Clauses, Clauses
The first amendment clause that protects a citizen's right to believe and practice whatever religion he or she chooses
No Branch of government may infringe on the right of people to keep arms
What is the Second Amendment?
Powers specifically delegated to the national government
What are enumerated powers?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
What is successfully overturned state bans on interracial marriage?
These grants allow states considerable discretion in how these funds are spent
What are block grants?
Article IV, Section 2, of the Constitution that a state cannot discriminate against someone from another state or give its own residents special privileges
What is privileges and immunities clause?
This Amendment prohibits the Government from taking property without just compensations
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Authority possessed by both state and national governments such as the power to levy taxes
What are concurrent powers?
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
What is established the US Constitution is the supreme law of the land?
Hint: This case challenged whether Congress could charter a national bank in MD?
A law or regulation requiring a state or local government to perform certain actions without providing funding for fulfilling the requirement
What is an unfunded mandate?
This clause is the last paragraph of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution which provides Congress with the authority to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its enumerated laws
What is the elastic clause?
This Amendment says courts have to convene grand juries, no excessive bail and protects citizens from double jeopardy
What is the Fifth Amendment?
Powers derived from the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, that are not specifically delegated to the national government or denied to the states
What are reserved powers?
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
What is the Court said Congress could regulate interstate commerce once again establishing the national government as supreme?
This set of programs resulted after the economic collapse of the stock market in 1929 & World War I by this President
What is the New Deal and FDR?
Article VI of the Constitution, which states that laws passed by the national government are the supreme law of the land
What is the supremacy clause?
This Amendment protects individuals from cruel and unusual punishment
What is the eighth amendment?
Specific powers granted by the Constitution to Congress and to the President
What are expressed powers?
Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
What is school children did not have to salute the flag or recited the pledge of allegiance based on the grounds their religion did not permit it?
Liberals tend to favor these types of grants
What are categorical grants?
The first part of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution that provides Congress with the authority to make all laws this
What is necessary and proper?
These Amendments created the right to privacy
What are the Third, Fourth, Fifth Amendments?
The division of government power among several institutions that must cooperate in decision making
What is separation of powers?
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
What is the SC applied the Second Amendment to the states?
This article enumerates the power of Congress including the power to tax, raise an army, declare war, establish post offices, and this
What is the commerce clause?