government Flashcards

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powers

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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

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2
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reforms so the gov doesn’t suppress the citizens

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  • checks and balances
    bicamericalism
    sep of power
    federalism
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3
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house of rep mandate

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2 y

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4
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senate mandate

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6 y

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5
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ratifying amendments

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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

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6
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1 amendment

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limits on congress: it cannot make any law establishing a religion or abdriging the freedom of speech

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7
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what are the amendments that imposes limit on the executive

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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

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8
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amendments that limits the court

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5,6,7,8

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9
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amendmets on limiting the national gov

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9,10:

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10
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eminent domain

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the right of the government and its agent to expropriate private property for public use with the payment compensation

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11
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concurrent powers

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powers shared both by the federal government and state governments

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12
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full faith and credit clause

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article 4, section 1, requires states to honor the governmental actions and the legislative decisions that take place in another state

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13
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comity clause

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art 4, sect 2, prevents a state from treating citizens of other states in a discriminatory manner

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14
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home rule

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a guarantee of noninterference in various areas of local affairs

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15
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doctrine of expressed powers

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the constitution gives the powers that are only specified in the text

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16
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elastic clause

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art 1, sec 8 gives the congress power to make all laws needed to exercise the powers listed in sec 8;