Montesquieu's Garden
declares war
Legislative branch
the national government is able to rule over or against state governments according to this
supremacy clause
powers for BOTH the national government and state governments
concurrent powers
"I plead the ..."
5th
approve appointments of federal judge
legislative branch
enforces laws
executive branch
the creation of the affordable care act
implied powers
powers not explicitly stated in the Constitution
8th amendment
to look over laws and decide if they are constitutional or not
judicial review
interprets laws
judicial branch
similar to laws but created by the president
executive orders
powers not given to the national government and also not given to state governments; no illegal search and seizures, no national marriage laws, states cannot coin money, etc.
denied powers
2nd amendment
right to bear arms
pardon
to excuse from have to serve in jail/prison
the leader of the executive branch
the president
establishment of postal services
enumerated powers
10th amendment kept these for the states
reserved powers
4th amendment
no unreasonable searches and seizures
Leads impeachment trials
the senate
the legislative branch is branched off into two
bicameral legislature
case that decides that the federal government had the right and power to set up a federal bank and that states did not have the power to tax the federal government
McCulloch v Maryland
AKA Expressed Powers because they are expressly stated in the Constitution
enumerated powers
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name ONE of the ways to amend the constitution
may call Congress into an emergency session
executive branch