Documents
This document gave the federal government no power to tax.
Articles of Confederation
This term refers to two or more levels of government having authority over the same people.
Federalism
This was the foreign policy posture of the federal government until 1941.
Isolationism
This places a case on the SCOTUS docket.
Writ of Certiorari
This case said that the Bill of Rights applies only to the federal government, not the states.
Barron v. Baltimore
This document is mostly a list of complaints against the British monarch.
Declaration of Independence
This is another name for the Elastic Clause
Necessary and Proper Clause
The last major party realignment was in this decade.
1930s (The New Deal)
The Clear and Present Danger rule limits this.
Speech
These people enforce party discipline in Congress.
Whips
This document explains and defends the checks and balances system in the Constitution.
Federalist 51
This settled the conflict between large and small states in 1787
Great (CT) Compromise
The War Powers Act was enacted during this war.
Vietnam War
This forces a bill out of committee for a House vote.
Discharge Petition
This is the most powerful position in the U.S. Senate
Majority Leader
This document defends a single executive, as opposed to an executive of two or more persons.
Federalist 70
These are the least restrictive form of fiscal federalism
Block Grants
Since the 1990s, this has been the pattern of media ownership in the U.S.
It has become more consolidated
This is the most permanent way of changing a decision of the Supreme Court.
Constitutional Amendment
A drinking age provision attached to federal highway aid affects this kind of federal grants.
Categorical Grants
This document argues that judicial review is an essential safeguard for Constitutional governance.
Federalist 78
That the federal government cannot encroach upon certain powers of the states is a feature of this amendment.
10th Amendment
This was the purpose of the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan.
To remove the Taliban
Supporting someone's bill in exchange for their support of yours is known as this.
Logrolling
Executive Agreements are preferred to Treaties because Executive Agreements don't require this.
Senate ratification