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13 Cards in this Set
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these powers belong to the federal govt
-coin $ -regulate interstate & foreign trade -maintain armed forces -create federal courts |
Enumerated/ Delegated Powers
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these powers belong to the states
-schools -marriage -regulate intrastate commerce |
Reserved Powers
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these are powers shared by federal and state govts:
-power to tax -borrow $$ -provided for public welfare -administer justice |
concurrent powers
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to bring formal charges of wrong doing
treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors |
impeach
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lets congress stretch its powers to meet situtations the founding fathers couldnt anticipate
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elastic clause
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requires law officials to bring a prisoner to court and show just causes for detaining him
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writ of habeus corpus
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punishes a person w/o a jury trial
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bill of attainder
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law that makes an act a crime after the act h as been committed
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Ex post facto law
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rule or command that has force of law
decisions by president, federal agencies, and federal depts. |
executive order
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ensures each state recognizes the laws, court decisions, and records of other states
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full faith and credit clause
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recognizes consitution and federal law as supreme law of land
us constitution us laws us treaties state constitution state laws |
supremacy clause
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to propose amendments:
____ of both house OR _____ of state legislatures |
2/3
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to ratify amendments:
____ of state legislatures ____ of special state constitution conventions |
3/4
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