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the “great charter” of English liberties, forced from King John by the English barons and sealed at Runnymede, June 15, 1215. any fundamental constitution or law guaranteeing rights and liberties.
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dumped british tea into harbor
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The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government.
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The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Confederation Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.
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established a three tred judicial structure
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On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.
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freedom of religon, speech
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no soldier can be kept in a househeld of a citizen
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the right of the people to be secure in their persons
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person cwnt be deprived life, liberty, or property without due prossess of law
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the persoin convicted of a crime has the right to a fair and speedy trial
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In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
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the right to bear arms
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Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
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The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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lobbying and abuse of office b y police officers
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All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
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restrics the ability of individual to bring suit agianst states in federal court
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power of judical reveiw
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power to tax is power to destroy
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right of state legislature award a monopoly to operate a steamship
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slave who sued for his and his familys freedom
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abolished slavery
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rulled segregation was legal as long as facilityies were equal
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prohibited any poll tax in election s for federal offivials
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allowing voters to castdirect votes to us senators
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congres right to impose federal income tax
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no intoxicating liquours
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The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.
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The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America. ... Several states outlawed the manufacture or sale of alcohol within their own borders.
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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-elec
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ruled 2nd amendment doesn't protect right to have all weapons
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child could be expelled for not saluting to the american flag
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the court reversed itself and decided unity was not a sufficant reason tooverrule religions belives
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no person could be ellected 2 times
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ruled segregation is illegal
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The Civil Rights Act of 1960 ( Pub. L. 86–449, 74 Stat. 89, enacted May 6, 1960) is a United States federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someone's attempt to register to vote
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outlawed discrimination based on race color religon sex or national orgin
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, and later sexual orientation and gender identity
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It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. ... This “act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified.
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Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents prosecutors from using a person'
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struck down all state laws baning irracial marriage
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if president becomes unable to do job vice president becomes president 25
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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 is a US labor law that forbids employment discrimination against anyone at least 40 years of age in the United States. In 1967, the bill was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnso
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minimume age for voting age is 18
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Congress cannot get a pay raise until the next term.
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ruled 2nd amendment applies to federal state and local governments
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Trump v. New York is a pending United States Supreme Court case dealing with the 2020 United States Census. It centers on the validity of an executive memorandum written by President Donald Trump in July 2020 to the Department of Commerce, which conducts and reports the Census
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closes presidential race in years trump blames biden for cheating
