Clauses Flashcards
State residents, whether they be black or white, should have the same consequences in similar conditions and circumstances.
equal protection
Congress shall make no law respecting the ______ of a religion”
establishment
This shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and individual proceedings of every other state; and the Congress can dictate how these shall be proved, and their effects.
full faith and credit
Congress has the power to trade and do business with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.
commerce
All the nation must follow laws, treaties, and other documents as they are the Supreme Laws of the Land and trump state laws.
supremacy
Congress has the power to make laws that are needed to execute the powers vested in the Constitution and in any other department of the United States.
necessary and proper OR elastic
The government needs to compensate for private property taken for public use, and cannot seize property without payment.
takings
Congress can’t make laws that limit the freedoms to express personal religions.
free exercise
This is a judicial mandate that a prison official must produce a criminal before the judges so that the court can determine if the person is being held lawfully and if they can be released from custody.
habeas corpus