How Laws are Made
This is what a representative from Congress is called who writes and submits a bill for consideration.
What is a sponsor?
These "laws of the land" were thought to be inadequate by many doing business and James Madison, who called for a constitutional convention. They did not allow for a strong central government to regulate commerce or enforce treaties.
What are the articles of confederation?
This is the clause in Article 1, Section 8 that allows Congress to regulate commerce (the commerce clause)
What is Clause 3?
This is the idea that the states are compacted together to form a national or federal union that is stronger together than apart, and also to be a check on a national government becoming tyrannical.
What is federalism?
This is one of the safeguards built in to the Constitution to prevent any one branch from becoming tyrannical.
What is the separation of powers?
This is where a bill goes before it reaches the full House and Senate floor.
What is a House or Senate committee?
This means that no king or person is allowed to dominate, but instead the laws in pursuit of the constitution which limits the powers of people in government.
What is rule of law or Lex Rex (law is king)?
This is the section and clause that gives Congress the power to "lay and collect taxes"
What is Article 1, section 8, clause 1?
This is the 3 branches of government.
What are judicial, executive and legislative?
He is considered the Father of the Constitution and wrote the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
This is when 218 of the 435 House members pass a bill is called.
What is a simple majority.
This is Article VI, Section 2 which says the supreme law of the land is the constitution and the laws made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made.
What is the supremacy clause?
This is the clause of Article 1, section 8 that gives Congress the power to "borrow money on the credit of the US"
What is clause 2?
This is the branch that creates laws.
What is legislative branch?
This is our system of government wherein people elect representatives to run the country and whose powers are limited by the Constitution.
What is a constitutional republic?
This is where a bill goes after passing the House of Representatives.
What is the Senate?
This amendment limits the power of the federal government to only what the Constitution expressly delegates to it, and gives the states whatever else is not prohibited to them.
This is the clause in Article 1, Section 8 that allows Congress to coin money and regulate its value.
This is the branch that enforces the laws (and also the presidential branch).
What is executive?
This is when one branch checks another, or a state checks the federal government by nullifying laws that are unconstitutional.
What is interposition?
This is where a bill goes if it passes in both the House and the Senate.
What is the desk of the President?
This was the plan in the convention that called for a strong central government that gave it veto power over the states and almost abolished any state power.
What was the virginia plan?
This is true or false that the article 1, section 8 gives Congress power to organize a militia.
What is true?
This is the part of government that is constitutionally allowed to set a budget, and taxes.
What is Congress?
This was the act that was thought to be an illegal power grab which deportewd people critical of Adams' administration
What is the alien and sedition act?