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31 Cards in this Set
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Powers that the government has because there the government.
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Inherent Power
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These powers are given to the federal government by the constitution.
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Delegated Powers
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These powers are denied to the federal government by the ocnstitution
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Prohibited Powers
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This type of law is a written law code.
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Statutory law
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This is the President's right to refuse information with congress
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Executive privilege
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Proposed Amendments to the COnstitution can be approved by state conventions and by what other method>
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Both houses of Congress vote, they need more than 75% to consider an amendment.
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What Amendment have 18-20 year olds the right to vote?
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26th Amendment
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The Supreme Court has generally given power over regualtion of public healt, public morals, and public education, to which level of government?
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state government
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This political Philisophy hold that the constitution is only a compact and states should have the power to null or void any part of the constitution that ran counter against state policy.
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States right
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This is the action of punishing someone for an action committed before the action was outlawed
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Ex post Facto law
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Give an example of one instince in the Cincy area where eminent domainis used.
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Mall in Norwood. 3 holdouts
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After a purposel for a constitution amendment is passed, it must be ratified by this percentage of the states
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75%
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This act of Congress if signed by the President admitts a new state into the union.
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Act of Admission
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These are powers that are given to both the state and federal government
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Concurrent Powers
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This Prohibited means that the police can hold you in prison for longer than 48 hours without chargin you for a crime
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Habeas Corpus
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What is the act of returning a person to the state where the crime took place.
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Extradition
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THis Constitutional Amendment was a attempt to stop the "black codes"
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14th Amendment
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What are the three types of Grants-in-aid
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1.Block Grants. 2. Categorical Grants. 3. Reve nue sharing
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Name of the Concurrent Powers
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Power to tax
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what is the clause that grants Congress to make any law that shall be "Necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers is called the >>>
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clustic clause
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the clause in the constitution that all states must recognize and honor legal documents from other states is called the ...
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comity clause
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what are civil liberties
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personal rights to citizens granted by the 15th amendment
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what is the law that declares a certain person or group guilty and inflicts punishment without a trial is called a
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Bill of Attainder
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to secede is to
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state: leave the union
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what is a categorical grant?
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gives money to states for specific purpose
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What are the checks that the executive branch has on the Judicial?
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1. Appoints federal judges.2. Can grant pardons.
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What are the checks that the Judicial branch has on the President?
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1. Can declare executive acts Unconsitutional. 2. Judges are appointed for life and are free from executive control.
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What are the checks of the Judicial branch on the Congress?
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Can declare Acts of Congress Unconstitutional.
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What are the checks on the form the legislative branch on the Judicial?
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1. Can Impeach are remove federal judges. 2. Can refuse to confirm Judicial appointsments. 3. They establish the lower federal courts
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What are the checks the legislative branch has on the President?
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1. Can impeach and remove the President 2.Can override the Presidents veto by two-thirds vote. 3. Controls where the money goes.
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What are the checks that the President has on the legislature.
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1. Can veto acts of congress. 2.Can call special sessions of Congress. 3 Can suggest legislation
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