Articles of the Constitution

Question 1

Article 4 clauses

Answer 1

• Full faith and credit
• Privileges and Immunities
• Property
• Guarantee

Question 2

Full Faith and Credit clause

Answer 2

States must recognize public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of other states

Question 3

Privileges and Immunities clause of Article 4

Answer 3

States cannot deny rights of state citizenship to citizens of other states

Question 4

Property clause

Answer 4

Congress can dispose of and regulate federal land and territories, including the power to regulate private property that affects federal public lands when such regulation is necessary to protect those lands

Question 5

Guarantee clause

Answer 5

Federal government must guarantee states republican form of government and protect states from invasion

Question 6

Article I, Section 4 elections clause

Answer 6

-Grants state legislatures the power to enact laws that regulate the time, place, and manner of congressional elections
-Grants Congress the power to override those state laws by supplanting them with federal law

Question 7

Article II, Section 2 appointments clause- Appointment of federal officers

Answer 7

All federal officers must be appointed by the President or in a manner otherwise consistent with the Article II appointment clause
*Congress cannot appoint federal officers

Question 8

Principal federal officers

Answer 8

-Ambassador
-Supreme Court Justice
-Cabinet official

Question 9

Who can appoint principal federal officers

Answer 9

President with Senate approval

Question 10

Inferior federal officers

Answer 10

-Independent counsel
-Judicial clerk
-Administrative law judge

Question 11

Who can appoint inferior federal officers

Answer 11

Appointed by President with Senate approval UNLESS Congress delegates appointment to President alone, federal courts, heads of executive departments

Question 12

President’s exclusive Article II powers

Answer 12

-Nominate principal officers
-Veto bills
-Prosecute/pardon federal offenses
-Communicate/negotiate with foreign governments
-Enter executive agreements

Question 13

Article I commerce clause

Answer 13

empowers Congress to regulate interstate commerce

Question 14

Article I dormant commerce clause

Answer 14

Prohibits states from
(1) discriminating against out-of-state commerce
(2) otherwise unduly burdening interstate commerce
UNLESS
(1) the discriminatory law futhers a legitimate noneconomic state interest
(2) there is no reasonable alternative to achieve that interest