Constitution

Question 1

Commerce clause

Answer 1

-Part of Article I section 8
-gives Congress “the power to regulate commerce among the several states”

Question 2

Supremacy clause

Answer 2

-Part of Article VI Section 2
-States that Constitutional laws and treaties of the United States are the “supreme law of the land” and that national laws take precedence over state laws if the two conflict

Question 3

necessary and proper clause

Answer 3

-Part of Article I section 8
-grants Congress the power to pass all laws related to its expressed powers
-also known as the elastic clause

Question 4

Executive Powers Clause

Answer 4

-Part of Article II section 1
-states that “the executive power shall be invested in the President of the United States”
-used to justify assertions of presidential power

Question 5

Article I- Legislative Branch and Congress

Answer 5

-longest article in the Constitution
-established criteria for holding office
-Grants Congress the ability to govern its own proceedings and establish its own rules
-grants House the sole power of impeachment and Senate the power to try impeachments
-Grants House the power to introduce new taxes
-Section 8 covers the powers of Congress
-includes limits on Congressional powers (habeas corpus, no titles of nobility or bills of attainder)

Question 6

Article II- Executive Branch

Answer 6

-Established the Electoral College (state legislatures appoint Electors)
-Established criteria for holding presidency (only office that requires “natural born” US citizenship
-Established powers of presidency
Commander-in-chief
Create treaties and appoint officers with consent of the Senate
Call joint sessions of Congress
Execute laws and wield executive power

Question 7

Article III- Judicial Branch

Answer 7

-States that the Supreme Court and other inferior courts will exist
Inferior courts will be established by Congress
Gives Supreme Court the original jurisdiction over cases involving ambassadors, cases between 2 states, and select other situations (Appellate jurisdiction in all other cases)
-Established lifetime appointments on “good behavior” for all federal judges
-Defines treason
What’s written into law in the Constitution reflects concerns of the time

Question 8

Article IV

Answer 8

-Covers agreements between states
-How to bring in new states
-Full Faith and Credit and Privileges and Immunities clauses

Question 9

Article V

Answer 9

-How to amend the Constitution
-Approval of 2/3 of a national body (convention or Congress) and 3/4 of states (legislatures or conventions)

Question 10

Article VI

Answer 10

-Supremacy of the national government
-US government still owes debts to those it borrowed from under the AOC

Question 11

Article VII

Answer 11

-Ratification process in outright defiance of existing law

Question 12

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Answer 12

part of Article IV
requires that each states’ laws be respected by other states
(legal marriages in one state must be recognized across state lines)

Question 13

Privileges and Immunities Clause

Answer 13

part of Article IV
requires that states treat non-state residents within their borders the same as their own residents
meant to promote commerce and travel between states