Sponge Questions 13-15 Flashcards
(24 cards)
What type of delegated power would Congress use in regulated radio and TV stations?
Implied Power
Commanding the military by the power held by the President
Expressed power
Why do valid federal laws take precedence if federal and state laws conflict?
Supremacy clause
What is it called when no level of government may try a person if a law was passed after the alleged crime took place?
Ex past facto Law
What can states create by using their reserved powers?
Local Government
Which clause in the Constitution ensures that States recognize the laws, documents, and court proceedings of the other States?
Full Faith and Credit
Which clause in the Constitution states that “no state can draw unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and their persons who happen to live in other States?
Privileges and Immune Clause
What are the exceptions to the Privilege and Immunities Clause?
Charging out of state college students higher tuition and higher cost hunting and fishing licenses for non residents
What event showed how feeble the Confederation Congress and pushed to revise the Articles?
Shays Rebellion
Why did small states accept the Great Compromise?
Equal representation in the Senate
States get the same number of electors equal to the number of representatives in both houses of Congress
Electoral College
What ideas did the Anti-Federalists find the Constitution lacked?
A list of individual rights
The New Jersey Plan was designed to stay close to which document?
Articles of Confederation
Large States favored the Virginia Plan
Representation would be based on population
National powers to eliminate poverty and social justices
The Great Society
What was the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Regulation of the railroad industry
Federal Mandates are requirements imposed by the federal government
Grant money
If there is no grant money for federal demands
Unfunded mandate
What justification has the national government used for imposing federal mandates such as school busing, desegregation, and affirmative action?
Equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment
What is the federal government’s chief reason for providing grants-in-aid?
Aiding and Influencing states
Legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one state is returned to that state
Extradition
Powers that both the National Government and State share
Concurrent Powers
Power of the State
Reserved Powers
Where do we find reserved powers in the Constitution?
10th Amendment
