How a bill becomes a law
When a president denies the passing of a bill
What is veto?
Allows congress the power to stretch to meet the new needs.
What is "the elastic clause" or Clause 18 of article 1, section 8?
The Foreign Commerce clause gives the power of regulating international trade to this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch.
Martin Luther king
The writer of the Letters
A couple of Kadets were thinking about a camping trip to the Alaska wilderness when they turn 18; it’s good that they have the right to own a gun because there are a lot of hungry grizzly bears & polar bears up there!
What is the 2nd Amendment?
Where the bill is referred to once it is introduced
What is a committee?
Powers stated directly in the constitution.
What is an Expressed Power?
According to the supremacy clause, what three items make up the supreme law of the land?
What is the US constitution, the US laws, and US treaties.
Where did he write them?
In the Birmingham jail
AP US Gov't students were not arrested when they gathered together to plan a homework protest.
What is the 1st Amendment?
A bill that is signed by the president
What is a law?
Two of congress's most important legislative powers.
What is raising/spending money; regulating commerce; dealing with foreign affairs?
The ___ ___ and ___ clause in the Constitution ensures that judicial decrees established in one state will be binding in another state.
What is Full Faith and Credit.
Who was the letter directed to?
The authorities
When a colleague of Officer Carlos asked to search a student's house, the student very wisely asked him to provide a search warrant first.
What is the 4th Amendment?
The two houses where the bill is introduced
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Only congress has the power to do this.
What is declare war?
This clause of the constitution establishes the fact that federal law supersedes state law.
What is the supremacy clause.
When were the letters written?
April 16, 1963
One AP US Gov't student told another AP US Gov't student to appeal the 10-year sentence he received from Judge Lively for speeding & running a red light.
What is the 8th Amendment?
The number of people needed to vote yea in the House of Representatives
What is 218?
This clause is a multiple of 5 and can punish acts if Terror in the United States.
What is the 10th Clause?
The founders put this clause into the constitution to make it a flexible document.
What is the elastic clause.
Which biblical figure did Martin Luther King compare to?
Apostle Paul
Of course the Kadet in AP US Gov't is innocent of the crime he was accused of! He may not be tried again for it either!
What is the 5th Amendment?