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This is the term for federal requirements by the national government to the states.
What are mandates?
The Americans with Disabilities Act, which provides protections for the disabled, is an example of this.
What is a federal mandate?
This is commonly identified as a failure of the Articles of Confederation. (Hint, it may have something to do with cash flow)
What is the national government lacked an effective power to raise revenue?
Marbury v Madison established the concept of this.
What is Judicial review?
This president only served for about a month before dying in office.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
This gives Congress the power to make laws related to carrying out its enumerated powers, but Supreme Court interpretations can influence the extent of these powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper clause?
The theory that all interests are and should be free to compete for influence in government, resulting in healthy democratic compromise and balance
What is pluralism?
The framers made the amendment process difficult in order to protect these.
What are individual rights?
If the President wants to use his executive authority, he has to look at this part of the Constitution...
What is Article 2?
Best Foods Mayo is sold west of this, while Hellmann's Mayo is sold east of it.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
The congressional power that has been contested most frequently in the federal courts.
What is regulate interstate commerce?
WOOP-WOOP! That's the sound of these powers which give the fundamental ability of a government to enact laws to coerce its citizenry for the public good.
What are police powers?
According to the pluralist theory of American politics, public policies emerge from these reached among competing groups.
What are compromises?
These powers allows both the federal and state governments to make policies involving taxation.
What are concurrent powers?
This 2009 video game was banned in Russia for violent depictions of terrorism.
What is Modern Warfare 2?
When independent regulatory agencies make rules, enforce those rules, and adjudicate disputes arising under those rules, they risk violating this constitutional concept.
What is separation of powers?
Love it or hate it, this is the best example of a constitutional concept that supports the vision of the United States as a union of states, rather than a union of individual citizens.
What is the electoral college?
This financial aid from the national government gives the states the broadest discretion in the spending of money.
What are block grants?
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What is, it's Saturday Night?
Choose which one is NOT a trait of liberal democracy. Holding regular, frequent, and competitive elections; Protecting minority rights; Having a lively and free press; Achieving income equality; Guaranteeing equality in voting
What is achieving income equality?
Further solidified under McCulloch, this idea puts the Constitution as the law of the land above all others.
What is the Supremacy clause?
The Supreme Court took issue with Congress's use of this clause to ban guns in schools.
What is the interstate commerce clause?
As a compromise, the framers agreed on a bicameral legislature, with the House of Representatives directly elected by popular vote within states and the Senate selected by state legislatures. This method chosen for electing members of the House of Representatives conforms most to this democratic ideal.
What is the consent of the governed?
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What is Angel Stadium?