Mid-Term Flashcards
Federalist #2
Congress’ power should be limited (Can’t have TOO much)
Federalist #10
by Madison; democracy won’t allow factions bc of diversity and size (good)
Federalist #51
by Madison; Separation of Powers needed because men are inherently bad
Federalist #57
by Madison; legislature; process of choosing officials in HoR by elections provides motivation to work hard.
Federalist #63
Senate should be prestigious, wise ones while HoR are young bucks
Federalist #70
energy needed in executive branch to rule well, but not become a monarchy (energy derived from unity, duration, and support from the people)
Federalist #78
defending judiciary; judiciary is the weakest branch unless connected with another branch; defending why judges have a lifetime term (free of distractions of election)
Brutus
Bill of Rights SHOULD exist to protect freedoms
Cato
refuted Madison’s Fed #10; thinks democracy will not work bc mini factions will cause chaos
Montezuma
satire from perspective of bigwigs who made it seem like they’d care for the country, but really they’d have all the power (aristocracy)
Brennan
America should interpret the Constitution by the spirit of the time, but it does have solid core values we should stick to
Meese
The history surrounding the intention is most necessary for interpretation; original intent
Boyd
(B=Bad) all gov is demonic and evil; controlled by Satan; should not serve in military/gov
Grudem
Refutes Boyd because Satan is a liar and can’t be trusted when he says he controls gov
Aquinas
3 kinds of justice:
General - what we owe to society as a whole
Commutative - between community members
Distributive - community distributes goods to members
Carnegie
Against socialism and for capitalism bc it’s better than not everyone is completely equal; administering money out during life is the best way to handle wealth; having some rich people is good
Rauschenbusch
disagrees with Carnegie; believed Jesus was a warrior for economic justice and wants poor people to rule
Winthrop
2 kinds of liberty; natural (free to do whatever) and civil/federal (free to do whatever follows law; thinks Jesus supports)
Augustine
City of God and City of man; united by all people needing worldly things to survive; Christians will be the best citizens if laws don’t violate beliefs
Constantine
the first Christian emperor
Jefferson
Religious tolerance; there should NOT be a state religion
Madison
against moral instruction in schools because it’ll corrupt the religion and religious freedom
Carl FH Henry
Christians are not winning against society in politics evangelically; culture is starting to change evangelicals; churches need to make a culture of their own
Locke
natural rights born in humans; majority determines choices of government; state of nature is missing an established law, an indifferent judge and power to execute the law; we give that up to have a good government, but certain ones must be defended OR ELSE the people can rebel
Boucher
anti-revolution; pastor; government is under God; disobeying government is dis-obeying God
McCullough v. ML
(MMMMMoney) Maryland wanted to tax national back, but fed gov said NO
Wickard v. Filburn
(WWWheat) Congress’ power to regulate commerce
Burke
British; representatives are elected to do what he thinks is best, not what the people say all the time
Romans 13
Christians are subject to government because it’s from God and we need to submit to it
Daniel, Habakkuk, Babylonians
God still used sinful gov;s to carry out his purpose
Socialism
everyone’s wealth is equal
Magna Carta
there is a law above kings
Article 1 of the Constitution
Legislature - HoR and Senate
Article 2 of the Constitution
Executive
Article 3 of the Constitution
Judiciary
Article 1, Section 9
Habeas Corpus (right to fair trial with evidence) - taken away by Lincoln during the Civil War
Prerogative theory
Presidents have expanded power during emergency, Lincoln
Stewardship Theory
The president can do anything; unless it breaks the Constituion
Whig Theory
The president can ONLY do what the Constitution says
How long is the SCOTUS term?
LIFE (w/ good behavior)
Original jurisdiction
the power of a court to hear a case first, before any other court
Appellate Jurisdiction
authority of a court to hear an appeal from a lower court
Marbury v. Madison
SCOTUS can make unconstitutional laws void
