Federalism
Which part of government is allowed to declare war?
Congress
Which government is responsible for family laws: birth, marriage, & death
State government
Which government has the power to tax?
Both: it's concurrent
Gibbons said navigation is commerce because sailing is _______ .
work / business
Which government is responsible for the regulation of intrastate commerce
State Government
This level of government manages the military
What is the federal government?
Says Congress shall regulate trade among the several states, foreign nations, and Indian tribes
Powers that the Constitution gives to both the national and state governments
What are concurrent powers?
Answered the question, "Can Congress make a bank if it wants to?"
The Necessary & Proper Clause's nickname:
What is the "elastic clause"?
powers directly stated in the Constitution
e.g. The power to make law is vested in a Congress of the US...
What are expressed powers?
A system of government in which a central and various regional governments exercise power over the same people and the same territory
What is federalism?
Says if business happens in two states, Congress regulates it
What is the Commerce Clause?
Answered the question, "Is banking business?"
What is the Commerce Clause?
A city council passes an ordinance regulating noise levels in residential neighborhoods. This action is an example of which level of government exercising its function?
What is a local government?
powers the government requires to uphold the expressed powers
What is implied powers?
Both state and federal governments
States must recognize civil judgments rendered by courts in different states and accept their records and acts as valid. Not valid with criminal decisions
What is Full Faith and Credit Clause
What is the primary function of a committee?
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during Marbury, Gibbons, and McCulloch
Who is John Marshall?
appoints electors to the electoral college
Who are the states?
Name of Congressional approval for states to have a treaty with each other:
What is an interstate compact?
Electors are appointed based on the amount politicians that a state has based their population size that is in this chamber of Congress
What is the House of Representatives
Powers that belong to the states
What are reserved powers?
statement in Article IV of the Constitution establishing that the Constitution, laws passed by Congress, and treaties of the United States "shall be the supreme Law of the Land"
what is Supremacy Clause