ALL AP GOV PREP

Question 1

Overall Contents of Article 1

Answer 1

• Leg branch = congress + senate

Question 2

ARTICLE 1 CLAUSES:
(sect. 2 cl. 3) Enumeration Clause

Answer 2

apportionment of seats in house of rep
power to impeach

Question 3

ARTICLE 1 CLAUSES
(sect. 6 cl. 2) Ineligibility clause -

Answer 3

disqualifies members of congress from holding other fed. offices

Question 4

ARTICLE 1 CLAUSES
(sect. 7, cl. 1) Origination clause ->

Answer 4

revenue raising bills must originate in the house of rep

Question 5

ARTICLE 1 CLAUSES Commerse Cllause (1.8.3) -

Answer 5

reuglate interstate commerse

The Commerce Clause gives the national
government the power to regulate interstate
commerce, but Supreme Court interpretations
can influence the extent of this power.

§ By granting Congress more authority to make laws under the commerce clause, and also to establish
a regulatory agency to rule in labor disputes, it substantially increased the power of the federal
government

Question 6

What supreme court case is based off the
COMMERCE CLAUSE

Answer 6

UNITED STATES V. LOPEZ (1995)
Congress exceeded its power under the Commerce Clause when it made possession of a gun in a
school zone a federal crime.

Question 7

FACTS OF United States v. Lopez (1995)

Answer 7

§ In United States v. Lopez, the court ruled that gun possession was not an economic activity that
that could be considered interstate commerce and, therefore, gun free schools zones could not be
created or regulated by the national government.

§ In United States v. Lopez, the court ruled that gun possession was not an economic activity that
that could be considered interstate commerce and, therefore, gun free schools zones could not be
created or regulated by the national government. In the NLRB v. Jones case, Congress determined
that labor disputes were related to interstate commerce and that they did fall under the commerce
clause and could be regulated by the national government

Question 8

ARTICLE 1 CLAUSES
spending clause (1.8.1)

Answer 8

uniform taxes across the nation

Question 9

ARTICLE 1 CLAUSES
Necessary and proper clause -

Answer 9

all pwers necessary for execution of powers (incl. immicgration)

The Necessary and Proper Clause gives
Congress the power to make laws related
to carrying out its enumerated powers, but
Supreme Court interpretations can influence
the extent of these powers.

Question 10

Article 2 - overveiw

Answer 10

exec. c.ause
- Commander in chief
- cheif diplomat

Question 11

ARTICLE 3 Judicial vesting clause ->

Answer 11

higherarchy of courts … right to lifelong terms of service

Question 12

ARTICLE 3

Answer 12

JUDICIAL

Question 13

Federal court jurisdiction is dependant on ________ and ________

Answer 13

Rulings apply to:
a) “character of the cause” - judicial power extends to cases arising under the constitution AND

b) “character of the parties” - where the US is a “party” or controversy between two or more states, a state and citizens of a different state, between citizens of different states, or parties (citizens or state) and a foreign entity.

The courts are limited to “cases” and “controversies” which determine the capacity of the federal courts jurisdiction.