Chap 3 Consitution Review Flashcards

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No person can be charged for a crime if becomes illegal after committed

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Ex post facto

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Electors vote for a certain candidate

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Electoral college

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Specific powers granted to the congress

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Delegated powers

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3
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Law interpreting branch

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Judicial branch

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Law executing, law enforcing, law administrating branch

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Executive branch

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Powers held by both the state & federal gov’t

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Concurrent powers

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First 10 amendments

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Bill of rights

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Congress can pass all laws that are necessary and proper

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Elastic cause

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Written untruth

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Libel

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Can’t hold a person in jail w/o charges

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Writ of habeas corpus

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10
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Tax that had been used to keep blacks from voting

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Poll tax

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Strong central gov’t w/ the powers divided between the federal gov’t & the states

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Federalism

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12
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Spoken untruth

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Slander

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13
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President of the senate

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Vice President

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Only crime defined in the Const.

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Treason

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Lawmaking branch

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Legislative branch

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16
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Money or property used to secure release from jail b4 trial

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Bail

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President refuses to agree w a bill passed by congress

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Veto

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Power to decide if the laws or actions of the gov’t are const or unconstitutional

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Judicial review

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Interstate trade

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Vetoes bills

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Declares laws unconstitutional

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Supreme Court

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Power to tax

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Congress and the states

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Declares war

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Power to build roads
Congress and the states
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Can impeach and convict the president
Congress
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Traffic, marriage, and divorce laws
The states
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No double jeopardy
Amendment 5
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Right to bear arms
Amendment 2
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No excessive bail or cruel or unusual punishment
Amendment 8
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Powers reserved to the states
Amendment 10
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Prohibits unreasonable search and seizure
Amendment 4
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Minimum of years old for house of rep
25
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Years of U.S. citizenship for house of rep
7
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Length of one term for house of rep
2
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Indiana house of rep
Todd rokita
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Speaker of the house
John boener
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Minimum years old for senate
39
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Years of U.S. citizenship for senate
9
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Length of one term for us senate
6
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Our two U.S. Senators from indiana
Joe donelly | Dan coats
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Requirements for the president
35 Natural born 4
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Three branches of government
Executive judicial legislative
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Number of house of rep
435
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Number of senate
100