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21 Cards in this Set
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Expressed or Delegated Powers |
Powers of Congress specified in the Constitution |
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Congress has the power to... |
regulate interstate & foreign commerce (trade) regulate armed forces establish a post office set standards for immigration borrow money issue patents and copyrights collect taxes declare war build roads coin money set up courts set laws for naturalization |
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Implied powers |
Powers given to Congress through the elastic clause and NOT specifically stated |
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Elastic Clause or Necessary & Proper Clause |
This allows Congress to stretch its delegated powers |
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Impreach |
Accuse officials of misconduct |
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House of Representatives special powers |
Brings impeachment charges Bill for raising or spending money start here Chooses the President if no candidate receives a majority vote |
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Senate special powers |
Hears impeachment trials Chooses Vice President if no candidate receives a majority of votes Approves treaties Approves Presidential appointments
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Congress may not.. |
Tax imports Pass laws that violate the Bill of Rights Grant titles of nobility Interfere with states powers Suspend the writ of Habeas corpus Pass bills of attainder Pass expost facto laws |
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writ of Habeas corpus |
A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court and inform them why they are being held. |
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bills of attainder
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laws that punish a person without a trial
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expost facto laws |
laws that make an act a crime after the act has been committed |
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Bicameral |
a legislature consisting of two parts, or houses |
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Census |
a population count taken by the Census Bureau
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Constituent |
a person from a legislator's district
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Majority Party |
in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which more than half the members belong |
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Minority Party |
in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the political party to which fewer than half the members belong
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Standing Committee |
permanent committees that continue their work from session to session in Congress |
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Seniorty |
years of service, which is used as a consideration for listed in the Constitution |
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Expressed Powers |
powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the constitution
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Implied Powers |
Powers that Congress has that are not stated explicitly in the Constitution |
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Elastic Clause |
Consitution that gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers |
