ConLaw Constitution Articles/Clauses Flashcards
(24 cards)
Vesting Clause Judiciary
A3 S2 C1: “judicial power shall extend to all cases … arising under the Constitution”
SCOTUS jurisdiction
A3 S2: “In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and those in which a State is a party the Supreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases … the Supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction”
Supremacy Clause
A6 C2: The Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land
Guaranty Clause
A4 S4: US guarantees to every state in the union a republican form of government and to protect states from foreign and domestic invasions
House qualifications and expulsion
A1 S5 and A1 S5 C2: Each House shall be the judge of the qualifications of its own members and each house may expel a member with a two-thirds concurrence
Congress’s Enumerated Powers
A1S1: “All legislative powers herein granted…”
Commerce Clause
A1 S8 C3: Congress has the power to “regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian tribes”
10th Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States are reserved to the States, respectively, or to the people
Enforcing Equal Protection
14A S5: “Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article”
Spending Clause
A1 S8 C1: Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises and to pay the debts and to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States
Necessary and Proper Clause
A1 S8 C18: Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers
14th Amendment
No state … shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of its laws
Commander in Chief Clause
A2 S2 C1 The President shall be the commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States
Treaties Clause
A2 S2 C2: He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, to make treaties, provided two-thirds of the senators present concur
Recess Appointments Clause
A2 S2 C3: The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate
Take Care Clause
A2 S3: he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed
Vesting Clause President
A2 S1 The Executive power shall be vested in a President
Reception Clause
A2 S3 The president shall receive ambassadors and other public Ministers
Ambassador Appointment Clause
A2 S2 C2: the President shal nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls
Impeachment of executive officials
A2 S4: the President, VP, and all civil officers of the US shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors
Treason
A3 S3: Treason against the US shall consist only in levying war against it, adhering to its enemies, or giving aid and comfort to its enemies. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses or a confession
Process for a bill to become a law
A1 S7: bicameral, subject to veto, can override veto with a supermajority
Privileges and Immunities Clause
A4 S2: The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states
Contract Clause
A1 S10 C1: No state shall … pass any law … impairing the obligation of contracts
