Key Concepts Flashcards

Question

Rule of Law

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Article I of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch, enumerated powers of the branch, and election process for legislative officials.

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Declaring War
Running the Military
Regulating Commerce
Creating Legislation
Management of National Budget
Taxation

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Legislative Process
Protection of Individual Rights
Federalism
Balance of Powers
Judicial Interpretation

EXAMPLE:
- McCulloch v. Maryland and the Necessary and Proper Clause

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Article II of the Constitution establishes the Executive Branch in 4 sections.

IMPORTANT TERMS FROM ARTICLE II:
- Electoral College
- Impeachment
- Executive Branch

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Establishes office of President and Vice President
Term Lengths
Electoral Process

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PRESIDENTIAL POWERS:
- Commander-in-Chief
- Treaties
- Granting Pardons

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PRESIDENTIAL DUTIES:
- Ensuring Laws are Faithfully Executed
- State of the Union

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Specifies grounds for impeachment and removal of President and Vice President

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Article I, Sec VII
- President has the power to veto laws

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Article I, Sec II and III
- House of Representatives can impeach the President
- The Senate holds the trial

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Establishes Judicial Review and the Supreme Court

CONSTITUTIONAL APPLICATION:
- Trial by Jury
- Freedom from bills of attainder or vague charges of treason

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Establishes the Amendment Process
State Convention or Congressional Approval

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Initiated by a two-thirds vote of either both the HOR and Senate, OR the state legislatures that apply for an amendment
Must be ratified by 3/4 of the states or the state legislatures

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All debts prior to the adoption of the Constitution with remain in place
The Constitution is the Law of the Land
All executive, legislative, and judicial officers must take the Oath of office but no religious test shall be required for qualification

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The Reconstruction Amendments would see the United States change through civil rights as the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were added to the Constitution following the Civil War.

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The Jim Crow Laws were implemented in the South which went around the 15th Amendment prohibition of racial discrimination in voting through poll taxes and literacy tests for African Americans.