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1st Quarter Exam Flashcards

1
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National law always trumps state law

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National supremacy

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2
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Everyone votes

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Direct democracy

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3
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Can be aquired or born into

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Citizenship

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4
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Define the 2 kinds of citizenship

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Jus sanguine- your parents are citizens of a country, therefore you are too, jus soli- your parents are not citizens in a country but you are born there, therefore you can choose to be a citizen or not

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5
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Act stating the president can send troops overseas for 60 days, at which time congress has to vote on whether or not to send them back

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War powers act

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6
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What is the disability amendment or how to fill a vacancy in the vice Pres. office?

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25th amendment

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7
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What is the OMB and what does it do?

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The Office of Management and Budget, and they write things for the president

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8
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What have we not done since 1941?

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Declared a war

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9
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What is dependent on the president sometimes and sometimes not?

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Executive agencies

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10
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What are run like businesses?

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Government corporations

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11
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What is a government where one man rules?

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Dictatorship

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12
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What is the word for acquiring citizenship?

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Naturalization

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13
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What was it called when the population increased by 10 times at 1 million a year?

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Great migration

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14
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What are the two types of aliens?

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Temporary and un documented, and Tourists

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15
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What are aliens that plan on staying in the country?

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Undocumented and temporary aliens

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16
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What are aliens that plan on leaving the country?

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Tourists

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17
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What are people called who come into the country and want to be a citizen?

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Immigrants

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18
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What is it called when one is kicked out of the country?

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Deportation

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19
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The power to rule ourselves rests in ourselves

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Popular sovereignty

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20
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What is a government that can only do what it’s people allow it?

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Limited government

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21
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What is The law of the common people and set by a precedent?

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Common-law

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22
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What is a legal right to operate a government?

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A charter

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23
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What is something that has been done before, a case that influence a later case?

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Precedent

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24
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What is a tax on paper goods?

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Stamp act

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25
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What is a tax on finished goods?

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Townshend act

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26
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What is a tax on tea?

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The tea act

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27
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What is a effective propaganda book written by Thomas Paine?

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Common sense

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28
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What is English legislature?

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Parliament

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29
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What is a word for two houses in Legislature?

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Bicameral

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30
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What was the first agreement to limit the powers of the King?

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The Magna Carta

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31
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What is legislative law?

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Statutory law

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32
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What was the first agreement for self-government in colonies?

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The Mayflower compact

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33
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What was it called when colonists Tossed tea into the harbor, and English punished us?

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The Boston tea party

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34
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What restricted all rights after the boston tea party?

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The intolerable act

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35
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Who set up mail between leaders in a revolution?

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Committee of correspondence

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36
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What was a de facto government during the war?

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Second Continental Congress

37
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What is the first legal government?

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The articles of Confederation

38
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What was mostly Thomas Jefferson’s words, plagiarized, and just to document?

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Declaration of Independence

39
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What states the law?

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The US Constitution

40
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What is a law that prevents things that haven’t happened yet?

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Equity law

41
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What are 435 representatives in the house divided between?

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Congressional districts

42
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What are the people that congressmen represent?

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Constituents

43
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What is the types of congressional leadership?

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Majority and minority leaders and whips, and the speaker

44
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What are four types of committees?

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Standing sub joint and conference

45
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What is the word that means to try the president or kick him out of office?

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Impeachment

46
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Ending of a bill or filibuster

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Cloture

47
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What says you must be accused to be arrested?

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Habeas corpus

48
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What is talking for a long time to avoid voting on a bill?

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Filibuster

49
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What is the work congressman do for individuals?

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Casework

50
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What is it called when something is made illegal when it was not before?

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Ex post facto

51
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What is a metaphor for bringing federal money back to your state?

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Pork-barrel

52
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What is drawing district lines to the benefit of the majority?

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Gerrymandering

53
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Who’s the legislature uses a bill to arrest someone

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Bill of attainder

54
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What is an unrelated amendment attached to a bill that will pass?

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Rider

55
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Senators have free postage

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Franking

56
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What is hiding or avoiding debate on a bill or kill it in a committee called?

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Pigeonhole

57
Q

What are peppers not stated in the constitution?

A

Implied powers

58
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What are powers stated in the constitution?

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Expressed powers

59
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To deny a bill

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Veto

60
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What is a pocket veto?

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When the president does not pass or veto a bill and Congress adjourns before his 10 day time window is up

61
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What is a pocket pass?

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When the president does not pass or veto a bill and his ten-day time window is up and Congress is still in session

62
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Congress does what, but not demographically?

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Represents us

63
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What is a forgiveness for federal crime that the Pres. Grant

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Pardon

64
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What is a postponement of punishment?

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Reprieve

65
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What is a pardon for a group?

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Amnesty

66
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What is an agreement between two heads of state, and legally binding but does not need Congress approval?

A

An executive agreement

67
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What has the force of the law but is not actually a law?

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An executive order

68
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What is the time when is in office?

A

A term

69
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What is the term of Congress?

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Two years

70
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What is the term of Pres.?

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Four years

71
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What is the term of the Supreme Court?

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Life

72
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What is the term of the house?

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Two years

73
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What is the term of the senator?

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Six years

74
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What is the term limit of the vice president?

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10 years or two terms

75
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What is original jurisdiction?

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When a case starts in the District Court

76
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What is appellate jurisdiction?

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When the appeals court has jurisdiction, and their appeal case has come from a lower court

77
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What is in order to appear in court?

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Subpoena

78
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What is a court order for search or arrest?

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Warrant

79
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What is the case that says it is the power of the courts to interpret the Constitution?

A

Marbury versus Madison

80
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What is a legal argument that can be written or oral?

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Brief

81
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What is the order in which cases are heard question

A

The docket

82
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What is jurisdiction should buy more than one court?

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Concurrent jurisdiction

83
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What are the four types of Supreme Court opinions?

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Unanimous, concurrent, majority, dissenting

84
Q

When a bill is remanded it is what?

A

Sent back to a lower court

85
Q

What is Latin for let the decision stand?

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Stare decisis

86
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When a decision is disagreed with it is what?

A

Reversed

87
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What are the lower courts created by Congress?

A

Inferior courts

88
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What case probably defines interstate commerce?

A

Gibbon versus Ogden

89
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What is commerce power?

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I don’t know yet…

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