Defining the powers of cogress
Expressed powers of congress
implied the powers of congress
Nonlegislative powers
limits/changing powers of congress
100
Expressed powers is congress is meant to wield, including coning money, collecting taxes, regulating commerce, raising and mainting armed forces, and declaring war.
What is expressed powers ?
100
Indirect Tax
What is a tax leveed on one person but passed to another for payment by the government?
100
he countered for the federalists
Who did hamilton counter for?
100
they share the power to propose amendments to the constitution
What power do both houses of congress share?
100
a court order that forces the police to present a person in court to face charges, except in cases of rebellion or invasion
What is the "writ of habeas corpus?"
200
Implied powers are those powers are only suggested by the constitution.
What is Implied powers ?
200
Direct Tax
What is a tax that an individual pays directly to the government?
200
it is an ever present question of american politics, one that the supreme court is often called on to address but one that perhaps can never be resolved definitively.
what policies are truly reasonable extensions of expressed congressional powers?
200
the house
Who has the sole power of choosing a president if no candidate gets a majority of votes in the electoral college?
200
a law that ounishes a person without a trial
What is a bill of attainder?
300
Those powers that all governement of indepent nations possesed are known as ineart powers because they do not have to be spelled out.
What is Inherent Powers?
300
Deficit
What is a condition in which government revenues are lower then expenses?
300
Hamilton
who believed congress should create a bank? hamilton or jefferson?
300
the 12th
What amendment gave the senate the power to choose a vice president if no candidate gets a majority of the electoral college?
300
they criminalize an action that took place in the past and that were legal at the time, likewise forbidden bu the constitution
What is the ex post facto laws?
400
Since the Framers believed in limnited goverment overall and federalism specifically, they were carfull to place limits on congressional powers.
What is Powers denied congress ?
400
Commerce Clause
What is the part of the constitiution that outlines the commerce powers granted to the congress.
400
powers that allow congress to take actions needed to carry out the expressed powers.
what are the implied powers of congress?
400
Aaron Burr
In the election of Thomas Jefferson in the year 1800 who was his running mate?
400
Franklin Roosevelt
During the Great Depression the congress responded to the severe economic crisis by passing dozens of far-reaching laws urged on by what president?
500
establishes the stucture of congress and lists its powers.
What does the constitution establish?
500
Standarizing weights and measures-for example, gallons, pounds, and yards- gave people confidence that a pound of goods in one state would pound in another.
What is weights and measures in the expressed powers?
500
implied
are social security and medicare an expressed power or implied power?
500
the senate
Who provides advice and consent on executive and judicial branch?
500
the separation of powers, which distributes the three branches powers
What is the strongest check on congressional powers?
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