How a bill becomes a law
How many steps are there?
8 steps
What is commerce power?
It is the direct source of the most important powers that the Federal Government exercises in peacetime
What are the Clauses of the Constitution?
A section, phrase, paragraph, or segment of a legal document, such as a contract, deed, will, or constitution, that relates to a particular point.
Who is the audience of MLK's letter?
Clergymen because they had good will.
What is the franking privilege?
benefit allowing members of Congress to mail letters and other materials postage-free
True or False: When the bill goes through one house it then has to go through the first four steps again.
True
What are the foreign policy powers?
Approve treaties, declare war, create and maintain army and navy, make rules governing land, enable forces
What is the elastic clause?
One of the powers of Congress that allows them to make any laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out their other powers
Why was MLK in Birmingham in the first place?
He was invited, he had organized ties and injustice there.
What are expressed powers?
powers that Congress has that are specifically listed in the Constitution
How long does it take for a bill to pass?
Nearly 100 days
What are some of their money powers?
they can: coin money, regulate its value, punish counterfeiters, establish standard rates and measures.
What is the Elastic Clause also known as?
The Necessary and appropriate clause
How does MLK answer his charge of being an "outsider"?
He states that anyone living in the United States is not an outsider within its bounds
What is the incumbency advantage?
Advantage for simply being in office already (90% of House incumbents get reelected, 80% in the Senate)
Why is it so hard for a bill to pass?
The amount of committees, professional opinions, and steps that the bill has to go through makes it difficult to even make it past the trash can.
What is Necessary and proper clause?
Enables Congress to make all laws appropriate to further any power the constitution grants to any branch of the gov.
What is the significance of the Free-Exercise clause?
People have the freedom to exercise their own religion
What does it mean for those who ignore justice in one place?
It creates a domino effect and injustice follows
What did the reapportionment act of 1929 accomplish?
Set the permanent size of the House at 435, said the census determined the number of seats for each state.
Where does a bill go after it has past the House of Representatives?
The Senate
Civil Rights Enforcement (14th and 15th Amendment)
Congress may pass remedial legislation only; and the remedies must be proportional to the scope of constitutional violations.
Which amendments can be found in the Due Process Clause
5th and 14th amendment
How does MLK define 'unjust'?
Making someone else follow your command
What constitutional provisions limits the power of the national government in Hamilton’s argument from The Federalist papers?
Listing rights will lead some to assume that government may regulate those rights.