1.6 Principles of American Government
This is the blueprint for how the US government operates
What is the Constitution?
This man created the idea of separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
The distribution of power between federal and state governments is called this
What is federalism?
This prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner
What is the Privileges and Immunities Clause?
This document by James Madison talks about the idea of checks and balances
What is Federalist No. 47?
These articles of the Constitution establish checks and balances and three separate branches of government
What are the first three articles?
These are powers that are shared by both the federal and state governments
What are concurrent powers?
The fact that states still follow the guidelines of this environmental agreement show how checks and balances are still working
What is the Paris Agreement?
This is the name for the process of dividing states into political districts in ways that give certain parties power
What is gerrymandering?
This is one way that the judicial branch can check the power of the legislative branch
What is declare laws passed unconsitutional?
This was established by the Supreme Court case McCullough v. Maryland
What is the supremacy of federal law over state law?
The competition for environmental policy was between these two groups
Who are environmental activists vs. conservative free-market thinkers.
This court case reinforced the idea that the First Amendment is applicable even to high school students
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This clause in the Constitution makes the Constitution the supreme law of the land
What is the supremacy clause?
This Constitutional amendment states that all powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people
What is the tenth amendment?
This was the international agreement to cut emissions; not ratified by U.S. Congress
What was the 1997 Kyoto Protocol?
In the Muller report investigation, this many individuals were obtained, indicated, or convicted
What is 34?
This is one way that Congress can respond to the Supreme Court to check their powers
What is proposing a Constitutional amendment?
The Supreme Court determined that Congress had violated this clause in United States v. Lopez
What is the Commerce Clause?
In this case, federal marijuana crimes were upheld because of Congress's commerce clause
What was Gonzalez v. Raich?