Court Cases
What was established in the McCulloch v. Maryland court case?
The federal government's implied powers over the states
What are the two types of laws?
Just and unjust
Congress may regulate:
1. Channels of interstate commerce
2. Persons and instrumentalities in interstate commerce
3. Activities that have a substantial effect on interstate commerce
Congress's power is premised on some preexisting interstate economic activity. Congress cannot use its power to compel people to unwillingly engage in interstate commercial activity.
What is gerrymandering?
When a political group tries to change a voting district to create a result that helps them or hurts the group who is against them.
When a new bill or idea is brought up, it is first introduced where?
To the house
What amendment was used in the Tinker v. Des Moines case?
Guaranteed a student's FIRST AMENDMENT right to protest (wearing armbands).
What has "wait" meant when used to discuss civil rights?
Never
What are examples of Channels of Interstate Commerce
1. Highways
2. Waterways
3. Airwaves
What is reapportionment?
The process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives every 10 years on the basis of the results of the census.
Where is the bill sent to be debated on?
House or senate floor
What happened in court case McDonald v. Chicago?
The right of an individual to "keep and bear arms" protected by the 2nd Amendment is incorporated by the due process clause of the 14th Amendment and applies to the states.
How does Martin Luther King Jr. address their concern that he is an outsider and does not belong in Birmingham?
1. He was invited there
2. He is a U.S. citizen and no U.S. citizen is an outsider anywhere within the U.S.
3. His organization has ties in Birmingham
4. The injustices that happen in Birmingham effect other places.
Who runs the legislative branch?
House of Representatives and Senate
Redrawing of boundaries of congressional legislative regions, such a a congressional district, following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population.
Both members of houses meet as what committee?
Confrence committee
Explain the case Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
What brought Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter to tears?
She could not go to the amusement park because it was for whites only.
What is the main job of the legislative branch?
To make and pass laws
What is a census?
A periodic and official count of a country's population.
Where is an approved bill sent to ?
The president
What was the case of Roe v. Wade (1973) ?
The court legalized abortion by ruling that state laws could not restrict it during the first three months of pregnancy. Based on 4th Amendment rights of a person to be secure in their persons.
What is the difference between the two types of laws?
A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God.
An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law.
The legislative branch can declare-
War
Define partisan
Favoring one political party at the expense of another
What is the final step for when a bill becomes a law?
If the President vetoes a bill, it returns to Congress. The bill is then voted upon one last time. If Congress approves the bill with a 2/3 majority, the President's veto is overturned and the bill becomes law.