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16 Cards in this Set
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Common Good
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Something that is most beneficial for the majority of a community.
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Representative Democracy
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A government in which leaders make decision by winning a competitive struggle for the popular vote
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Elastic Clause
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Constitution- Article 1 Section 8
Allows Congress to pass all laws necessary and proper to its duties, giving Congress power implied powers. |
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Federalism
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Government authority shared by national and state/local governments
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Separation Of Powers
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Constituional authority that is shared by three different branches of the government.
-judicial: interprets laws -executive: enforces laws -legislative: creates laws |
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Check and Balances
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System in which each individual branch has power over another ensuring that not one will be dominant.
Example= President Veto Congress. |
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Devolution
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The act of passing national responsibility unto state governments.
Health Education Elections Welfare |
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Popular Sovereignty
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The legitimacy of the state is created by the consent of the people.
(Social Contract- legitimacy must derive from the consent of the governed) |
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Maryland tries to tax national bank, but in doing so is taxing the entire nation.
-necessary and proper clause -supremacy clause |
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Shay's Rebellion
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A rebellion that exposed the weaknesses of the national government, i. e. absence of national army
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10th Amendment
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Powers not given to the national governement are reserved to the state or local governments. (reserved powers)
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POWAHS!
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-Denied- powers specifically prohibited from the national government
-Delegated/Enumerated-powers that are clearly given to the national government -Reserved-powers that are not given to the national government are reserved for the states. (10th Amendment) HEEW -Concurrent- powers that are given or shared between both the national and state government -Implied Powers- powers given to the national government but not explicitly stated in the Constitution |
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Commerce Clause
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Article 1 Section 8- Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce. (extremely broad, gives congress TON power)
limited by US v. Lopez precedent=Gibbons v. Ogden |
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US. v. Lopez
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The supreme court case that held that Congress had exceeded its commerce clause power by prohibiting guns in a school zone
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Gibbons v. Odgen
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The supreme court case that established congressional regulation of interstate commerce.
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Full faith and credit
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Article 4 Section 1
States must obey public acts, records, and rulings of other states. Example= Marriage. |