Contains a list of the numerous abuses inflicted on the colonists by the English monarch
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
The power of the courts to invalidate laws that conflict with the Constitution.
What is judicial review?
100
This branch of Congress has the power to impeach the President.
What is the House of Representatives?
100
This is a law issued by the President that does not need to be passed by the legislature.
What is executive order?
100
A document filed in court in which a prisoner (or other person in custody) requests that he or she be released from custody.
What is habeas corpus?
200
The unsuccessful predecessor to the U.S. Constutitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
200
When a ruling is no longer important or no longer needed because a decision has already been made or some other circumstance has occurred to make a decision irrelevant.
What is mootness?
200
The Clause of the Constitution that gives Congress the power to pass all laws appropriate to carry out its functions.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
200
The term used to reference the president's military authority.
What is Commander in Chief?
200
To impose criminal punishment for an act that was not a crime at the time the act occurred or that increase the punishment for a crime.
What is ex post facto?
300
The dual system of government wherein a national government peacefully coexists with numerous state governments.
What is federalism?
300
When power to hear a case is shared by different courts (i.e., both federal and state).
What is concurrent jurisdiction?
300
The level of activity required for Congress to enact regulations under its Commerce Clause powers.
What is substantial (or substantial impact)?
300
The president's power to change a criminal punishment to one less severe.
What is commutation?
300
The idea that the protections found in the Fourteenth Amendment (and others) control state action, not actions by individuals.
What is the State Action Doctrine?
400
The concept of three separate branches of government charged with executive, legislative and judicial functions.
What is separation of powers?
400
The only time the United States Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction.
What is state v. state cases.
400
This Act, passed by Congress, recognizes the power of the President to commit troops in emergency, but requires consultation with Congress as soon as possible and limits military intervention to 60 days w/o Congressional approval.
What is the War Powers Act?
400
The right to keep certain communications between the President and his cabinet and staff confidential.
What is executive privilege?
400
“The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
What is Ninth Amendment?
500
This Article of the Constitution enumerates legislative powers of the federal government.
What is Article I?
500
The legal doctrine wherein federal courts decide not to hear a case.
What is Abstention Doctrine?
500
One of five areas of law Congress may regulate under the Interstate Commerce Clause (any one of the five).
What is either 1) business, 2) criminal, 3) environment, 4) communications and the internet, or 5) civil rights.
500
The only justifications for presidential impeachment.
What is "treason, bribery or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors"?
500
The idea that the Fourteenth Amendment extends Bill of Rights protections to the states.