Vocabulary
The sharing and separation of power among the states and the federal government.
What is federalism?
The powers of Congress are established here.
What is Article I?
What is a federalist?
There is potential for a farmer's wheat to affect the national wheat market.
What is Wickard v. Filburn?
Conducting elections, establishing local governments, maintaining public schools.
What are reserved powers?
The Constitutional principle that is a result of the fact that Congress' powers are listed.
What is limited government?
The framers who favored strong state governments.
What is an anti-federalist?
Abortion is not mentioned in the Constitution.
What is Dobbs v. Jackson?
Declaring war, establishing foreign policy, regulating interstate commerce.
What are enumerated / delegated / expressed powers?
The courts have relatively settled that Congress may regulate the manufacture and transfer of firearms across state lines.
What is the Interstate Commerce Clause?
The Amendment that Anti-Federalists needed to ratify the Constitution.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Guns being school property has nothing to do with commerce.
What is US v. Lopez?
Collecting taxes, borrowing for government functions, and establishing criminal laws.
What are concurrent powers?
The Constitution does not say that Congress can set the price of stamps, but it is allowed to do so anyway.
What is the Necessary and Proper ("Elastic") Clause?
The Article that Federalists included to ensure the central government's strength.
What is Article VI?
Personal marijuana cultivation is part of a class of activities that could affect interstate commerce.
What is Gonzalez v. Raich?
The powers that Congress has due to the Elastic Clause, but aren't listed.
What are implied powers?
The equivalent of the Elastic Clause in the Bill of Rights.
What is the 9th Amendment?
The King during the Revolutionary War.
Who is King George III?
The Second Amendment is supreme to DC's handgun ban.
What is D.C. vs. Heller?