How a Bill Becomes a Law
How is the bill written in both the House and the Senate?
House = H.R. #
Senate = S. #
Who is the "big brother" of Congress?
The Senate
What part of Congress does Gerrymandering affect?
The House of Representatives
How many amendment are in the Bill of Rights?
10 amendments
What are three of the main clauses?
commerce clause / necessary & proper clause / supremacy clause / privileges | amunity clause
Where does a bill start?
In either the House of Representatives or in The Senate.
Why is the House considered specialist and the Senate is the generalist?
The House deals with one tasks in groups because there are so many of them, therefore they can focus on one problem at once.
The Senate is generalist because there are so few of them, that they have to all talk at focus on many task instead of just splitting them up.
What is gerrymandering used on?
It is used on the different voting boundaries in a state
What freedoms are included in the first amendment?
Speech / Religion / Press / Assembly / Petition
What is said to be the most important clause?
necessary & proper clause
What are three things the President can do with the bill when it gets to him/her?
veto it / sign it / wait 10 days
Who gets to selected to VP and who gets to select the President in electoral college ties?
The VP is selected by the Senate and the President is selected by the House in Electoral College ties.
What does gerrymandering do?
It is drawn lines that favor certain political party so that the lines are drawn around places where there will be a heavy majority vote (rigging)
Define Civil Liberties
Individual Rights protected by law from unjust government or other interference
Define implied powers.
powers not directly stated in the Constitution, but rater interpreted as belonging to national government
Where can a bill come from? Name three ways
individual citizens / special interest groups / corporations / non-gov organizations
What powers does the House hold?
all money (appropriations) ; bills start here / select President in electoral college tie / write the article of impeachment against high ranking officials
Explain "pack and crack".
Packing comes from when the Supreme Court placed congressional redistricting which forces districts to be equally populated
Cracking is when the Supreme court forces the districts to not be solely based off of race
James Madison
What is the commerce clause and what court case is the first to deal with it?
gives congress the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian.
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
What happens when the President waits 10 days and what is the purpose of it?
This avoids responsibility from the President because he doesn't have to take blame due to that he did not sign it
What powers does the Senate hold?
approves all treaties / approves all appointments / chose VP in electoral college tie / act as jury in all impeachment trials
What court case created "pack and crack"?
Baker v. Carr
What is the due process clause?
14th amendment clause stating that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, and property without due process of law
What is the necessary and proper clause and what was the first court case to deal with it?
gives congress the power to ¨make all law which shall be necessary and proper for carrying out their power¨
Maryland v McCulloch (1819)