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Identify a constitutional amendment passed since 1960 that illustrates the Constitutions flexability?
The 25th amendment (1967) to the Constitution shows the Constitution's flexibility. When the Constitution was first drafted, it did not have any provisions for presidential disability or vacancy in the office of vice president. This amendment established a process whereby if the president becomes disabled, the vice president assumes the responsibilities of that office until the president can resume his duties.
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What scenario best illustrates the principle of checks and balances?
A constitutional amendment is proposed and submitted to the states for approval
Which Constitutional amendment extended to the states the restriction that a state cannot deny an individual his constitutional rights?
14th amendment
A change or addition to the Constitution?
an amendment
Lobbying is protected under what amendment?
The First Amendment of the federal constitution and similar protections in state constitutions.
What was the constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery and indentured servitude?
Thirteenth amendment
What statements best explains why activists try to have policy decisions inserted into the state constitutions?
Once policies are written into state constitutions, they become harder to change, requiring a new constitutional amendment.
State constitutions are regularly amended to include policy decisions. Why is this so?
Once policies are written into state constitutions, they become harder to change, requiring a new constitutional amendment.
Why do people have strong incentive to write policy decisions into state constitutions?
Once policies are written into state constitutions, they become harder to change, requiring a new constitutional amendment.
Why do people have a strong incentive to write policy decisions into state constitutions?
Once policies are written into state constitutions, they become harder to change, requiring a new constitutional amendment.
What is the constitutional orphan of the Tenth Amendment?
What is the "constitutional orphan" of the Tenth Amendment?
Which constitutional amendment opposes same-sex marriage?
In the United States, there is no amendment to the federal Constitution that opposes same-sex marriage. Many states, however, have adopted amendments to their individual state constitutions that prohibit same-sex marriage.
What scenario best illustrates the principle of checks and balances?
A constitutional amendment is proposed and submitted to the states for approval
How did American women win the fight for suffrage?
They worked for a constitutional amendment-APEX
Which Constitutional amendment extended to the states the restriction that a state cannot deny an individual his constitutional rights?
14th amendment
A change or addition to the Constitution?
an amendment
Which Constitutional Amendment is known as the State's Rights amendment?
The 10th amendment.
The Miranda stipulation requiring that accused persons be told they have the right to remain silent refers to basic Constitutional rights granted by the what Amendment?
Guards against self-incrimination were included in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitutional and called for the elimination of brutal police tactics to extract confessions. While several states adopted the right to not self-incriminate in their state constitutions,
