh Amendment is an amendment to the United States Constitution which was passed by Congress on March 4, 1794, and ratified by the states on February 7, 1795. The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of individuals to bring suit against states of which they are not citizens in federal court. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759167849 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759168471 The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president.]]> 2023-10-23 14:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759168471 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759168830 The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759168830 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759168992 The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.]]> 2023-10-23 14:04:25 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759168992 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759169198 The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments.]]> 2023-10-23 14:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759169198 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759169602 The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population.]]> 2023-10-23 14:04:43 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759169602 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759169858 The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759169858 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759170140 The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ratified by the requisite number of states on January 16, 1919. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759170140 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759170485 The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex, in effect recognizing the right of women to vote.]]> 2023-10-23 14:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759170485 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759170649 The Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3. It also has provisions that determine what is to be done when there is no president-elect. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759170649 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759172260 The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol.]]> 2023-10-23 14:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759172260 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759172593 The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President of the United States to two terms, and sets additional eligibility conditions for presidents who succeed to the unexpired terms of their predecessors.]]> 2023-10-23 14:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759172593 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759172788 The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution extends the right to participate in presidential elections to the District of Columbia. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759172788 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759172986 The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. ]]> 2023-10-23 14:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759172986 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759173135 The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution deals with presidential succession and disability.]]> 2023-10-23 14:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759173135 bhatta28 https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759173326 The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution established a nationally standardized minimum age of eighteen for participation in state and federal elections. It was proposed by Congress on March 23, 1971, and three-fourths of the states ratified it by July 1, 1971.]]> 2023-10-23 14:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bhatta28/zd2g6hjezl3ijbf2/wish/2759173326