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Constitutional Framework Flashcards

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Why is US constitution called rigid?

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How regularly has US constitution been amended?

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Why do so many proposed amendments fail?

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What are the benefits of a difficult amendment process?

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Why does a ‘necessary and proper clause’ give the US constitution flexibility?

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How does judicial interpretation ensure that old document sill applies?

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Why have some SC justices described the constitution as a living document?

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Why have unwritten conventions evolved in America even through the nation has a written and codified constitution

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Why did 13 colonies become frustrated with British rule?

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What are the articles of confederation?

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What are the main problems with the articles of confederation?

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Why did shay’s rebellion help lead to a new US constitution/

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What happened at the Philadelphia convention in 1787?

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What are the differences between federalists and anti-federalists?

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What new branches of govt were created by the new constitution?

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How fit the Connecticut compromise fill the wishes of the larger and smaller states?

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Why was the constitution controversial in some states?

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How can a constitutional amendment be proposed?

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How are constitutional amendments ratified?q

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What is the bill of rights and why was it included?

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Notes of 1st Amendement

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Notes on the 2nd amendemnt

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Notes of the third amendment

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Notes on the forth amendment

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Notes on the fith amendment

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Notes on the sixth amendment

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Notes on the sevenths amendment

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Notes on the eight amendment

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Notes on the ninth amendment

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Notes on the tenth amendment

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Why is there clear separation of powers in the US to the UK?

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Why is power over legalisation divided between the exec and legislative?

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What checks and balances over legislation are there between congress and the SC?

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What checks and balances are there over spending?

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What is a presidential pardon and how does this balance the power of the judiciary?

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Can Americans hold representatives more accountable in the UK or in the USA?

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What checks and balances are there over appointments and dismissals?

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38
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How is influence over foreign policy divided by the constitution?

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39
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What are enumerated powers and why are these called delegated powers?

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What are reserved powers?

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What are the concurrent powers?

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What are the prohibited or denied powers?

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What is established by the supremacy clause?

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Why is the neceiccary and proper clause also called the elastic clause?

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How did McCulloch v. Maryland demonstrate that the constitution also had ‘implied powers’

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What is the commerce clause?

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How does the faith and credit clause influence horizontal federalism?

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What is meant by dual federalism? Why is it also called layer cake federalism?

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Why do some states believe that they can nullify federal laws?

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50
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Why are northern and southern states different/

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51
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Why were free states frustrated by the powers of Govt?

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Why were slave states frustrated by the powers of Govt

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What did the 13th amendment do?

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What did the 14th amendment do?

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What did the 15th amendment do?

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What impact did the 14th amendment later have on the bill of rights?

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57
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What crisis helped to lead to the great depression?

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58
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How did the views of the candidates differ at the 1932 presidential election?

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59
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Why is co-operative federalism also called marble cake federalism?

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60
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What did the 16th amendment do?

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61
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How did the state and federal government co-operate to create jobs?

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62
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What are the differences between grants-in-aid, matching grants and categorical grants?

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63
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Why did categorical grants greatly improve the influence of the federal government?

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How did the attitude of the Supreme Court change during the 1930’s and how did this impact federilisum?

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How did the SC views on segregation change from the 19th to 20th century?

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Why did th nullification debate remerge at the time of segregation debate?

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67
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Why did the SC uphold the civil rights act in 1964

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68
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What efforts were made to prevent minorities from voting?

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69
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What happened to the use of federal grants?

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70
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What are medicare and medicade? Link to federalism?

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What are unfunded mandates and why are they contrershal?

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72
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What period is referred to as coercive federalism and why?

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73
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Why did the GFS lead to growth in federal power and spending

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74
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Why did the SC rule the expansion of medicaid to be unconstitutional?

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75
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What is the individual mandate and why did the Supreme Court uphold it?

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76
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Why did federal law pre empt state law in US v. Arizona?

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Why was Shelby V. Holder arguably a victory for states rights?

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78
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Why don’t the States have to give full faith and credit to same sex marriages?

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In what ways have the states proven themselves to be laboraties of democracy in recent years?

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What criticisms were categorical grants received by the 1980’s

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81
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What was the SC’s opinion on them in South Dakota v. Dole?

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82
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Which president’s first supported a different form of federalism?

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83
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Why were revenue sharing programs and block grants examples of devolution?

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What are unfunded mandates? How did congress try to limit them?

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How were welfare programs influenced by new federalism?

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Why could it be said that even the Supreme Court adopted new federalism?

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Why could it be argued that Bush brought about the end of new federalism?

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