Supreme Court Cases
This Supreme Court Case set the power for Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Which type of grant is more flexible, Categorical or Block Grant?
What is Block Grant
This gives the Constitution its authority over all forms of government in the U.S.?
What is the Supremacy Clause.
Why did the framers add a bill of rights?
The Bill of Rights was added to address the concerns of the Anti-Federalist. To protect liberties that the national gov't could not deny.
What was the name of the first government in the U.S.?
What is the Articles of Confederation.
This Supreme Court case led to/enforced the necessary and proper clause?
What is McCulloch v. Maryland.
This is known as layered federalism. Clear boundaries.
What is Dual Federalism?
States must honor the court proceedings, contracts, and acts of other state governments?
What is Full Faith and Credit Clause
What was the 3/5ths Compromise and why was it controversial? (big issue)
Slaves would be counted as 3/5 of a person in the population for the House of Representatives. Southern States really wanted it or would not support the Constitution.
What were two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Weak national gov't, no president, each state could have own currency, no army, only one house of Congress, etc.
This Supreme Court case supports the commerce clause?
What is Gibbons v. Ogden.
Who settles conflict between the state and federal government?
Who is the Supreme Court.
This clause gives citizens in states the same rights as citizens of other states?
What is the privileges and immunities clause.
What Constitutional Amendment is associated with Federalism (basis)?
What is the 10th Amendment
Two chamber legislature, both houses needed to approve of laws.
This Supreme Court case set boundaries for the commerce clause (limits to the federal gov't regulating commerce)?
What is the U.S. v. Lopez? (or Printz v. U.S.)
This idea of federalism is how the national gov't convinces states to accept policies?
What is Fiscal Federalism or Grant-In-Aid.
This clause allows Congress to make laws that help the federal gov't carry out the enumerated powers?
What is the necessary and proper clause.
What is an informal amendment? Give an example?
An informal amendment is a law that is not added to the Constitution but changes the way the gov't operates. Ex: Federal mandate, executive order, supreme court decision.
This philosopher believed in the Social Contract Theory?
Who is Rousseau?
This Supreme Court case helped support the idea of the Supremacy Clause and states could not tax the federal gov't.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
Why is the formal amendment process an example of Federalism?
Because states and the national government must agree on an amendment to pass.
This clause has been used to increase the power of the national gov't over time?
Powers that are directly listed in the Constitution are called?
This section of the D.O.I. discusses the ideas, philosophies, and beliefs of the American gov't?
What is the Preamble.