Court Cases
Marbury V Madison
Estb. Judicial Review
Basic characteristics
435 members...amount/state=based on census, each state is guaranteed one, elected for term of two years
Basic characteristics
100 members, 2/state, elected for 6 years, elected by and chosen to represent entire state
Speaker of the House?
Nancy Pelosi (D)
Decides committee members and order that the bills are debated.
McCulloch V Maryland
1819 Court Case-enforced Supremacy Clause after it was deemed necessary and proper to create a federal bank
Qualifications to be a Rep?
>25 yrs. old, citizen of US >7 yrs., live in the state youre running for
Qualifications?
>30 yrs. old, citizen >9 years, living in state youre running for
Powers of the Speaker of the House
Decides the committees each member will serve on. Decides the order in which the bills will be heard.
Special Powers of the Senate?
Approves all treaties/appointments, chooses the Vice President in an Electoral College, acts as the Jury in all trials of impeachment
Roe V Wade
1973 Court case- Const. protected a womans right to an abortion prior to a baby being born
Rigging an election. Supreme court case...decided that courts may decide where district boundaries are drawn illegally (PACK AND CRACK) pack=population, crack=NO skipping an area
17th Amendment-
allowed voters to elect Senators. Originally, founders believed the senators were too important for the average citizens to vote for them
Powers of the House of Reps
all money (appropriations) bills start here. select the President in Electoral College. writes the article of impeachment against high-ranked officials
Raise & collect taxes
Power to borrow $
Set laws for naturalization (makes rules for citizenship, immigration)
Declare war
Elastic (Necessary & Proper Clause)- allows Congress to expand their powers when not specifically stated in the Constitution
Gibbons V Ogden
1824 court case- implied that anything concerning interstate trade could potentially be regulated by the fed. govt.
Who do they represent?
Only districts theyre elected from
Head of Senate?
Big or Little Brother of the 2 houses?
Little Brother
Powers denied to Congress
Couldnt make laws concerning slave trade until 1808
Cannot suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus (must show cause for holding a suspect) AKA must tell what the charges against you are
NO ex post facto law (cannot punish a person for an act committed before there was a law against it= whatever the law currently is/was, you must obey it)
US V Nixon
1974 court case- unanimous decision against Nixon, ordering him to deliver tape recordings to a fed. district court
Reapportionment Act of 1929?
President Pro Tempore?
Mitch McConnell (R)
How many years is the census taken?
Every 10 years
Powers denied to States:
Cannot coin money- ONE currency
No state militia, troops, navy (Only as individual citizens, 2nd Amendment)
No ex post facto laws
No suspending right of Habeas Corpus