government Flashcards
powers
declare war and make peace
-make treaties and aliances
issue currency and borrow money
regulate trade with native americans
appoint senior offices of the us army
reforms so the gov doesn’t suppress the citizens
- checks and balances
bicamericalism
sep of power
federalism
house of rep mandate
2 y
senate mandate
6 y
ratifying amendments
1 proposal:2/3 vote of both houses
2. 3/4 of the state legislatures
- 3/4 of special constitutional conventions called by the states
1 amendment
limits on congress: it cannot make any law establishing a religion or abdriging the freedom of speech
what are the amendments that imposes limit on the executive
2,3,4: cannot infringe on the right of people to keep arms (2), not force people arbitrarily let soliders live in their house, not search or seize evidence/arrest people without court warrant
amendments that limits the court
5,6,7,8
amendmets on limiting the national gov
9,10:
eminent domain
the right of the government and its agent to expropriate private property for public use with the payment compensation
concurrent powers
powers shared both by the federal government and state governments
full faith and credit clause
article 4, section 1, requires states to honor the governmental actions and the legislative decisions that take place in another state
comity clause
art 4, sect 2, prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner
home rule
a guarantee of noninterference in various areas of local affairs
doctrine of expressed powers
the constitution gives the powers that are only specified in the text