Vocab 1
Tax an individual pays directly to the government.
Direct Tax
A law that punishes a person without trial.
Bill of attainder
What power gave the states the power to coin money?
Coinage Power
Specific powers that congress is meant to wield
Expressed Powers
How did Alexander Hamilton counter the Federalists ?
Argued the needs of the nation needed to be “of such infinite variety, extent, and complexity,”
A tax levied on one person but passed on to another for payment to the government, example : tariff.
Indirect tax
Laws that criminalize laws that were legal at the time.
Ex post facto laws
What power was the creation of a fast, reliable postal system?
What is National Postal Service
Powers only suggested by the Constitution
Implied Powers
Whats was Thomas Jefferson‘s strict constructionist view ?
“To take a single step beyond the boundaries
“All laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution.“
Necessary and proper clause
Orders police to take someone who is in custody to appear before the court.
Writ of Habeas Corpus
What is the power that gave Congress the power to write copyright and patent laws?
Copyrights and patents powers.
Powers that all governments of independent nations posses.
Inherent Powers
What caused Gibbons v. Ogden ?
Ogden would sue Gibbons to keep him out of New York waters ?
Times when government revenue are lower than expenses.
Deficit
Documents that a require a person to testify in certain situations.
Subpoenas
What power standardized weights and measurements
Weights and Measurements power
Powers specifically denied to Congress.
Who was John Marshall ?
Chief Justice of the Gibbons v. Ogden case.
Outlines the commerce powers granted to Congress
Commerce clause
“From after the fact” in Latin means
Ex post facto
Naturalization power.
Financing Powers
What caused McCulloch v. Maryland ?
The state bank of Maryland imposed a tax on operating banks within its borders.