Exam 13: The Remaining Amendments and a Return to the Constitution

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was first proposed as an amendment to the United States Constitution in 1923 and was designed to guarantee equal rights for women. In 1972, it passed both houses of Congress and was sent to the state legislatures for ratification. The ERA was ratified by 35 states, but was unable to garner the mandatory three additional states by the deadline in 1982. Do you think that such an amendment would pass today? Why or why not?

The Supreme Court and others have acknowledged that Seventh Amendment analysis is mostly historical.

The United States Supreme Court struck down the portion of the Brady Bill that compelled local law enforcement to perform background checks on handgun applicants, holding that the requirement violated:

The Fourteenth Amendment (1868) established the way that representatives are apportioned and the qualifications of representatives

The Ninth Amendment highlights the founders' belief that government's powers are limited by the rights of the people, not the other way around.

The Thirteenth Amendment:

__________________ are legal controversies arising out of civil law rather than criminal law.

The Eighteenth Amendment, passed in 1919, prohibited the sale and purchase of intoxicating liquors. The Twenty-First Amendment was ratified in 1933 and repealed the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition). Use this example to discuss the pros and cons associated with the constitutional amendment process.

In which case did the Supreme Court uphold the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938?

Discuss Prohibition, including its origin and demise, and what occurred in between.

The _________________ Amendment embodies the principle of federalism, reserving for the states those powers not granted to the federal government or withheld from the states.

Selective incorporation is:

The Ninth Amendment has generated significant controversy and much scholarly debate as to what the framers meant and intended with this amendment.

The Supreme Court held that Congress had the authority to establish a national bank in:

Which Amendment requires that the right to vote shall not be denied or abridged because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude?