Karteikarten
Powers and Clauses
Karten in diesem Stapel (14)
- 1Enumerated Powers aka "expressed power"The powers specifically granted to the national government.
- 2Implied PowersPowers that Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution.
- 3Inherent PowersThe powers that are necessary for a branch of government to get its job done.
- 4Reserved PowersPowers that the Constitution does not give to the national government that are kept by the states.
- 5Concurrent PowersPowers that both levels of government can exercise.
- 6Commerce ClauseAllocates power to Congress for regulating commerce among states and with foreign nations and Indian tribes.
- 7Necessary and Proper ClauseGives Congress the power to make all laws necessary to carry out their expressed powers.
- 8Full Faith and Credit ClauseStates must recognize the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state. (article 4)
- 9Supremacy ClauseThe federal law is above all state laws. States can't make laws that conflict with US laws. (article 6)
- 10Free Exercise Clause (1st amendment)Declares that we have freedom to whatever we choose when it comes to religious matters.
- 11Establishment Clause (1st amendment)Declares that a state can't establish religion.
- 12Due Process Clause (5th & 14th amendment)States that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without fair procedures.
- 13Selective CorporationCase by case process by which the liberties of the Bill of Rights is applied to the state governments by the Due Process clause of the 14th amendment. (14th Amendment)
- 14Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment)States that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction.
