Powers of Congress
Article One
Congress
Congress
Article Two
POTUS
POTUS
Article Three
SCOTUS
SCOTUS
Article Four
State Relations
State Relations
Constitutional Randomness 1
Constitutional Randomness 2
100
Congress has the power to regulate ______________ trade.
(there are three answers)
1. interstate
2. foreign
3. Indian
100
Minimum age for a House member
25
100
Minimum age for POTUS
35
100
Minimum age to be SCOTUS justice
nope.
100
the legal surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal to the jurisdiction of another state, country, or government for trial or punishment.
extradition
100
The necessary and proper clause created the ______ powers of Congress
implied
100
TOTAL number of Electoral College votes
538
200
This is the process to become a U.S. citizen if you were born outside of the United States.
naturalization
200
Minimum age for a Senate member
30
200
The POTUS is the ______________ in Chief of all US armed forces.
Commander
200
Number of justices on the Supreme Court
9
200
Constitution's requirement that each state accept the licenses, public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state
full faith and credit clause
200
George Washington used what items to explain the role of the US Senate to Thomas Jefferson?
cup & saucer
200
Number of Electoral College votes necessary to win the office of POTUS
300
made in exact imitation of something valuable or important with the intention to deceive or defraud.
counterfeit
300
Number of members in the US Senate?
100
300
POTUS power to grant forgiveness for a federal crime
pardon
300
This is the term of office for a SCOTUS Justice
LIFE
"...during good Behaviour..."
300
My NC marriage and my NC driver's license are both recognized as legal and binding anywhere in the US - states, territories, and/or possessions.
What clause guarantees this?
full faith and credit clause
300
Constitutional maximum size of Washington, DC
100 square miles
300
Laws that make an act punishable as a crime when the act was not an offense when committed
ex post facto laws
400
Congress has the power to issues these, which protect intellectual property
patents
copyrights
trademarks
400
Number of members in the US House?
435
400
Name one government position that the POTUS appoints....
federal judges
Ambassadors
Cabinet positions
400
You want to be a SCOTUS Justice?
First, the POTUS must nominate you, then the __________ must confirm your appointment.
Senate
400
The _________________ clause requires states, upon demand of another state, to deliver a fugitive from justice who has committed treason, a felony, or other crime to the State from which the fugitive has fled.
extradition
400
As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for ____________________________.
the life of the author plus an additional 70 years.
400
Legal command (a writ) requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
habeas corpus
500
Nickname for the "necessary and proper" clause
elastic clause
500
Women make up approximately ____ % of Congress
25
(23.5 %)
500
MAXIMUM number of years a POTUS can serve
10
500
The power of the SCOTUS to review government actions (state laws, national laws, state court decisions, federal court decisions, POTUS actions...) and determine if the action is constitutional.
judicial review
500
To what is this clause fro Article IV referring? Remember, the USC was written in 1787!
"No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due."
the return of escaped slaves
(indentured servitude was rare by this time...)
500
A license to fit out an armed vessel and use it in the capture of enemy merchant shipping and to commit acts which would otherwise have constituted piracy.
letter of marque
500
Who is considered to be the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
