CH.2 Flashcards
. In Texas vs. white (1869), the US Supreme Court found that
The US Constitution does not provide states to leave the union
The Supreme Court’s process of applying portions of the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th amendments to process clause is referred to as
incorporation theory
In 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prohibited national government recognition of same-sex marriage and allow states to deny same-sex marriage is performed in other states is challenge by critics as a violation of ___________.
The full faith and credit Claus
The power of government to appropriate private property for public projects is referred to as
Power of eminent domain
The federal government extended its power to regulate aspects of the Economy such as railroad worker safety, minimum rate is at maximum hours principally through _____________.
Broad interpretation of the interstate commerce clause
After considering Texas’s challenge to the patient protection and affordable care act the Supreme Court ruled that ________________.
the U.S. government may penalize those without insurance, but may not withdraw Medicaid funding from states that refuse to expand the program.
Between 1876 and 2014 how many amendments to the Texas constitution have been adopted?
484
Annexation of Texas into the United States was authorized by Congress in _________.
1845
The principal historic event shaping The 1866 Texas constitution was _____________.
The reinstatement of the Union after the civil war
In 2011 and amendment to the Texas petition authorized a program to ___________.
provide LOW interest notes to students regardless of financial need
Amendments to the Texas constitution were proposed by the ___________.
Texas legislative
