Vocab
The idea that the government's right to rule comes from the people
What is Popular Sovereignty
Article I, Section 8, granting Congress necessary powers to carry out enumerated powers
What is necessary and proper clause
Second Bank of United States had a branch in Maryland. The state passed a law taxing the bank, and the bank official refused to pay the tax
What is McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Replaced election by state legislatures with direct election by voters
What is 17th Amendment
the departments and agencies within the executive branch that carry out the laws of the nation
What is Federal Bureaucracy
when the federal government apportions tax money to the states with no strings attached (ended because too costly)
What is revenue sharing
Constitution and all national treaties and laws shall be the supreme law of the land
What is Supremacy clause
Alfonso Lopez brought a gun to school and was charged with violating the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990
What is US v. Lopez
Search, Seizure, Warrants, and Evidence
What is 4th Amendment
Bureaucracy acts as a court to settle disputes between parties
What is Bureaucratic adjudication
allocation of monies to projects within districts or states, Narrow focus (not for NATIONAL purposes)
What is Pork barrel spending
requires states to recognize the public acts, records, and civil court proceedings from another state
What is full faith and credit clause
A registered Republican challenged Tennessee’s congressional district boundaries, which had not been changed since 1901 – district populations were unbalanced
What is Baker v. Carr
Rights Not Specified
What is 9th Amendment
the webs of influence between interest groups, policymakers and policy advocates
What is Issue Network
A right clamed by presidents to keep certain conversations, records, and transcripts confidential from outside scrutiny, especially that of Congress
What is executive privilege
grants Congress the power to "regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes."
What is Commerce clause
Ruled part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 invalid and established judicial review: the authority of the court to strike down a law or executive action if it conflicts with the Constitution
What is Marbury v. Madison
The Grand Jury,
Double Jeopardy, and Self-Incrimination
What is 5th Amendment
process through which the federal bureaucracy fills in critical details of a law
What is Regulation
the departments and agencies within the executive branch that carry out the laws of the nation
What is Federal bureaucracy
requires states to recognize the public acts, records, and civil court proceedings from another state
What is full faith and credit clause
“a state of war is not a blank check for the President when it comes to the rights of the Nation’s citizens.”
What is Hamid v. Rumsfeld
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
What is 13th Amendment
monitors if funds are being spent
appropriately
What is Government Accountability Office(GAO)