Karteikarten
Chapter 3 and 4 flashcards
Karten in diesem Stapel (14)
- 1Enumerated power (expressed power)the congress may exercise the powers that the constitution grants it, subject to the individual rights listed in the Bill of Rights
- 2Implied Powerspowers that the Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution
- 3Inherent PowersThe powers that the congress and president need to get the job done right
- 4Reserved Powerspowers that the Constitution does not give to the national govt. that are kept by the states
- 5Concurrent Powerspowers shared by the state and federal govt.
- 6Commerce Clausegrants Congress the ability to regulate commerce relationships with foreign countries, states, and indian tribes
- 7Necessary and Proper Clause (elastic clause)give Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed power
- 8Full Faith and Credit Clause (article 4)addresses the duty that the states within the US have to respect the "public acts, records, and judicial proceeding of every other states"
- 9Supremacy Clause (article 6)establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions
- 10Free exercise Clause (1st amendment)states that Congress shall make no laws respecting the establishment of religion
- 11Establishment Clause (1st amendment)limitation placed upon the US Congress preventing it from passing legislation respecting an establishment of religion
- 12Due Process Clause (5th and 14th Amendment)no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
- 13Selective Corporationa case by case process by which the liberties of the Bill of Rights are implied to the State govts. by the Due Process Clause f the 14th amendment.
- 14Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment)all individuals shall have equal protection under the laws
