Federalist No. 10 was written by
Who is James Madison?
Congress is split between two houses named
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Madison says the way to create a government that both has the power to protect liberty while also not being able to destroy it is through
What are checks and balances?
Alfonso Lopez brought a gun into a school in this city
What is San Antonio?
In this year, Congress chartered a 2nd bank of the US in Maryland
What is 1816?
Pure democracy refers to the idea that
What is the majority will always win over the minority?
Powers of congress that are explicitly outlined
What are enumerated powers?
Among the branches, power must be
What is separate and equal?
Charges against Lopez from the state were dropped due to
What is federal law?
Maryland created a law saying any bank in Maryland that was not chartered by Maryland was subject to this
What is a $15,000 fine?
According to Madison, Factions are
What is a threat to democracy?
The Necessary and Proper clause refers to the ability to
What is pass laws needed in order to help the enumerated powers?
The structure used to prevent the legislative branch from becoming too powerful
What is a Bi-Cameral legislative?
Congress used this clause in order to justify their right to implement gun law
What is the commerce clause?
McCulloch argued this clause gave him the right to establish the bank
What is the Necessary and Proper clause?
When more factions are created
What is the factions powers dilute?
The method used to elect a president, using state population to measure voting power
What is the electoral college?
The executive branch can check the legislative branch through this action
What is vetoing laws?
Lopez argued this about the federal governments ability to implement gun law
What are states rights?
The Supreme Court ruled
What is 6-0 in favor of McCulloch?
Competition between factions leads to
What is factions are forced to compromise?
This act gives the supreme court the power to establish lower courts
What is the Judiciary act of 1789?
Madison refers to these checks and balances as
What is a double security of protection?
This case tipped that scale of power closer to
What is state power?
This case helped to establish
What is supremacy of national law over state law?