Amendment of the Constitution (AQA A-Level Politics): Flashcards
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Supermajorities needed to propose & ratify amendments
Supermajorities needed to propose & ratify amendments
2/3 to propose, 3/4 of states to ratify
Total # of amendments ratified since 1789
Total # of amendments ratified since 1789
27
First 10 amendments collective name
First 10 amendments collective name
Bill of Rights
Freedoms protected by First Amendment
Freedoms protected by First Amendment
Religion, speech, press, assembly
Amendment that abolished slavery (1865)
Amendment that abolished slavery (1865)
Thirteenth Amendment
14th Amendment's key clauses
14th Amendment's key clauses
Equal protection & due process
26th Amendment: voting age
26th Amendment: voting age
Lowered from 21 to 18
Case that established judicial review power (1803)
Case that established judicial review power (1803)
Marbury v Madison
2008 case establishing right to private gun ownership
2008 case establishing right to private gun ownership
District of Columbia v Heller
2015 case establishing same-sex marriage right
2015 case establishing same-sex marriage right
Obergefell v Hodges