Chapter 5 - Articles (Constitution)

Question 1

article 1

Answer 1

establishes the powers of the legislative branch

Question 2

article 2

Answer 2

establishes the powers of the executive branch

Question 3

article 3

Answer 3

establishes the powers of the judicial branch

Question 4

article 4

Answer 4

deals with relations among the states and with national government

Question 5

article 5

Answer 5

amending the constitution

Question 6

article 6

Answer 6

supremacy of national law

Question 7

article 7

Answer 7

ratification of the constitution

Question 8

the founders intended ________ to be the dominant branch

Answer 8

Congress

Question 9

to serve in the house

Answer 9

25 y/o, 7 years citizen, must reside in state from which they are elected

Question 10

to serve in senate

Answer 10

30 y/o, 9 year citizen, must reside in state from which they are elected

Question 11

what Congress does

Answer 11

a. make laws
b. oversight
c. representation
d. budget making

Question 12

article 1, section 1, clause 1

Answer 12

vesting clause

Question 13

thousands of bills introduced; but most die

Answer 13

in committee

Question 14

tax measures

Answer 14

• house-only, by constitution
• only members may introduce a bill

Question 15

1921, Watchdog - is money being used properly

Answer 15

Government Accountability office

Question 16

Problems with congressional oversight

Answer 16

1) committee members place constituent protection and the interest of big campaign donors above rule enforcement
2) party in power in Congress much less likely to have good oversight if president is of the same party – don’t want to make the party look bad

Question 17

Article 1 section 9 Clause 7

Answer 17

Budget making

Question 18

OMB

Answer 18

The office of Management and Budget

Question 19

CBO - a nonpartisan agency

Answer 19

The congressional budget office

Question 20

A formal declaration by a legislative committee that a certain amount of funding may be available to an agency

Answer 20

Authorizations

Question 21

The Passage, by Congress, of a spending bill specifying the amount of authorized funds that actually will be allocated for an agency’s use

Answer 21

Appropriation

Question 22

The practice in the United State of financing expenditures with funds that are currently available rather than borrowed

Answer 22

Pay as You Go Rule

Question 23

Explicit constitutional powers -> powers specifically delegated to the Congress by the US constituion

Answer 23

Enumerated Powers

Question 24

Article 1 Section 8 Clauses 1-17 plus 18

Answer 24

1. power to lay and collect taxes
2. to borrow money
3. to coin money
4. standard of weights and measures
5. punishment of counterfeit
6. establish post offices
7. to declare war
8. to raise and support armies
9. to provide and maintain a navy
10. to organize militias
11. rules for capital

Question 25

The necessary proper clause

Answer 25

the elastic clause; necessary and power

Question 26

that is the power non explicitly named in the constitution, but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to implement

Answer 26

implied powers

Question 27

one of the most important safeguards of personal liberty within the American legal system

Answer 27

the writ of Haneas Corpus

Question 28

a legislative act which punishes a person without a bridal and prohibits that person from inheriting or leveling property

Answer 28

No Bill of Attainder

Question 29

Any law which makes criminal an act which was not criminal when committed, or which inflict a greater punishment that when the crime was committed

Answer 29

Ex Post Facto

Question 30

Clause 8

Answer 30

ensure that the US would never develop a formal aristocracy