Clauses

Question 0

Full Faith and Credit

Answer 0

Section of Art. IV that ensures judicial decrees and contracts made in one state will be binding and enforceable in any other state.

Question 1

Supremacy Clause

Answer 1

Portion of Art. VI mandating that national law is supreme to all other laws passed by the states or by any other subdivision of government.

Question 2

Equal Protection Clause

Answer 2

Section of the 14th that guarantees all citizens receive “equal protection of the laws.”

Question 3

Due Process Clause

Answer 3

Clause contained in the 5th and 14th. Prohibits the federal and state governments from depriving any person of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law”.

Question 4

Establishment Clause

Answer 4

First clause of the 1st. It directs the national government not to sanction a national religion.

Question 5

Free Exercise Clause

Answer 5

Second clause of the 1st. Prohibits government from interfering with a citizen’s right to practice religion.

Question 6

Elastic Clause

Answer 6

Found in Article I Section 8 of the Constitution, it gives Congress the power to make “all laws necessary and proper” to carry out the other defined powers of Congress.

Question 7

Commerce Clause

Answer 7

Article I Section 8 Clause 3 of the Constitution giving Congress the authority to regulate interstate commerce and commerce with foreign countries.

Question 8

Habeas Corpus

Answer 8

Petition requesting a judge to require authorities to prove that a prisoner is being held lawfully, and allows prisoners to know what they are being charged for.