People
There are 435 of them
What are representatives?
U.S. Senators must be at least this age to serve
What is 30?
"For rulers are not a ___ to good works, but to the ___" (Romans 13:3).
What are "terror" and "evil"?
FDR pardoned many Americans for buying and selling these kinds of beverages, after the sale and manufacture of alcoholic beverages was banned by the Eighteenth Amendment
What is...alcoholic? :)
It was signed in 1215
What is the Magna Carta?
This king conquered Israel and kidnapped Daniel and his three friends
Who was Nebuchadnezzar
An unjust or violent tax
What is an exaction?
The Greek city-state of ___ kidnapped young boys into military service.
What was Sparta?
Congressman Ron Paul pointed out that members of Congress rarely do this to bills that they vote on
What is read them?
A previous judge's decision that influences decisions after it
What is a precedent?
He said that America "goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy"
Who was John Quincy Adams?
This county government officer is responsible for determining the cause of death in a suspicious or potentially criminal case
What is a coroner?
In Engel v. Vitale, Justice Hugo Black claimed that this amendment prohibited voluntary school-led prayer
What is the First?
The Bible often uses this word to mean "bribe" (which rulers should refuse)
What is "gift"?
The two-word right that prevents someone from being indefinitely held in jail without a trial
What is habeas corpus?
Someone who tries to influence legislation passed by Congress (but not by bribery, of course....)
What is a lobbyist?
Two of the three original departments in the U.S. government
What are War, State, and Treasury?
Jesus and the book of James forbid Christians from swearing ___.
What are oaths?
This was last legally done on December 11, 1941
What is a declaration of war (by Congress)?
The system by which U.S. Presidents are elected
What is the Electoral College?
Justice Hugo Black said that they did not qualify as "persons" protected by the U.S. Constitution
Who are the unborn?
It decides is there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime
What is a grand jury?
Literacy in America according to a study in 1800 was more than ___ percent.
What is 99?
He issued 1,081 executive orders as President
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
When asked why he didn't attend the Constitutional Convention, he said he "smelled a rat"
Who was Patrick Henry?